Coaching Process UKCC Certificate in Coaching Rugby League Level 2

2 Aims To develop an awareness of how people learn To develop an awareness of coaching as a process and the need to have knowledge of all the elements of the process. To identify the how & what skills.

How do people learn? Visual Audio Kinaesthetic 3 Doing Reading Observing Discussing Hearing Writing Trial & Error Guided Discovery Workshops Courses Books Articles On Line CD’s / DVD’s

Learning Cycle Having an experience Reviewing the experience Concluding from the experience Planning the next steps © David Kolb (1984) 4

Group Task How do you know what stage of development a player is at? Group 1 - Beginner Group 2 - Intermediate Group 3 - Advanced What can you do as the coach to help their development? 5

Learning Environment Levels and stages of learning a new movement skill Learning Environment Role of the coachCoaching Strategies BEGINNER Help the player explore and self-discover how to perform the task Coach should provide demonstrations and offer simple explanations to introduce and explain activities. INTERMEDIATE Help the learner refine and apply the skills into game scenarios Coach provides more delayed positive, specific and corrective feedback, and greater emphasis is placed on using open questions to encourage C&YP to analyse their own performance and identify areas for improvement. ADVANCED Help the learner personalise the movement task Young People (YP) need to become less reliant on feedback from the coach, coach should maximise the opportunities for YP to take responsibility evaluating performance and setting new personally relevant targets and goals. 6

Coaching Think of a coaching session you have delivered or observed. Tell me what the coach does? 7

Coaching What? Grip, carry, catch & pass Protective falling Tackling Kicking Ball Retrieval Evasion Support & Decision Making Play the Ball Dummy Half Pass Scrummaging Team Organisation How? Instruction Demonstration Observation & Analysis Feedback Safety Fun / Enjoyment 8

Session Structure What are the components of a session? Introduction Warm Up Game / Skill Development Cool Down Review & Feedback 9

Practical Session What - Warm Up – Stuck in the Mud (grip & carry) Pick up a stationary ball, grip, carry, try scoring Pass & Catch including in Development 1 Protective falling, play the ball progressing to dummy half pass How – Safety Introduction Demonstration Fun /enjoyment 10

Safety What do you need to consider in regards to the venue, playing area? What do you need to consider in regards to the players? Look at page 17 in your portfolio and complete the Health & Safety Checklist Everyone to take out technical cards 1,2,3 & 8 for practical delivery. 11