1 Miss A. Muller SHMD 119 Sport Didactics & Coaching Unit 12

1. Benefits of Planning 2. Reviews Planning for Teaching 2

3 Benefits of Planning include:  Keep athletes actively involved resulting in learning and enjoyment  Provide challenging and relevant learning situations  Teach skills in the appropriate progression  Pace the learning and conditioning so that athletes are not overloaded or over trained  Make the best use of time, space and equipment available  Minimize discipline problems  Increase your confidence in your ability to manage situations

4 Step 6: Plan practicesStep 5: Select the methods for teachingStep 4: Establish prioritiesStep 3: Analyse your situationStep 2: Know your athletesStep 1: Identify the skills your athletes need

5 How do you identify the specific skill you want to teach? 1.Use your own experience 2.Use books, CD’s etc. 3.Clinic courses 4.Consult with experienced coaches 5.Take course 6.Observe the sport

6 You should know the following about your athletes: 1.Age 2.Playing experience 3.Does the players know each other 4.How well do they accept responsibilities 5.Do they know the traditional approach or the games approach 6.Present skills 7.Capabilities

7 Before each season, make sure you know your athletes, even if you have coached them before, do a pre-season evaluation each time, because: 1.It helps you establish starting point for instruction 2.It helps you assess the improvement of the athlete 3.It helps you to select players 4.It helps you organize safe and equitable practice games

8 Evaluate athletes on essential skills that they can safely perform You can evaluate them through a formal testing program – trials You can evaluate them through practice games

9 You need to collect information specific to your situation

10 Use Form 12.5 Identifying and Evaluating the Skills You’ll Teach derived from Martens, R. (2004:250) Successful Coaching, America’s best-selling coach’s guide 3th ed. to establish priorities about what skills you will be able to teach and practice given your situation

11 Guidelines for selecting one instructional method over the other:  Traditional approach is effective when there is one clear best way to perform a technical skill with little decision making in its use  Traditional approach is appropriate when risk of injury is significant  Games approach more effective when it is important that the athletes learn the principle underlying the technique  Games approach more effective when learning tactical skills  Games approach more effective when learning responsibility and leadership

12 Basic elements for a practice plan are:  Date, time and length of practice session  Objective  Equipment needed  Warm up  Practice of previously taught skills  Teach and practice new skills  Cool down  Coach’s comments  Evaluation of practice

13 What is review? Why is this important?

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