1. Preparation – Areas to consider

2. Objectives of the session
Everybody to leave afterwards with at least one additional area to consider in their preparation for events.

3. Preparation
Definition:
State of making something ready for use. Preparations are typically done in anticipation of an event occurring in the near future.

4. Preparation
“If I miss a day of practice, I know it. If I miss two days, my manager knows it. If I miss three days, my audience knows it” Andre Previn
“If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six sharpening my axe” Abraham Lincoln
“All things are ready if our minds be so” Shakespeare

5. Preparation Important Everyday life as well as hockey Examples
Why is hockey any different?

6. Preparation
When do you begin your preparation?

7. Preparation
What do you consider in your match preparation?

8. Preparation Logistics Colleagues Regulations Teams Game importance
Team tactics
Effect of the pitch on patterns of play

9. Preparation Player coaches
Previous experiences with the teams or colleagues
Videos
Do I have an assessor there?
Do I have an umpire coach there?

10. Preparation What do you use your time for when you get on the pitch?
Idle chat
Watching what the teams do e.g corners
Last minute checks

11. Other areas of Preparation
Mental
Mind games – puzzles, sudoku, speed of thought

12. Other areas of Preparation
Visualisation

13. Other areas of Preparation
Visualisation
Do you think about situations in advance?

14. Other areas of Preparation
Physical
When, how much?

15. Pre Match Chat
Always important
When ?
How soon before the game?

16. Pre Match routines Do we all do the same thing?
Should we all do the same?
What experiences have we all had?
How has this changed?

17. Pre Match routines
Advent of technology?

18. Preparation When do you reflect on your game?
Does preparation for your next outing feature in this?

19. Epic fails in preparation
Three examples of maybe not getting your preparation right from experiences I have encountered ……

20. Epic fails in preparation
Beeston v Nottingham
Umpire got the day of the game wrong

21. Epic fails in preparation
World Cup Rugby final England v Australia 2003
Not enough time to get to the game after it finished!

22. Epic fails in preparation
Barford v Sikh Union (Nottm)
Relying on information taken in a phone message

23. “Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance”
Summary
Many areas that can be considered
FAIL TO PREPARE , PREPARE TO FAIL
THE 5 P’s
“Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance”

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27. Thank you and good luck for next season
Preparation
Thank you and good luck for next season