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Youth Sport Coaching Who’s Coaching our Children? most coaches volunteers 90% of volunteers lack the formal preparation to coach approximately 50% coaches have a child in the league  Youth Sport Coaching Why Do People Volunteer? 1. involvement...

Youth Sport Coaching Who’s Coaching our Children? most coaches volunteers 90% of volunteers lack the formal preparation to coach approximately 50% coaches have a child in the league  Youth Sport Coaching Why Do People Volunteer? 1. involvement of coach's child in league 2. Personal enjoyment 3. skill development of players 4. character development of  Youth Sport Coaching Education Challenge: the volunteer pool of coaches has an annual turnover rate of approximately Rising 50% number of lawsuits! – directed toward youth sport coaches and organizations because of alleged negligence during practices and games  Youth Sport Coaching Standards for Coaches 1. injury care and prevention 2. risk and safety management 3. knowledge of growth and development 4. training, conditioning, and nutrition 5. social/psychological aspects of coaching 6. Skills, tactics, strategies 7. teaching and administration 8. professional preparation and development  Youth Sport Coaching Arguments Against Mandatory Coaching Certification demand for exceeds supply concern: mandatory certification would cause volunteers to withdraw their services causing a further shortage of coaches and youth sport programs may have to be cut certification process is expensive concern: financial burden could  Youth Sport Coaching Evaluating Coaching Effectiveness Tharp and Gallimore (1976) Educational psychologist Observational Instrument: – Initially used to evaluate teachers in the classroom – Coaching Behaviours Recording Form  Youth Sport Coaching What can we learn from an expert coach? coached UCLA Bruins for 27 years (1948-1975) won 10 NCAA titles (7 in a row) first person to be inducted into the Hall of Fame as a  Coaching Behaviours Recording Form Instructions Praises Scolds Nonverbal reward (i.e., clapping) Nonverbal Punishment (i.e., shaking head) Modeling-positive Modeling-negative Findings: 75% of coaching Scold/re-instruction behaviour Hustles (let’s go!) consisted of Other “CONTRUCTION” Uncodable  Wooden’s Approach meticulous planning of practice – often as much time planning it as conducting it players were always active, either engaged in drills or shooting free throws no one was permitted to stand around watching kept detailed “Games records seemed of everyso to happen practice slowly, session in athe because notebook pace in practice was so “I could tell youhigh” what(Wooden’s we did every minute player) of every practice in my twenty-seven years  The Coach’s Role constructive use of time often responsible for constructing majority of athlete’s practice time  Team Sports team sports, even under supervision of a coach, often suffer from the same underutilization of time High-level junior ice-hocket players time-motion analysis: active How52%doofexpert practice coaches construct a timepractice environment?  Coaching Behaviours Case study: expert volleyball coach 70% of behaviors = ‘instruction’ Time-Motion Analysis athletes active 93% of practice time Practice more, or smarter? Expert coaches are more efficient in use of practice time  Canadian National Team Coaches Sample: 5 National Teams Methods: (1) systematic observation of practices, and (2) interviews with coaches and athletes  Importance of Simualtion “Get them to that place mentally, so that they feel that same type of pressure and energy and excitement…if they can close out in practice against the top player on their team, then chances are they’re going to be able to close out and defend the top player on the other team “That’s what youinneed to do, as a coach…you a game.” have to create game-like situations, whatever it may be. Constantly making adjustments, making drills increasingly complex and more game-like, so that guys see the situations in practice that they’re going to see in a game.”  Wooden’s practice philosophy “In every facet of basketball, we work on PRESSURE. The opponent provides that during the game. I tried to provide it in practice with drills that RE-CREATED GAME CONDITIONS.”  Praise/Scold Ratio How often should you compliment players? How often should you ream them out? When have you crossed the line?  Praise/Scold Ratio How often should you praise? mindless overuse of praise can be problematic Specific praise of specific behaviours English soccer coach – Premier league players need to be ‘kicked in the butt’ from time to time done privately, away from the group  Dealing with Players “Most of them are insecure, and most of them are frightened to death 5 minutes before they go out for a game….whether you’re a professional football player or a kid, you need Rogerplenty of encouragement” Federer English premier league coach upset stomach, hands shaking  Praise/Scold Ratio Coaching Research high of 35 praises for every scold low of 1 to 1 ratio Coach John Wooden 1 to 1 ratio What is the message here?  Wooden on the Court noted for stern manner on the court never used physical punishment (running laps) in practice sessions wanted players to enjoy coming to practice stern on-court manner balanced by grandfatherly image off the court didn’t smoke, didn’t drink, didn’t swear, on or off the  Wooden on Winning Jamaal Wilkes played on teams that won 73 games in a row “Not once did I hear him talk about winning. All he ever asked is that we left the floor at the end  Wooden’s Career 27 seasons as Head Coach 10 NCAA titles First came in 16th year as head coach All 10 titles in last 12 years Retired after last  Continuous Learning “I hope that I was learning the very last year that I coached. I don’t think I learned as much in the last season as I did in my first year, but I hope that I learned a bit each and every year.” Coach John Wooden each off-season Wooden researched a part of the game he felt he could learn more about (rebounding, shooting free throws) Library research reading Discussion with other coaches/players he considered knowledgeable  Deliberate Practice and Coaching “When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur….not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day success in last at a time.” phase of career does Coach John Wooden not Seem to be accidental continuous improvement in his