Effective Practices

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Effective Practices

• Terry Mosdell
• BCLCA Chair

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5 Ps for Success

• PROPER
• PREPARATION
• PREVENTS
• POOR
• PERFORMANCE

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• KIDS ALWAYS REMEMBER WHO THEIR COACH IS!!! IT
  IS UP TO YOU TO DECIDE HOW YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED.

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4 Key Elements in Athlete Development

• PHYSICAL
• Aerobic
• Anaerobic
• TECHNICAL
• TACTICAL
• MENTAL

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The Long-Term Player/Athlete Development Model
(LTPAD)

• Fundamental
• Learning to Train
• Training to Train
• Training to Compete
• Training to Win
• Retirement/Retainment

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Role of the Coach

• A good coach will help
• participants become indepen-
• dent so that they are able to
• identify options and find
• solutions for the changing
• demand of their sport

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Player/Athlete and the Coach

• 
  Learning
• 
  Zone
• Interaction
• Communication
• Relationship
• Conversation
• 
  Comfort Zone

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Out of comfort zone

• Success
• Reassurance
• Commitment
• Worthy
• Confidence

• Capability
• Encouragement
• Plan risk
• Fear of failure reduced

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How does the coach help improvement to take place?

• Accelerate learning
• Facilitate learning
• Help performers learn
• for themselves
• Raise awareness

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Athletes learn best when..

• Actively involved in their own learning
• See that activities are relevant
• Able to build on experience
• Interested and motivated
• Able to see improvements
• Rewarded for effort
• Realistic chance of achieving success
• Can use mistakes to learn
• In a safe environment
• Ask questions

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The Challenge Zone

Anxiety
High
Challenge Zone
Requirements of the activity
Boredom
Low
Low
High
Athlete Proficiency Level
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Ask yourself these questions During and after
the practice

• Did my supervision enable me to
• Keep the athletes actively engaged in the
  activity?
• See all the athletes as a group and individually?
• Observe key reference points and success criteria
  from different vantage points?
• Be sure everyone is safe?
• Evaluate the athletes degree of success in the
  execution of the activity or drill

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Encourage Athlete Responsibility

• Status
• Goals
• Demands
• Consequences
• Action Plan

• Action plan Consequences
• Goals Demands
• Status

Performance
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What does it take to be the BEST"

• Commitment 0
  
  100
• Talent 0
  
  100
• Commitment is about being committed to be at
  practices for a reason!!!
• Do not measure outcome as self worth.
• YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE

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Excellent Coaching Sessions

• Planned and published in advance
• Start and end on time
• Keep players/athletes busy the whole time
• Promote competition among friends
• Include a lot of variety
• Include behaviors required in competition
• Involve each athlete in goal setting
• Generates as much feedback as possible
• Encourage others to make a positive contribution

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Starting the Practice

• 4 Components that must be considered
• Mental
• Physical
• Technical
• Time of Year

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HOW DO YOU WANT TO RUN YOUR PRACTICES?

• Remember Your team plays like they practice!!

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Champions are made at practices

• You just pick up the hardware at the games.