Robin hood – my reflection
I think the
preparation towards our session was very basic, this was due to the little time
we had for planning and organising to make sure our ideas would work in the
space and equipment we had enlisted. I think the duration was well used for a
warm up as it lasted around 10 minutes and was developed from a slow paced
start to the warm up to a quick tempo within the final game of the warm up.
I believe my
personal performance was good In terms of direct delivery to the participants
and I believe the warm up was mentally and physically demanding on the
participants which is the best way to start a session in my opinion. However I
believe I could have reduced the lag time between the warm up stages by setting
up separate areas for each part of the warm up as appose to setting it up
whilst doing static stretches. I believe I could have discussed the aims of the
session better before the warm up however my initial aims were met which were:
to mentally and physically prepare the participants for the rest of a session.
The first
game was set up ready for the participant’s to come straight in to ready for
the explanation on how the warm up would start. The only problem with the
equipment came after this part of the warm up was done the second game needed
the same space used for the first warm up game. I used this time to do static
stretches whilst Joe set up the area. In future I would have done the first
warm up game in the other half of the sports hall leaving the same space used
in the second game ready and available.
The feedback
that I used continually was motivational feedback, I believe this to be
important because it makes the participant feel like you are investing your
time in to them and actively work to help them. The feedback I think I could
use a lot more is constructive feedback, I think I could have stopped the final
warm up game and performed a better example of a demonstration as in the
beginning a few participants were confused with the aims of the game. I then
stopped the game and explained what I would like them to do, which they then
understood.
How could
I improve
If I was to
do this session I would adapt a few things; how I set the session up, what
equipment there is to use and also the final game I would adapt.
When setting
the session up I would split the hall in to two so then there is two separate
areas for me to do my warm up games which will prevent the lag time. On the day
of the session the equipment we had scheduled to use had previously been taken
on a trip so was unavailable, this meant me and Joe had to adapt the equipment
we used but this worked well as a last minute replacement. In the final game I
would make sure all the cones are colour co-ordinated to help prevent confusion
and also help the flow of the game.
10 minute makeover – my reflection
Me and
Joseph adapted a session called 10 minute makeover which was previously coached
by Josh and Kieran. We had very little time to prepare our session as it
followed straight after a previous session, we managed to set up the area
within minutes and get the session started. If we had been left with more time
then we could have set up more areas on different areas of the hall that were
smaller as appose to one big area, this would have saved any participants with
the chance of clashing.
I thought
the invention used by us to make this game in to a very good warm up was one of
the personal highlights with others being;
vocal, organised and our presentation as coaches. Somewhere I think I could do better was with
motivation, if I had used more motivation whether this was constructive or
encouragement I think I could have got more from my participants. I think there
can be both positives and negatives from a coach getting directly involved
within a session, that Is how I decided to coach my session. I think when I was
involved with the session the group seemed to be more motivated and more effort
was given during this time.
In times
during the session we had to adapt and use various other equipment which
wouldn’t have been involved had we done an equipment check prior to the
session.
How Aaron
could improve
If we was to
do this session again there would be a few things I would change, these being;
smaller areas used within first game, better equipment in the final game in
order for the game to have been more fluent and more points to have been
scored.
Basketball session(Aaron) – My
reflection
Aarons
session was developed well from a game that resembled nothing to a basketball
game but had some key principles linked to organisation. Each game were all
equal in duration and was built up to make the final game.
I think
Aaron allowed the participants to play the way they wanted at the start of each
drill. He did this to highlight the things we were doing in order to eradicate
them quicker. When he realised the behaviour used by us was not the behaviour
he was hoping for he quickly stopped the drill. He would then demonstrate
exactly how he wants are behaviour to change.
The aims of
the session were not discussed before the session started. However as the
session started to unfold the aim became clearer and clearer. These were to
change behaviour. The equipment that was used was all set up and before we
entered the hall. This allows the
session to flow from one section to the next without the participant’s slowing.
The feedback
Aaron used was motivational. This can often give someone a boost in confidence
to allow the to perform their best. He did however use constructive criticism
but this was used sparingly to the participants he knew would react well to.
How Aaron
could improve
I think if
Aaron did this session again there would be a few things he would change, these
being; When he was progressing through the stages he noticed we wasn’t ready
for a specific stage so moved us to another stage. If he was to do this again
he would know to do the session the other way around. A coach can mould a
participant’s behaviour using coaching drills, to try and impede/develop
various ways they go about playing the sport you coach. This was evident in
Aarons lesson because he built the session from a game where you must get up the
length of the hall in the shortest time, this was no way related to basketball
but showed the participants the aims of the game without anyone noticing it.
This developed a behaviour within the participants which Aaron wanted us to
take in to the basketball game.
Badminton session 1
To start we did a small warm up which
involved splitting the group in to two. 2 coaches joined on either
team to make numbers to around 10. The aim of the warm up was to get
everyone continually running by hitting the shuttlecock and joining
the other side, this would be continuous until the shuttlecock hit
the ground, which they would then restart. Before we started the main
area of the session we did some dynamic stretching to make sure the
participants were loosened up. In the main area of the session we
did a reliant robin type tournament to allow the participants to have
some fun before starting the drills the following week. To cool down
we had a slow walk around the court followed by some static
stretching.
Key
Red star – team A
Yellow star – Team B
Green circle – shuttlecock
Green dotted lines – movement of
shuttlecock
Blue line – Movement of player after
hitting shuttlecock
Black outline - court
Badminton session 2
In this session we did the same warm up
as the week before, so we could improve on the previous week as now
the participants were more accustomed to this drill. It would also
give help us when doing the drills as to not overload the
participants too early with a vast amount of warm ups which could
confuse when starting the drills. We followed this with some dynamic
stretching such as lunges, groin stretches and arm rotations. In the
bulk of the session we split the 6 participants in to 3 groups, with
each pair there were 2 coaches teaching a specific technique such as;
drop shot, serve and backhand/forehand. After 15 minutes the groups
would rotate in order for all the groups to try each technique.
Drop shot key
Red filled bar – area to aim for with
shuttlecock
Green line – movement of shuttlecock
Green circle – shuttlecock
Red star – participant
Black outline – court
Fore/back hand shot key
Brown areas – areas for participant
to aim for using shuttlecock
Green lines – movement of shuttlecock
Green circle – shuttlecock
Red star – participant
Black outline - court
Serve shot key
Blue filled in area – Area for
participant to aim for
Green line – movement of shuttlecock
Green circle – shuttlecock
Red star – participant
Black outline - court
We followed this with some static stretching and feedback about the session from the group. The feedback was positive as they believed they were improving their skill set.
Badminton session 3
In this session we decided to use the
warm up as a building tool involving direct 1 v 1 play however they
weren’t trying to score points. The aim of the warm up was to try
and move their opponent around the court without the difficulty of
trying to score points using tactical play. So for e.g. player A, may
hit a shot to the back of the court followed by a drop shot. This
will help to circulate the blood and get the muscle groups that are
needed active. We did some dynamic stretching shortly after to make
sure the participants were fully prepared.
In the main part of the session we
decided to take 1 of the three previously learned techniques and
enhance a different technique for the following 3 weeks. We started
with the drop shot, we used; A)drills which involved foot
movement(how to react quickly to counter a drop shot), b)how and when
to use the drop shot as well as c)using cones as a direct target for
the drop shot.
a)
Green line – movement of shuttlecock
Green circle – shuttlecock
Red star – participant
Black dotted lines – movement of
participant
Black outline - court
b)
Green line – movement of shuttlecock
Green circle – shuttlecock
Red star – participant
Black outline - court
c)
Green line – movement of shuttlecock
Green circle – shuttlecock
Red star – participant
Yellow squares – Cones
Black outline - court
We followed this with static stretching
and a game of walking badminton with 2 players on each team. Walking
badminton is a game where no participant can run, the aim of the game
is the same as a normal match. This will help the participants cool
down whilst playing a mini game.
Badminton session 4
In the fourth session we decided to do
another of our original 3 techniques and this week it was
forehand/backhand techniques. With the warm up we again played 1 v 1
shots with the inclusion of only using fore/backhand shots whenever
instruction was called. We followed this with dynamic stretching to
make sure the participants were loose.
Forehand shot key
Green line – movement of shuttlecock
Green circle – shuttlecock
Red star – participant
Yellow squares – Cones
Black outline - court
Red area – area to aim for
Backhand shot key
Green line – movement of shuttlecock
Green circle – shuttlecock
Red star – participant
Yellow squares – Cones
Black outline - court
Red area – area to aim for
Because of where the participant is
standing it gives them more of the court to aim for using the
backhand drill. This is used to try and show the effectiveness of the
forehand in comparison to the backhand in this drill. We then
reversed this to show the effectiveness of the forehand as oppose to
the backhand.
Badminton session 5
In the fifth session we decided to do
the final of the three techniques and this was the serve shot. In the
warm up we used a co-ordination/serve type game, this involved one
participant serving touching a cone shouted by the opponent and then
returned by the other participant in continual movement.
Serve key
Green line – movement of shuttlecock
Green circle – shuttlecock
Red star – participant
Yellow/purple squares – Cones
Black outline – court
Blue area – area to aim for
Brown line – net
As you can see there is a yellow and
purple cone on each side. When the participant serves the
shuttlecock, the other participant will shout a colour for them to
run, touch and then return from.
After the warm up we did a drill which
involved splitting the area in to two smaller areas; short and long.
This was used to make sure technique/accuracy and power was good for
both short and long serves.
Green line – movement of shuttlecock
Green circle – shuttlecock
Red star – participant
Red area – area to aim for
Black outline - court
Badminton session 6
In the final of our badminton session
we decided to put the skills previously learnt in to practice by
doing a king of the court tournament involving coaches and
participants. Each coach would join one of the participants to form 6
doubles teams. To start off we played around the world as a warm up
to make sure everyone’s muscles were prepared. We followed this
with dynamic stretching before starting the tournament. We decided having th
is tournament at the end of the learning process will help using the drills in a game experience.
King of the court tournament key
Green line – movement of shuttlecock
Green circle – shuttlecock
Red star – participants
My session on football
I decided to do a session on football
as I believed this is the sport I have most knowledge in to be able
to devise enough game based drills. When I devised my session I
confused drill based sessions with game based approaches which was
spoke about during the feedback from both Arron and the group.
What I decided to do was as follows;
rhomboid warm-up, in and out, relay races, cone turnover, through the
cones and finished with king of the ring.
The rhomboid warm-up is basically a
square with a participant on each station. This is a continuous drill
where the participant will dribble in clockwise formation with 2
balls starting at 2 diagonal points.
Rhomboid drill and key
Black dotted lines – dribbling route
Red circle – footballs
Red stars – participants
Black squares - cones
I followed the rhomboid drill with ‘in
and out’, this drill involves only one ball, the participant
dribbles in to the cones area in the middle and towards another
participant which he then gives then the ball and this cycle
continues.
‘In and out’ drill and key
Black dotted lines – dribbling route
Red circle – football
Red stars – participants
Black squares - cones
Relay races
The next area of my session was relay
races; in this area I set up a basic relay course and used this to
perform different aspects of dribbling such as left foot only, right
foot only and the use of alternate touches between cones.
relay key
black curve - participants movement
green square - participant
red circle - football
yellow square - cone
Cone turnover and key
The next part of the session was a game called cone turnover. this involved the participants numbered 1-2 in two teams(red and green). When I would call a number out they would take the football to their colour and place their cone on top of the oppositions cones.
Black dotted line – movement
Green and red circles – cones
Black squares – starting cone
Red star – participant
blue circle - football
'Through the cones'
The next part of my session is a drill I call 'through the cones' I use this to ensure the participants have no option but to keep the ball close to their feet as they have obstacles they have to pass through within a close radius of each other. They then return to the beginning and continue the cycle as i instruct new rules before each circuit such as; right foot/left foot only, 1 skill between cones etc.
Through the cones key
Red triangle - cone
blue line - participant movement with ball
green circle - football
black square - participant
King of the ring
The final game I decided to use was king of the ring. This game is used as a way to keep the ball as close to your feet as possible whilst trying to kick other participants ball out of the square. I set this up as two teams who had 1 ball between each team, the object was to get the oppositions ball from within the square.
King of the ring key
Red star - team A
Yellow star - team B
blue circle - football
black square - the ring which deters whether your in or out
On reflection of my session I realised I had planned it more drill based than that of a games led approach which was my aim for the session. The feedback on the session was ok as a drill bases session but needs work to turn the drills in to games led approach in a way I could coach the same skills in game situations. If I was to lead this session again I would adapt my drills in to games led that would flow from one to another freely however I would keep my end game as I believe this is a good game to help develop dribbling.
Week One – HOCKEY Practical Coaching
Reflecting a Coaching Session On Participants From Brookfield School
– Year 11
Hockey Session One – As
it was the first hockey session for the students, I made sure the session was
very basic. I spent ten minutes at the beginning of the session, showing the
students how to hold a hockey stick correctly. I was only working with seven
students, so I gave them a stick each and a ball. In this session I worked on
dribbling in a small area and focusing on keeping the ball close to the hockey
stick. I needed to get the students to master this so I could then progress on
to pass the ball the next week.
Improvements Needed
Planning –The session plan, it was very limited to description and was laid out professional. This showed in my session because the three coaches didn’t understand who was coaching what bit, and this impacted on the participants, in a negative way.
Involvement Of Participants (start)
Adapting Games
Explanation
Positives Outcomes
from the Session
Communication
Enjoyment
The flow of the sessions
Everyone Involvement
As you can see above these are the good skills what came
from the session however I have also put where I need to improvement for next
time. This session was a taster session for Year 11 students, who wasn’t on a
sport course or did sport at their school, so it was a challenge for me as a
coach.
As
you can see from the diagram above, there is a small area where the students
are working round, focusing on dribbling in different areas.
Week Two – HOCKEY Practical Coaching
Reflecting a Coaching Session On Participants From Brookfield School
– Year 11
Hockey
Session Two – In this session I aimed to focus on dribbling again and short
passing. I marked a coned area out, which gave participants space to practice
looking after the hockey ball. My aim of
the session was a little progression from week one, this was because the
students had to use both sides of the hockey stick, moving in different
directions. The students were able to dribble around the around at a slow pace.
I then progressed the session by, getting the students to move round a cone
when I shouted a certain colour cone.
Above you can see the area the
students worked in. To finish off the session to challenge the students I set
up cones in a triangle shape, this was to test their speed at dribbling. I had
three students behind the number 1 on the diagram and three behind the number 2
on the diagram. Went I shouted go the first students in line in each line,
would dribble between the cones where X is marked.
Improvements Needed
After reviewing my session plan, I
have decided that I need to encourage the students more, by trying to get them
to progress quicker, so we can reach the main aim which is a game situation.
Week Three – HOCKEY Practical Coaching
Reflecting a Coaching Session On Participants From Brookfield School
– Year 11
This week, I wanted to challenge
the students by working on the forehand pass. Which is a basic pass in hockey.
I explained that To perform the
forehand push pass hold the stick in the shake-hands
grip, pointing the left
shoulder at the target. The ball should be positioned within the control box. Standing side on can gain more power by
transferring body weight from the back leg to the front leg. I marked out an
area where the students were working in pairs, 15metre between them self, and
the students were practising the passing. For those who could do the pass, I
challenged them to dribble half way and pass. So they could relate it to a game
situation.
Above you can see the A and B letters which are facing each
other, this is where the students were practising there forehand passing drill.
However you can the letter C which are working on passing under pressure, there
were for the participants who needed challenging so I adapted the session well
throughout.
Week Four – HOCKEY Practical Coaching
Reflecting a Coaching Session On Participants From Brookfield School
– Year 11
After week three was a success I thought it was time to work
on a basic shooting drill this will help to ensure the participants will be
ready for a game situation in week five and six. At the beginning of the
session I explained that in
preparation for this shot you need to make sure you know where the goal is, and
where the opponents are positioned. Move your feet quickly to get into
position, and point the left shoulder at the target. Stand so that the left
foot is in line with the ball, and the knees are flexed. Keep your head down
and over the ball, and make a short, quick back swing using the forearms and
wrists. The students understood what I wanted from them, however some students
needed re capping. So I explained in my own time one to one with the ones who
needed to know more details about the correct technique.
As you can see above I coned a square area out, each student
took goes in striking the ball at the net. I progressed this drill by putting a
goal keeper in the net, to make it more challenging for the students. I then
also involved a defender who tried to block the ball to make it even harder.
Week Five – HOCKEY Practical Coaching
Reflecting a Coaching Session On Participants From Brookfield School
– Year 11
In week five it was a recap week, I did all the sessions what
the students have already done, this week they was working in pairs. This
helped because the students got round all the drills in the 30minite slot. I
used this session to ensure the students were ready for the final week, when we
played a game. This would involve dribbling, tackling, passing and shooting.
See above for diagrams.
Positive Outcomes
from the Session
Communication – My communication was good throughout the
session, and all the students understood what they needed to do and asked if
they needed any help.
Enjoyment – the students enjoyed the recap session, because
they could improve the skill what they wasn’t confident on.
The flow of the sessions – The session went good, because on
each station there were 10minite slots, this was good because all the students
got a go on each station.
Everyone Involvement
- Having a recap week, got everyone involved this help the session flow,
because everyone was busy working hard, and as a coach it’s good to see student
work hard on their technique and skill.
Week Six – HOCKEY Practical Coaching
Reflecting a Coaching Session On Participants From Brookfield School
– Year 11
Week six was the final session on hockey. So I decided to
have a games day. Which the students would play a full hockey game, against
each other. This would ensure there was some competition and the students could
work on their skills in previous weeks.
Above you can see the hockey pitch. As we was sure on
numbers in the final week. We played a game which with four vs four, this had
its positives because it helped everyone have a touch, and to work on what they
have been trying to improve in previous weeks. This session was very basic, but
the idea of the session was to look at the participants what they have took on
in previous weeks, and to see if they can progress on to the next step.
Improvements Needed
Adapting Games – Maybe playing the game for 30min straight
was a bit boring for the students, so next I might start with different game
and adapt the session throughout.
Explanation – My explanation was very basic, this was
because I thought the students would understand what game day was, but next
time I will do a brief introduction like previous weeks.
Basketball
Sessions
Josh Holt
Sessions 1 - The
skill that Josh aimed to improve was shooting in basketball. He started off by
demonstrating the technique to the two participants explaining the basics such
as the set position and the point of release. Once he demonstrated the skill he
then got the participants taking it in turns shooting at the basket from the
blue cone on the diagram below, when the participants had improved he
introduced a defender to pressurise the shooter from beneath the net and slowly
walk to the shooters position. As the 15 minute session come to an end the
defender was rushing towards the shooter to give them less time and make it
more of a game situation.
The session was a traditional
approach as participants were in a line waiting to perform the skill, the
problem with that style is that there was a fair amount of lag time were
participants were stood waiting. During the session Josh gave feedback to the
participants but at times forgot to mention certain techniques which would have
helped towards the overall skill. Another issue that could have been addressed
could have been the environment; it may have kept the participants engaged if
there was a change in environment.
Josh Holt Session 2 -
This session was a development from
the previous basketball shooting session. Josh covered the basics of shooting
again but this time had 4 participants to work with, the participants were
shooting from the two centre cones in pairs. The next step in the session was
to have each participant stood on the cone each and rotating their shooting
position so that they experienced different shooting angles. The same drill was
then turned into a competition as each participant had to catch the person on
the next cone by scoring a basket. The next development was more of a game
situation as the participants had to work with in an area in teams of two, one
group defending and another attaching. The attaching team had to score a basket
by passing, moving and shooting.
15 Minute passing session –
I ran this session for 15-16 year olds; it started off with
teams of 4 having to string a number of passes together to score a point, the
amount of passes increased as the participants improved. I then introduced
dribbling, the final development was shooting, after they had passed the ball
so many times they could then shoot and score a point. During the session
players weren’t getting involved so I introduced the rule that everybody had to
have a touch of the ball before points could be scored. The final rule that I
introduced was that a coach on the side of the pitch could be used so that they
had more options.
At the start of the session the participants didn’t seem
engaged; it was only when I introduced the basket into the game that they had a
competitive edge. Something that I would change in the future would be to mix
drill and games approach, I believe that if I would have taught the skill using
the drill based approach and then developed into games approach, I think that
drill based approach is better to teach skills and game based approach is
better to develop a skill. The positive from this session was the way that I
adapted the session when players weren’t getting involved, the change I made
engaged all of the participants.
Basketball dribbling session –
The session was delivered to 15-16 year olds, the first drill was for the participants to get used to the ball and dribbling, they dribbled around an area changing direction. This developed into participants having to knock another participant’s ball out of the area whilst being in control of their ball the winner was the player with their ball still in the area. This developed into relay races which engaged the participants as they wanted to win. The final part of the session was a basketball game that each player had to have a touch of the ball and dribble the ball at least once before they scored a basket introduced a rule to stop players from just bouncing the ball and passing it straight away, the forced players to travel at least 5 yards.
Session plans- ball games
Bench ball
As the diagram shows we had two teams shown as red and blue. The aim of the game was to throw a ball between your team and work towards your team member located on a bench in the opponent half, during this session once you passed the ball onto your team mate on the bench you then replaced them on the bench. We did this in order to keep people involved and give everyone a chance at playing the game in various positions. The session went well and all participants seemed to be actively involved throughout. We had planned to progress into a more competitive competition by making it so you join your team mate on the bench after a successful pass to them. And the winner would be the team to get all players on the bench. However we didn’t feel are participants were ready at this stage.
Ball game
This game was created as a fun
way of using throwing skills into a game based approach, we split our
participants into two teams at either side of a court were they were provided
with 5/6 various balls including basketballs, footballs and volley balls. These
where then used by our participants in order to knock a large ball which was
placed in the centre of the court over past the marked line in the opposition
teams half by hitting this with the various balls. This game was a fun approach
and went well as all participants seemed to enjoy this and get stuck into it
once there were familiar with the rules
Dodge ball
We also played dodge ball during
a session. We used the traditional rules which were explained before commencing
with the game. The game went down well and all participants seemed to enjoy
playing this. Due to their skill level we were very lenient with rules and also
didn’t keep players out of the game once they were struck with the ball. We
could have possibly improved this by possibly making the game more competitive
Bench
ball progressed
As shown above we progressed
bench ball in a later session in the hope to make this more competitive and
push our participants more. We started off much like before where when you
successfully completed a pass to a team mate on the bench you would swap places
with them; however we then made it so you would then join your team mate on the
bench. The aim of the game was to get every member up on the bench and the
first team to do so won the game. I felt this was a massive improvement on
before as not only did it make them compete more but it also got everyone
involved as in order to win everyone needed to get up on the bench.
Ball game progressed
We also progressed the ball game
in a different session. This time we reduced the ball in which are participants
used. This was good as it now forced them to think about their throws as they could
just turn around an grab another ball straight away. We saw a visible
difference in the performance of the group as they were starting to think more
about what they were doing.
Dodge ball progressed
We progressed dodge ball in a later session. Unlike
previously we turned this more competitive by making it that if you were out
you remained out until the game finished and a whole team had become
eliminated, we also gave countdowns if people were holding onto the balls to
long in order to give the game a good flow to them. By enforcing these changes
we saw our participants become more determined to win and come more competitive
which is a goal we set out to achieve.
09/12/2013
Christmas fun day
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