In the past, I have heard parents and coaches refer to decision-making as an art, and by mentioning this it is not neccesarily an art I consider it as but more importantly, an integral skill to developing players and athletes. Decision-making is just as important as a psychological skill in sport as finishing is as a technical skill in Football (soccer). Therefore, it is not an art.
Tag: Coaching
Nurturing the coach-athlete relationship
The question of optimising coach effectiveness is nothing new, and nor is it something that will truly be established and have a globally agreed assumption on. If anything, studies from a number of disciplines (i.e., pedagogy, sociology, philosophy and psychology) have only grown and diversified the matter of coach effectiveness, making it even more unlikely for there to be a widely agreed opinion.
What does reflection look like in contemporary sports coaching?
Quite often on this blog I have discussed different methods and alternatives to developing young people, as well as athletes, however I’ve very rarely spoken about coach education – perhaps just the one piece on it – and it is an intregral branch of sports coaching nowadays.
Are you an implicit or explicit learner if you make good decisions?
It’s common knowledge in modern coaching that decision-making is a key attribute for an athlete to have in their locker; and if anyone reading has read my previous blogs, you will know the significance and importance of cognitive skills, such as decision-making.
Strategising Effective Questioning within the TGfU model
Whilst there are many strategies to enable its effectiveness in a teaching environment, one that I have been reflecting upon during these difficult times is effective questioning; and how I can improve my questions toward players and the rationale behind them
Evaluating the Teaching Games for Understanding Model (TGfU) and its impact on tactical development
Having touched upon it very briefly in my previous article, the Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) model is very much the opposite of a contemporary phenomenon within theoretical framework; it’s foundations were laid in the work of Bunker and Thorpe (1982) when they studied the skill set of school leavers. You may be sitting there…
Adapting to an evolution: How has sports coaching changed?
It is fair to say since ‘coaching’ became a phenomenon of what we refer to in the modern day, the stance on its position has evolved to relate with contemporary attitudes towards welfare and development. Nevertheless, there has been a number of questions or discussions that exist which we will never have a universal agreement…
Ryan White 