Mark Drummond

Embracing chaos:innovative approaches to coaching and coach education

Mark Drummond

Embracing chaos:innovative approaches to coaching and coach education

Mark Drummond

Embracing chaos:innovative approaches to coaching and coach education

Mark Drummond

Embracing chaos:innovative approaches to coaching and coach education

Coaching needs Innovation Innovation needs ChangeChange needs PlanningPlanning needs Understanding

Change & Innovation WILL cause a performance drop

Performance

Time

Change

Increase in performance

Establish what needs to continue being done the same way

Establish what needs to stop Establish what needs to be improved Establish what needs to be new

How coaches/players learn People’s reaction to change & innovation

Who is involved - The Team & The Club

Leadership

Concrete ExperienceActivist

Concrete ExperienceActivist

Theoretical ConceptsTheorist

Theoretical ConceptsTheorist

Reflective ObserverReflector

Reflective ObserverReflector

PracticalExperimentation

Pragmatist

PracticalExperimentation

Pragmatist

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Activists (feel & do)◦ Doing something new◦ Trying out things

Reflectors (feel & watch)◦ Observe◦ Time to think◦ Review progress

Theorists (think & watch)◦ Reading about why◦ Analysing the issues

Pragmatists (think & do)◦ Experimenting◦ Producing action plans

Plan?Do?Review?

Denial/Anger

Denial/Anger◦ Ignore it◦ Keep doing the same thing◦ Who is he/she to change things

Bargaining

Fed -up Accepta

nce

Integration

Bargaining◦ Maybe I don’t need to accept it◦ If I keep coaching/playing/training

this way it will be fine◦ Maybe I can hide and avoid it

Fed Up◦ Pointlessness◦ Refusal◦ Obstruction

Integration◦ Experimenting with new ideas◦ Settling in◦ Behaviour changing

Acceptance◦ OK so it’s going to happen anyhow◦ Better get prepared◦ See what needs to be done

Time

Perf

orm

ance

Denial/Anger Bargaining

Fed -up Accepta

nce

Integration

How will you minimise this?How will you support

and drive this

When is it a Team and when is it a Group? Group

◦ Any number of people who interact with each other, are aware of each other and perceive themselves as a group

Team◦ A distinguishable set of two or more individuals

who interact interdependently to achieve specific, shared and valued objectives

Who is in your team?◦ Players, Coaches, Coach Developers, Mentors,

Manager etc, etc, etc Learning Styles?? (previous slide)

Who is on your Coaching Team? Are the best people doing the most

appropriate jobs or just the ones they like?

A Good Leader:◦Creates a climate with a shared vision

◦Helps develop the innovation◦Liaises between the team and interested parties

◦Encourages team member growth◦Is supportive◦Gives direction where needed

Do you understand how your coaches/players learn

How will they react to change & innovation

Do you have a Team or a Group and who have you included

What type of Leadership is being exhibited

Coaching needs Innovation Innovation needs ChangeChange needs PlanningPlanning needs Understanding

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