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Jeff McCready

General CV

• Police Officer (31 years)• Planning & Performance Manager (10 years)

• BSc – Public Policy, Planning & Management• PgDip – Sports Management• NVQ level 3 – Teaching qualification (PTLLS)

• IOC/ISSF Diploma, Training Systems Development• ISSF ‘B’ coaching course (invited for ‘A’)

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Shooting Sports CV - Jeff

• 2003 – 2013; athlete, Trap Men

• 2012 – 2013; Development Director & Coach, Northern Ireland• 2014 – 2016; Performance Director & Coach, Ireland• 2016; Performance Coach, Turkey (Rio Games)• 2016 – present; Performance Coach, Yannick Peeters, Belgium• 2017 – 2018; Performance Coach, Elite Shooting Academy, Malta• 2018 – present; Performance Coach, VCSA (Flanders Academy)• 2018 (November); Performance Coach, new Academy, Japan

Research

• 2014 – 2016 ‘ethnography’ study, Olympic shooting (shotgun)

• Culture based on ‘opinions & precedent’• Not Olympic/World medalist; cant coach

• Lacked scientific focus• Lacked professional performance management

• ’Competitive advantage’• Professional era• Change required• Fast

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Performance2Win

• Merge my experience • planning and performance specialist• International shooting coach

• Unique resource • ’One-stop-shop’

Performance2Win

• Organizational Design• for effective and efficient sports management

• Planning & performance management• Athletes

• Technical coaching• “shooting with science”

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Performance Under Pressure, a “no surprises” approach.

Presentation – construct

• Substance not style

Coaching philosophy• “..think smarter; play harder..”• “Keep. It. Simple. Stupid” (KISS)

Benefit• Athletes• Coaches• Sport service providers• Sport Administrators

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Workshop structure

Introduction – (5 minutes)

Part 1 • Personal story – Jeff (5 minutes)Part 2• Performance & Pressure – understanding (15 minutes)

• 5 minute break Part 3• Remedy strategies (30 minutes)

• Question & Answer session (20 minutes)

Part 1 – Police Officer to Performance Coach

Transferable skills• Occupational competence (qualifications)• Operational competence (experience)

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Police Officer 1982-2013 (31 years)

• Patrol Officer

• Detective (Criminal Investigation)

• Unit Commander (Tactical Support Group)

• Planning & Performance specialist• Operational Support• Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Policing – core values

• Respect• Law• All citizens within

• Integrity• Ethics

• Honesty

• Discipline• 24/7 – on and off duty

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Sporting parallels?

• Respect• Law (Rules)• All within (athletes, coaches, officials)

• Integrity• Ethics (WADA)

• Discipline• 24/7 (on and off field of play)

• People first• “…better people make better All Blacks” (Smith; Legacy, 2013)

Gold, Silver, Bronze (GSB)

• UK management system • Planned events• ‘Significant’ incident management

• Gold (strategic) – ‘the mission’• Silver (tactical) – planning & contingency strategies• Bronze (operational) – training & front line delivery

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Sport Parallels?

• Gold – BOIC, Sport Belgium; Sport Vlaanderen; Federations• Silver – Coaching team• Bronze – athlete(s)

• ’THE PLAN’• Risk managed• Accountable

THE PLAN

• Each participant must Understand the plan

• Adapt to changing needs (tactics, contingencies)

• Then Apply the plan

• Weaknesses?? Will show in front line delivery!!

• Risk Managed• Accountable

• “No Surprises”

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Reviews / Debriefs

• Continuous improvement – ‘Kaizen’• ‘Black Box Thinking’ (Matthew Syed, 2016)

• Detective skills to analyse• Leadership experience to remedy

• Review of and managing change, is constant!!

• UNDERSTAND, ADAPT & APPLY

Intro & Part 1 - Review

Personal story

Police Sport Performance2Win

• Transferable skills• Core Values• Gold, Silver, Bronze• Risk Management, Accountability

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Part 2 – ’Understand’ phase

• Aim – better understanding

• Performance

• Pressure

Performance, same as Results?

No!!

Performance “..effective and efficient processes, of planned and rehearsed actions, which deliver competitive advantage” (P2Win)

Results…are the consequence of performance!!

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5W,H – Ivestigators ‘tool box’

• Who was involved?• What happened?• Where did it take place?• When did it take place?• Why did that happen?• How did it happen?

• Stick to the evidence (facts)• All require more than YES/NO answers

Performance ‘tool box’

• Use 5W,H to investigate• Yourself• Your process(es)• Your performance(s)• The opposition

• Key themes• Performance Profiling • Goal setting• Regular debriefs & reviews

• Training• ‘practice’ skills• ‘train’ to perform

• Owership?• You !!!• Coaches facilitate

• Hard Work not Talent!!

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THE PLAN

• ’joined up’ (Gold, Silver, Bronze)• Forensic attention to detail• “..marginal gains..” (Brailsford, British Cycling/Team Sky)

• Risk managed• Accountable

Sun Tzu – The Art of War

• “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

• “In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity”

• “who wishes to fight must first count the cost”

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Performance Domains

1. *Personal – ‘core values’; attitude

2. Physical – sport specific (flexibility, cardio, strength & conditioning)3. Technical – skill development4. Tactical – how to play the game5. Psychological – ’self talk’, mental imagery 6. Emotional – best support team possible7. Contextual – happy in life

Risk Management (KISS version)

PRIORITIES• Essential• Desirable• Optional

SCALER• Likely• Possible, not likely• Unlikely

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Governance & Ethics

Accountability• Responsibility for Performance – YOU

Integrity• Reputation

Pressure?

We all experience it!!

• School• Work• Lives

• Sport

Accept it, Understand it, Adapt to it, Apply your training!!!

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Pressure definitions

“the interference with the ability to concentrate on a process, consciously or subconsciously, causing deterioration in technique and decreasing the level of performance” (Alred, 2016 – The Pressure Principle)

(KISS version) “Process interference, reducing performance”

Pressure can be ruthless!

Affects• Focus• Making decisions• Eye-Hand coordination• Motor skills (movement)

• All the above = Performance!!

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Why? - F3 response

• In built safety valve - self preservation - threat/danger

• Fight• Flight• Freeze

• ‘choke’

• ‘Amygdala hijack’• ‘Sensory shutdown’

Conscious & Sub-conscious

• Conscious mind – cognitive/rational thinking

• Sub-conscious mind (emotional control centre) – negative/irrational thinking

• Much faster• Much stronger• ‘Chimp Paradox’ (Peters, 2012)

• (KISS) Angel -v- Devil

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Biggest cause of Pressure?

• Stress – external, outcome orientated (results)• Anxiety – internal, ‘fear of failure’

• Butterflies - in tummy

• Tension - in muscles• Fear• Panic!

Pressure, primary physical response

Increased heart rate

BPM• 175 + (irrational, sensory loss)• 155 + (complex motor skills affected)• 115 + (fine motor skills affected) • 50 – 80 (resting)

(Drezlecki, 2002) ‘Survival stress in law enforcement’

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First ‘sense’ affected?

Vision(Martin, 1984) ‘Insight to Sports’

“…if you cant see it, you cant shoot it”

Sports Vision – under utilised(Peters, 2012) ‘See to play’

Part 2 - Review

Aim – better understanding?• Performance• Pressure

5 minute comfort break!

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Part 3 – ‘Adapt’ phase

Aim – introduce methodologies

• Choices• Training

Invest in yourself

• Its your future• Nothing more valuable than your time

Performance domains• *Personal – core values, attitude• Contextual – happy in life

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“…look in the mirror”

EGO or ambition???

(KISS) “tell yourself…what you need to hear, not what you want to hear”

• Realistic• Stay ‘grounded’

Be Coachable - Growth Mindset (Dweck)

• FAIL = First Attempt In Learning• Embrace feedback• Investigate / identify issues• Challenge thoughts• Experiment• Plan (including Plan B)• Review

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Stress/Anxiety – ‘Friend or Foe’?

Let it be your friend, accept it! (many others will resist!)

• Feel empowered; body & mind preparing for big effort• Know the plan• Know the contingencies

• “know the answer before the question is asked” (P2Win)

Focus on the ‘controllable’, ignore the ‘uncontrollable’

‘Ugly zone’ (Alred, 2016)

• Do as always do• same results, worse, • other pass you by

• Pushing barriers is uncomfortable• Change is not easy

• Attitude

• “Get comfortable being uncomfortable” (US Navy SEALs)

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COTE of Armour

C onfidence – in self & processes; “be prepared”O ptimism – stay in the moment; less anxiety and better decisionsT enacity – hard work; ‘GRIT’ (Duckworth, 2017), Sisu (see-sue)E nthusiam – ‘arousal’ & positive thinking

(Weisinger/Pawlin-Fry, 2015) ‘How to Perform under Pressure’

‘GRIT’ (Duckworth, 2017)

Talent + Effort = Skill

Skill + Effort = GRIT

(Effort = Passion + Perseverence)

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Arousal

• Know your optimal heart rate• Activation - Physical, technical and Psych prep (imagery)• Be ready for that 1st shot!

• Pre-shot routine (affirmation)• Skill execution• Post-shot routine (immediate feedback)

• ‘Flow’ (Csikszentmihalyi, 1975)

Pressure – who suffers most?

Life threatening professions• Emergency services• Military

Sport• Recreational athlete• Professional athlete

Sport (Alred, 2016)• Played out in public arena’s

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Pilot – Hudson River, 2009

• De-personalize• Mission first• Not about self• Passengers & crew

• Simulated training• Contingencies• Process focused

• Sport – same“Ask not what your country can do for you… ask what you can do for your country.” (President J.F. Kennedy, USA)

“Thinking Correctly Under Pressure” T-CUP (Alred, 2016)• ALL about process – never outcome

• Break down into ‘bite’ sized pieces

• Learn/repair a skill – think more, more stages, more detail• Training to perform – same stages, focused on key stages• Competition – mental cue, key element(eg) driving a car

Over time & training - will keep refining!

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T-CUP 3 best options – ‘Fear of Failure’1. Breathing2. Positive ‘Self talk’3. (Mental) Imagery

(combination thereof)

Breathing

• Regulate heart rate

• Let breathing - overcome subconscious (negative) thoughts• Focus on the process of breathing

• (Yoga)

ExerciseCounting breathing rhythm

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Positive self talk (neuro linguistic programming - NLP)

(KISS) “Angel & Devil”• Overcome negative feelings and thoughts

• “I can” and “I will”Personal example: “Smiffy”

• Body language

Mental Imagery (Visualisation)

Why• Motivation• ArousalWhen• Training – pre Comp – during compWhat• Prepare for competition, maintain or Improve skillsHow?• See it, hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it!!!

PETTLEP model (Holmes & Collins, 2001)

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Stress Exposure Training (proactive)

• Stress Innoculation Training (reactive)

• De Becker (1997) ‘The Gift of Fear…’

• increased tolerance or immunity to a particular stimulus –‘Fear of Failure’ Olympics (once in 4 years)

• Beyond training ; Professional Help (Sport Psych)

Summary

• “think smarter; play harder”• KISS• Understand, Adapt, Apply• Plan• ‘Ugly Zone’ in training“Championships are won on the training ground”• Process not Outcome focused• Never stop learning (Kaizen)• “No Surprises!!!”

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All together! Performance is….

Process Management

Planning+

Performance Resources

Facebook (info-graphics)• Planet2K• BelievePerform

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Part 4 – ‘Apply’ phase

• Over to YOU!!!

• Practice• Train• Perform

Questions??