Developing Skill& Tactics

                              

“He, who stops being better, stops being good.” Oliver Cromwell

© Copyright UK Sport

Philosophy

•Coach the athlete to become their own coach!

Communication & Information/Feedback

• Internal• V• A • R• K• Beliefs

• External• V• A • R• K

Verbal Feedback

• Ask

The Coaching ProcessBit sized chunks of learning = focus

• Plan• Prime (brief)• Do (race/train)• Feedback (VARK

internal/external)• Review

Assessing template

Coaching Skill

Alan Olive & Ben Chell© Copyright RYA

Reducing Cognitive Loading

Conscious Automatic

Technique

Decisions:Tactics/ Internal

Skill & Technique

Technique• The physical movements that

make up a manoeuvreSkill

• Performing techniques under pressure

Skills Model (basic)

Unconscious Competence

Conscious competence

Conscious incompetence

Unconscious incompetence

Coaching Developing the sailor’s

own analysis

Instructing Creating the building

blocks

Zones of AttentionIan Clingan

Learner

Skills ModelA framework for learning & coaching

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Shaping stage

Diversion Stage

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Sessionsstage, focus, shape, feedback

• Component• Shaping• Diversion

• Drag V’s • Short corners• Looking up

Developing Tactics• Isolate tactic and scenario.• Practice routine and simple variables.

Try to maintain real cues that initiate tactics.

• Develop rules of thumb or guiding principles.

• Add variety and game play to explore ‘tactic’.

• Add pressure.• Apply in competition.

Simple decision making model

Cue Decision Action

Conscious/automatic

Perceptual filter= priming/beliefs/ego/etc

Feedback &

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Feedback &

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Feedback &

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Questions for developing decision making

Decision & execution• What actually happened?• What did you think was going to happen?• What could have happened?• What triggered your decision?• What affected the effectiveness of what you

decided to do?• How well did you execute what you intended?• What will you do in the future?• Is there any rule of thumb that might govern your

actions?• When does this rule of thumb break down?

Other Reading

• Rod Thorpe- Teaching games for understanding (also in Athlete centred coaching- Lynn Kidman)

• Vickers- lots of research papers• Talent Code (Dan Coyle)• The Decisive Moment (J Lehrer)