FROM THE SIDE LINE VOLUME 7

COACHING STYLES

CONTENTSCOACHING STYLES

COMMAND

QUESTION AND ANSWER

OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK

GUIDED DISCOVERY

TRIAL AND ERROR

THE COACHING PROCESS

OBSERVE

SEE FAULT

COACH AND CORRECT

RECREATE

PLAY

COACHING STYLES REFLECT THE SITUATION IN FRONT OF YOU

BASED ON THE OUTCOMES YOU WANT FROM THE SESSION

THE BEST WAY TO GET YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS TO THE PLAYER IN A WAY THEY UNDERSTAND

COACHING STYLES

1. COMMAND

2. QUESTION AND ANSWER

3. OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK

4. GUIDED DISCOVERY

5. TRIAL AND ERROR

COMMAND (THE DICTATOR)COACH TELLS AND SHOWS REQUIRED SOLUTION (I WANT YOU TO)

THE COACH MAKES ALL THE DECISIONS

THE PLAYERS ROLE IS TO RESPOND TO THE COACHES COMMANDS AND DO AS THEY ARE TOLD

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

GREATER CHANCES OF TOPICS BEING COVERED

NOT ALL PLAYERS LEARN THE TOPIC BEFORE MOVING ON

COACH HAS FULL CONTROL OF THE SESSION

NO PLAYER INPUT AND LEARNING CAN BE REDUCED

SESSION PLANS ARE EXECUTED AND RUN ON TIME

PLAYERS THAT NEED ADDITIONAL TIME FALL BEHIND

ALL OBJECTIVES ARE MET PLAYERS DON’T GET TIME TO PROCESS THE OBJECTIVES

COACH’S CAN CONTROL THE SESSIONS EFFECTIVELY WHEN WORKING WITH BIG NUMBERS

DOESN'T ALLOW FOR PLAYERS TO EXPERIMENT AND TEACH THEMSELVES

USEFUL TO MEASURE A PLAYERS TECHNICAL ABILITY

ONLY ONE WAY IS THE RIGHT WAY

COACH DOES ALL THE TALKING NO INPUT FROM THE PLAYERS WHICH RESTRICTS PLAYERS OWN THOUGHT AND THINKING

COACH DOES ALL THE THINKING DOES NOT ALLOW FOR CREATIVE THINKING PLAYERS

RESULT BASED COACH GETS ALL THE GLORY

QUESTION AND ANSWER

COACH LEADS WITH A QUESTION TO GAIN RESPONSE FROM PLAYERS (CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU CAN DO HERE)

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

STIMULATES PLAYERS THINKING COACH NEEDS TO BE COMFORTABLE TO ASK THE QUESTION IN A NUMBER OF WAYS

STIMULATES INTRINSIC MOTIVATION TO LEARN

COACH MAY NOT ASK AGE APPROPRIATE QUESTIONS

PLAYERS REMEMBER AND APPLY THE INFORMATION BETTER

CAN PUT SHY PLAYES ON THE SPOT AND ARE SCARED TO GIVE THE WRONG ANSWER IN FRONT OF OTHER PLAYERS

PLAYERS PARTICIPATE MORE AS THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE LEARNING PROCESS

CAN BE TIME CONSUMING AS PLAYERS THINK ABOUT THE RIGHT ANSWER

INVOLVES ALL PLAYERS IN THE LEARNING PROCESS

PLAYERS MIGHT ANSWER QUESTIONS WITHOUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE ANSWER

CAN BE A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY TO CHECK UNDERSTANDING

THE SESSION MIGHT HAVE TO MANY STOP STARTS IF THE COACH ASKS TOO MANY QUESTIONS AND THE PLAYERS WILL

LOSE FOCUS OF THE SESSION

KEEPS ALL PLAYERS ENGAGED IN THE SESSION

PLAYERS THAT DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER MIGHT SAY SOMETHING JUST TO BE FUNNY IN FRONT OF A

GROUP

ALLOWING PLAYERS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS CAN BUILD CONFIDANCE AND TRUST WITHIN A GROUP

LESS CONFIDENT PLAYERS WILL TRY AVOID BEING ASKED QUESTIONS

DIFFERENT LEVELS OF QUESTIONS AND CHALLENGE THE MORE ADVANCE PLAYERS

MORE CONFIDENT PLAYERS WILL ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS THE OTHERS WILL KEEP QUIET

OBSERVATION AND FEEDBACK

COACH AND PLAYER OBSERVE (LETS WATCH THIS)

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

POSITIVE FEEDBACK CAN DEVELOP CONFIDENCE

NEGATIVE FEEDBACK CAN LOWER SELF - ESTEEM

HELPS PLAYERS IDENTIFY AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT

COACHES CAN BE OBSERVING THE WRONG THING AND LOSE SIGHT OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE

SESSION

CAN BE USED AS A WAY TO HIGHLIGHT NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE HABITS IN PLAYER

COACHES DON’T GIVE PLAYERS ENOUGH TIME TO EVALUATE THEIR OWN PERFORMANCE BEFORE THEY TELL

THEM WHAT WAS WRONG

CAN BE USED TO REINFORCE POSITIVE FEEDBACK

AMOUNT OF DETAIL THE COACH RETAINS IS LIMITED

PROVIDES ANSWERS FOR PLAYERS ON HOW TO IMPROVE TECHNIQUES

COACHES COULD BE LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC THINGS AND NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WILL IMPROVE THE PLAYER

ENCOURAGES SELF - EVALUATION COACHES CAN BE BIAS TOWARDS CERTAIN PLAYERS AND ALWAYS FIND THE THINGS THEY ARE DOING WRONG

CAN CREATE A POSITIVE ENVIROMENT THAT FOSTERS LEARNING

WHEN DONE IN A GROUP PLAYERS CAN FEEL THREATENED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET EMBARRASSED IN FRONT

OF THE GROUP

CAN INCREASE THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT IN PLAYERS IF DONE PROPERLY

COAHES GIVE WRONG ADVICE TO FIX THE IDENTIFIED ERROR OR NO ADVICE AT ALL

CAN BE DONE INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A GROUP

PLAYERS CAN BECOME FRUSTRATED IF OVER CORRECTION IS CONSTANTLY HAPPENING AND THE PLAYERS HASN’T HAD TIME

TO WORK IT OUT FOR THEMSELVES

GUIDED DISCOVERY (INDUCTIVE APPROACH)

COACH ASKS A QUESTION OR ISSUES A CHALLENGE (CAN YOU SHOW ME)

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

INCREASES PLAYERS CRITICAL AWARENESS

WHAT PLAYERS LEARN IS STILL LIMITED AS THE COACH STILL SETS THE OBJECTIVES

ALLOWS PLAYERS TO CONTROL THEIR OWN LEARNING PROCESS

PLAYERS CAN BECOME DEPENDENT ON GUIDED HELP

PLAYERS RETAIN INFORMATION BETTER

PLAYERS CAN LEARN THE WRONG TECHNIQUE

IMPROVES PLAYERS GAME UNDERSTANDING

MOVING ON TO NEW TOPICS CAN BE VERY SLOW

IMPROVES PLAYERS CONFIDENCE LEVELS COACHES DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PATIENCE AND DONT GIVE THE PLAYERS TIME TO COME UP WITH AN ANSWER

ALLOWS PLAYERS TO WORK OUT WAYS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS

CAN SEEM LIKE A LACK OF STRUCTURE IN THE SESSION

PROMOTES LOW AND HIGH ORDER THINKING

COACHES CAN ASK THE WRONG QUESTION

INCREASE IN DECISION MAKING RESPONSIBILITIES

PLAYERS ARE ONLY GUIDED TO WHAT THE COACH WANTS TO HEAR

PLAYERS TAKE MORE RESPONSIBILITIES

SESSION PLANNING IS STILL COACH BASED AND MIGHT NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL PLAYER

TRIAL AND ERROR

COACH AND PLAYER DECIDE ON A CHALLENGE (TRY FOR YOURSELF)

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

CREATES ENVIRONMENTS WHERE PLAYERS ARE NOT SCARED TO TRY NEW SKILLS

PLAYERS GIVE UP IF THEY THINK ITS TO HARD OR THEY CAN’T DO IT THE FIRST TIME

CREATES CREATIVE PLAYERS PLAYERS CAN GIVE UP BEFORE THEY HAVE EVEN TRIED

ALLOWS PLAYERS TO FIND OUT ANSWERS FOR THEMSELVES AND CREATES BETTER THINKERS ON THE FIELD

CAN DAMAGE A PLAYERS CONFIDENCE IF THEY CANT SUCCEED

PLAYERS ARE DRIVEN BY THE RESPONSE OF ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVE

FOR LEARNING TO OCCUR THE PLAYER HAS TO BE MOTIVATED

PLAYERS INTERACT WITH THE COACH MORE AS THEY WANT THE COACH TO SEE IF THEY ARE DOING IT

CORRECT

ONCE THE PLAYER ACHIEVES THE DESIRED OBJECTIVE THEY MOVE ON

STIMULATES A PLAYERS INTELLECTUAL GROWTH

SLOW, AND REQUIRES A LOT OF PATIENCE FROM THE COACH

SUCCESSFUL RESPONSES LEADS TO EFFECTIVE LEARNING

NOT ALL PLAYERS ARE DRIVEN THE SAME WAY

SETS CHALLENGES FOR PLAYERS TO ACHIEVE

THE LEARNING TIME CAN BE LONG TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE

ALLOWS PLAYERS TO AQUIRE KNOWLEDGE

PLAYERS FEAR THE OTHER PLAYERS WILL MAKE FUN OF THEM WHEN THEY CAN’T DO IT

Continuum

Coaching Methodology

Command Question & Answer

Observation & Feedback

Guided Discovery

Trial & Error

Player/Coach Interventions

Coach tells and shows required solution

Coach leads with

question to gain

response from players

Coach and players observe

Coach asks a question or

issues a challenge

Players and/or coach

decide on the challenge

Example “I want you to...”

“What do you think?”

“Let’s watch this...”

“Can you show me...?”

“Try this for yourself...”

Description Coach tells, explains

and shows how to

do something

Coach poses question

and players offer

verbal solution to

the challenge

Coach and players observe

and discuss

feedback

Coach challenges and players offer visual

demonstration of possible

solution

Players are encouraged

to find solutions

with minimal support

from coach

THE COACHING PROCESS

OBSERVE

SEE FAULT

COACH AND CORRECT

RECREATE

PLAY

OBSERVE

COACHING POSITIONS

AIMS OF THE

SESSIONS

ORGANISATION OF THE

SESSION

ATTITUDE OF THE PLAYERS

WHAT NEEDS CORRECTING

SEE FAULT

INTERVENTION

REASON FOR THE

INTERVENTION

WHO DOES IT

EFFECT

HAS THE FAULT

HAPPENED MORE THEN

ONCE

HAVE THE PLAYERS HAD A CHANCE

TO FIX IT THEMSELVES

COACH AND CORRECT

PLAYER ON THE BALL

PLAYERS NEAR THE BALL

PLAYERS AROUND THE BALL

COACHING STYLE

BEST WAY TO GET THE

MESSAGE ACROSS

RECREATE

SAME PICTURE

SAME PROBLEM

SAME PRESSURE

ASK QUESTIONS

ALLOW THE PLAYER TO IDENTIFY

PLAY

CHECK UNDERSTANDING

IDENTIFY COACHING POINTS

IDENTIFY NEW

TOPICS

IDENTIFY AREAS OF

DEVELOPMENT

REPEAT THE

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