Recent posts on this blog have had a theme about training, and in particular "game-based" training (insert other terminology here such as "game sense", "tgfu", "decision making" if you want). It is a topic I am really passionate about. With that in mind I wanted to share an experience from our training session this week. It ...
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Tag Archive: learning environment
Coaches – learn to teach, not copy drills!
I won't write too much other than to say this is a topic I am really passionate about. In a nutshell coaches need to be taught and understand good teaching and learning principles to then apply in their coaching and practice - not rely on copying drills that have been handed down through the ages. ...
Importance of Practice – Pete Carroll
Continuing on the "practice" theme from my previous post, here is a short video where Gridiron coach Pete Carroll explains the importance of practice and the approach he takes.
Does your training resemble the game?
You have probably heard of at least one of these terms - "game sense", "game based", "decision making","tactical approach" "TGFU", "game simulation". They all relate to the training environment and specifically refer to training activities that put players in game-like situations where decisions on what movement technique to produce have to be constantly made by ...
Making a system work – Lombardi
Hoopthoughts (hoopthoughts.blogspot.com) has a nice short post on an excerpt from a Vince Lombardi book about practice, precision and persistence. Read the post here. This tickled my fancy because Lombardi is really referring to what makes any system of play in any sport successful - the execution of the fundamentals and the ...
Testing Knowledge of the Game Plan – Online
This post is the 3rd in a series on using online technology to enhance your coaching. The first two posts were: How Youtube can make you a better coach Putting structures and setups online - how to make it happen It is also a follow-up to a
Do your players know the game plan?
In team sports knowing and executing the game plan is a critical aspect of a players performance, especially at the higher levels. So an important question you should be asking as a coach is - do your players know the game plan? Just as importantly - do you as the coach know if they ...
structures & setups Online – how to make it happen
This is the second post in a series we are doing on using the internet as a coaching tool (the first post was about Using Youtube in your coaching) Coaches often place a lot of emphasis on their structures, setups and systems of play. Executing these at all times is critical and this is tested ...
How YouTube can make you a better coach
In a previous post on creating quality teaching and learning environments for your players I touched on "e-learning" and how the internet and technology could be used to enhance your coaching. As a follow up to that I am planning on doing a few posts that demonstrate the ways you can go about doing ...
1st Article Available
We have just created an 'Articles' section (see link at top of page) where we will post various expert articles related to a range of coaching topics. These will be quite detailed and comprehensive in nature rather than shorter "blog-style" posts. The 1st article is written by teamsportcoaching.com's Mark Upton and looks at how coaches can ...