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Elite Talent Pathways - Walking a Tightrope: Elite Talent Pathways in all sports walk a tightrope and the demands and challenges faced under each program need to be carefully monitored and managed. Andy Hayman (former Eastern Ranges under 18 Assistant Coach) explores the responsibility of the development coach for ensuring they have the balance required to enable them to come out the other side a better person and, for a few, as an AFL footballer.
Coaching and Developing Young Players: Damian Carroll (Box Hill Hawks senior coach and former TAC Cup coach – Gippsland Power) believes that when developing young players, we need to look at ‘effective coaching’ rather than basing our success on ‘results coaching’. This means that we need to have a mentality of coaching young players for the future rather than just coaching for the present.
SPIR Method for Teaching Skills: Show, Practice, Instruct and Reward - SPIR is a teaching method to effectively coach children.
Characteristics of a Good Teacher/Coach: Learn communication strategies and positive approaches to effectively coach children.
Characteristics of Children: Be aware of the physical, emotional, social and skill-learning characteristics of children and learn how to cater for each.
When to Introduce New Skills: Advice on when to teach kids new skills and download the Skills Introduction Chart.
Why Children Play Sport: Reasons why kids play sport and ways to maintain their enthusiasm.
Football Parents: Practical advice on understanding why parents may be difficult and unobjective plus answers to their top 10 commonly asked questions.
Kids Appreciate Parent Involvement: Understand the benefits to children when their parents get involved in their sport and get tips on how to get parents on side.
Last Modified on 05/10/2011 10:34