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A “coaches toolkit” that includes emerging competencies for managers and leaders
The key difference between coaching and mentoring
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• Traditional coaching models and how we can improve them
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• The difference between coaching and mentoring
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Slide 2:
Picture this: It’s a crisp fall afternoon, driving towards Lincoln Financial Field. The atmosphere is electric—tailgaters grilling, fans in Eagles jerseys creating a sea of green and white. The air buzzes with camaraderie and anticipation. You park, join the throng, and make your way to your seat. The stadium roars as the Eagles take the field, sending chills down your spine. Each play is a thrilling dance of strategy and skill. This is what being an Eagles fan is all about—the joy, the pride, and the shared experience.
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4. The Balance of Power in Rowing The balance of power between coach and crew How the boat balance is achieved so that the power can be applied Communication
5. The balance of power between coach and crew Coach Crew Coach Crew What was the balance of communication when you were coached? What is the balance of communication in your club at present? What difference does it make? Coach Crew
6. The times they are a changing ………. Coaching is becoming more participant focused Because it is more effective Aims and means Coach and crew work as a team and agree Terms and conditions How to resolve difficult issues Across all sports
7. How the boat balance is achieved so that the power can be applied When you coach this, what is the balance between instruction and explanation? Instruction = telling the crew what to do Explanation = explaining why the action will be effective
8. The story of the tightrope walker’s pole …… When hands are raised or lowered, the blades do not move – the boat does Although hands have moved up or down, the angle of the blades has not changed
9. Explaining the reason why ……… Helps learners to ‘construct’ their own understanding For more information about Constructivist Learning Theory , go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(learning_theory) The coach encourages self-analysis and explains how drills and exercises help
10. “ Control the slide, slow down as you approach frontstops” “ Why?” “ Because hitting frontstops stops the boat” “ How?” The ball represents the rower. What will happen when it rolls forward and hits the end of the slide?
12. What fuels learning? Praise and encouragement is the main motivator Always begin with the positives Phrase the negatives in terms of areas to improve Never under estimate the power of this approach. The ability to learn effectively correlates closely with good self-esteem I feel good therefore I learn
13. Self - analysis Rocking over at the first stage of the recovery with a straight back and ensuring that the shoulders are well over the hips before allowing the knees to lift 1 2 3 4 5 Haven’t a clue, will some one please explain this again from the beginning! I think I understand but would benefit from a further explanation I’m getting there and I know when things are going well I can feel how I’m improving and I now know what I need to do to improve I’m feeling confident on this aspect and I know what I have to work on 1 2 3 4 5
14. “ Chris is a disruptive social influence in the crew, can’t row very well and is obviously not responding to coaching. What are you going to do about it?” Two members of a crew you coach ask to see you to tell you that: So, what are you going to do about it?
15. What reference can we make to how we have agreed to operate? Can we establish what Chris feels about the situation? Can we agree a support package, some goals, a review point and a time limit? All too often such situations are dealt with by not dealing with them Coach and crew work together To resolve issues and difficulties
16. What does it feel like to be a participant in a participant-focused learning situation? “ Err …. Coach, you are now operating on a different psychological contract from the one we are used to, what’s going on here?” How practicable is it to change the dynamic between coach and participants? If you are seeking to make changes, do so gradually and look for the evidence that it is making a difference
17. Fair selection “ Chris has not such a good ergo score as me and leans out at the finish, yet has been selected ahead of me. It’s SO UNFAIR!” Selection criteria: is it possible to be objective and open? For more information about making decisions using KT analysis, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepner-Tregoe Ergo score Rowing skill Crew match /10 /10 /10 X weighting factor (50) = X weighting factor (30) = X weighting factor (20) = Total =
18. The participant focused club Have a look at: http://www.freewebs.com/jimflood/ Provides a good experience to newcomers through an induction course Newcomers feel welcomed and valued Has an agreed policy on induction, retention and inclusion Improvers are encouraged to identify their own goals Policies are reviewed in the light of experience
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20. Idiosyncratic in behaviour and rather cavalier about rules and regulations Has fixed and proven ways of operating ……… . Highly professional in behaviour and the observation of rules and good practice guidelines Always seeking to learn and improve Aims to filter out those who are not going to ‘make the grade’ ……… Inclusive in terms of keeping everyone involved regardless of natural ability Sets performance targets and reviews on the basis of criticism ……… Sets clear learning targets for each session and reviews these positively at the end of each session Sets exercises without explanation ……… Explains the purpose of exercises Motivates through the fear of criticism ……… Makes considerable use of praise and encouragement as a motivator Talks at, rather than with, the participants ……… Encourages the development of a dialogue through questions Relies on own judgement ……… Asks for feedback on progress Instructs in a didactic manner ……… . Understands how different people learn and responds accordingly Makes the decisions and sets targets ……… . Establishes and agrees aims for the group The authoritarian coach The participant focused coach
Editor's Notes
This mind map is the main handout and aims to show how the themes and sub-topics are related. This was drawn using free software available from: http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/
I’ve taken the theme of ‘The Balance of Power’ because, in my view, it relates to two key areas in coaching beginners and improvers. One is the balance of power in the communication between coach and crew, and secondly how coaches approach coaching a crew to balance the boat so that good technique can be used to power the boat effectively.
The questions above will have been discussed by the participants and some key points related to this slide will have been posted on the website. The aim is to get coaches to think about own experience of coaching and being coached and the extent to which the flow of communication between coach and crew should be a two-way process. What are the potential benefits and problems?
Participant focused coaching is not just a new fad. It’s been around for some time – and the new Level 2 ARA coaching course is based on this model of practice. The new ARA coaching philosophy and structure is in line with Government Agenda for Sport - http://www.sportengland.org/news/press_releases/activity_agenda.htm It is based on the belief that coaching has much in common with teaching – and teaching, as an activity now focuses much more on how learners learn, and how the teacher can best facilitate this process: i.e. teaching is now much more learner centred. Learner centred teaching is about: Understanding about how people learn in different contexts Seeking feedback from the learner about that works best for them Viewing teaching and learning as partnership The increased effectiveness for the learner are: ability to self-analyse and correct improved self-esteem Improved retention The implications are significant – it is a change in the psychological contract (the set of expectations) that coaches have of crews, and crews have of coaches.
“ Do as I tell you” demonstrably works as a technique for the able and confident athlete. However, beginners and improvers are learning – and learners have very fragile egos. When told to do something and it does not work, they tend to feel failures and they locate the blame in themselves. The belief has been in coaching that ‘Practice makes perfect’. The research evidence suggests that ‘Practice makes permanent, but not necessarily perfect’ “ Understand – and then you will be able to better adapt yourself to what I’ve explained is more efficient”.
This is how I explain the mechanics of balancing the boat. The blades are analogous to the tightrope walker’s pole. The pole can be straight, or sagging equally as when it bends. The key to keeping the blades as effective as a tightrope walker’s pole, is to keep the hands at the same height. As soon as hand heights differ, the pole is effectively broken. The reaction to a boat rolling to one side is often to raise or lower the hands in order to get a stroke in. All this does is to roll the boat further over. What the lower diagram shows is that when the hands move up or down, the angle of the blade does not change - because it takes less force to move the blade in the vertical plane than it does to roll the boat on its axis. When rowers raise or lower their hands they think that they are changing the angle of the blade relative to the water- they are not – they are tilting the boat. The aim is to get the crew to balance the boat, not by moving their hands in the vertical plane but by connecting to the boat through weight on the toes and subtle weight shifts on the seat.
The theory that underpins this aspect of participant focused approaches to coaching is Constructivist Learning. The role of the teacher is to assist the learner in constructing models that help them to understand the cause and effect relationships in what they are learning.
Teachers have long used visual aids as powerful means to aid understanding. This is one example. In this case it is food tray representing the boat, a track for the slide and a squash ball for the rower. With the ‘boat’ stationary, the ball is released to run down the slide and to ‘crash’ into the frontstops position. How will the ‘boat’ behave? Guessing what is going to happen before it happens is part of what is known as ‘guessing and testing’ or, at a higher level, developing a hypothesis to test. Thinking about what happens next …… is a powerful part of a learning experience.
How do we communicate effectively with young people? Increasingly young people obtain their information (and their learning) from the Internet. This is one example of what can already be found. Do we need to be thinking about providing more?
Research at The Open University with mature learners showed that, even when they ‘knew the rule’ that tutors always had to begin feedback with the positive comments – they still wanted to have them. Begin with something positive and learners will listen. Begin with something negative and they switch off. To get a crew member to make a change, try: I want you to ………. for me …….. that’s it there, well done.
There are a number of ways in which coaches can encourage rowers to analyse their own performance. For example watching video clips of themselves rowing and picking out strengths and weaknesses. With beginners I often use tick type progress check list.
Having a set of principles by which the group observe and operate provides a reference point for action. It’s important to establish how many sides there are to the ‘story’. If we can identify and discuss problems early enough, it might be possible to get agreement on a ‘support package of measures’. However this needs to be within a framework of available resources, there should be an agreed time limit with a review point. This might establish that Chris is a disruptive influence and is impossible to coach – but at least there has been a positive attempt to deal with the problem.
It is important not to underestimate the discomfort that a change of coaching style can cause. Coach centred coaching tends to make ‘lazy learners ’in the sense that they have little responsibility. Demanding that they take some responsibility for they own learning can cause a negative reaction.
Crew selection is, traditionally, a cause of discomfort in clubs. I was asked to provide a fair and open means of crew selection for a Swedish rowing club – so I drew on my engineering experience of decision making that made use of Kepner-Tregoe (KT) analysis. This is based on giving each criterion a score and a weighting. The weighting factors must add up to 100% and it’s usual to give a score of out of ten for each criteria. In this case a decision would be made about how 2K ergo times relate to a mark out of ten.
Club funding is in most cases a result of attracting and retaining fee paying members. How does your club communicate with prospective members? What kind of experience do newcomers to your club have? What kind of learning journey do they experience? And who checks? As club funding becomes more dependent on involvement with the local community, such factors become much more important. Are you totally happy with this aspect of your club? If not what could be done to improve it? http://www.sportengland.org/index/about_sport_england/equality_standard_for_sport.htm
Further reading Communication http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/commun.htm Correcting inbuilt patterns of action http://www.coachingwins.com/coachingdemo.html Coaching self-belief http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/sports-coaching.html Jones, R L (ed.) (2005) The sports coach as educator: Reconceptualising sports coaching . London: Routledge. Jones, R L and Wallace, M (2005) Another bad day at the training ground: Coping with ambiguity in the coaching context. Sport, Education and Society 10(1), 119-134. Kahan, D (1999) Coaching behaviour: A review of the systematic observation research literature. Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics Annual 14, 17-58. Kidman, L (ed.) (2001) Innovative coaching: Empowering your athletes . Christchurch, NZ: Innovative Communications. Knowles, Z, Gilbourne, D, Borrie, A and Nevill, A (2001) Developing the reflective sports coach: A study exploring the process of reflective practice within a higher education programme. Reflective Practice 2(2), 185-207. Liukkonen, J, Laasko, L and Telama, R (1996) Educational perspectives of youth sport coaches: Analysis of observed coaching behaviours. International Journal of Sport Psychology 27, 439-453 Potrac, P, Brewer, C, Jones, R, Armour, K and Hoff, J (2000) Toward an holistic understanding of the coaching process. Quest 52, 186-199. Contact Jim Flood at jimflood @ btinternet.com