Oscar Gamble is a 17-year old center midfielder playing at the performance level for football. The coach observed Oscar in footage of 3 games and felt his strengths were that he watched well-constructed footage from the current season. An area for improvement would be watching Oscar play in person. The coach then met with Oscar and his coach to discuss performance profiling and ratings. There were concerns that Oscar may have rushed through self-rating and felt embarrassed about some traits.

1. Unit 27
Task 2 – Coaching Log

2. Athlete Introduction
• Name: Oscar Gamble
• Gender: Male
• Date of birth: 26/04/1997
• Age:17
• Height: 5”10
• Weight: 75kg
• BMI: 23.7 (normal weight)
• Sport: Football
• Position: Centre Midfield
• Level: Performance

3. Coaching Log – Athlete Observation
Date 12/12/2014
Location I used the footage available to us at college to analyze Oscar in three games
for the academy
Strengths I feel I completed this section well as I watched well constructed footage of
Oscar in action. Another strength was the fact that these videos have all been
taken in the current 2014/15 season. Watching three videos also made my
work a strength as it enabled me to see what he is like as a whole rather than
just one game where he could've done something particularly well as a one
off.
Improvement
Areas
An improvement to my finding would've been to go watch Oscar in action in
the flesh. This would help my work as it would enable me to see what he is
like off the ball and not just when he is in contact with the ball and what is
going on in the game. For a center midfielder movement off the ball is key
which Is why I believe this would've improved my work as a whole.
Points for future
discussion
Seeing Oscar play at a higher level than his standard could've been interesting
to see if his strengths are still evident and to see if any more weaknesses are
on show.
Possible actions
arising
Attending more of Oscars games would help to back up my initial assessment
with more findings.

4. Coaching Log – Athlete Profiling
Meeting
Date 15/12/2014
Location Worthing College
Discussion
points
Once the meeting began I started off by giving a small explanation of what
performance profiling was and how it benefits athletes, I then told them what ASA
and API stand for. Once he understood better I explained in detail the scale which
he will be assessed in and what each rating stands for. This was very important as
all three of the athlete, myself, and the coach need to be on the same wave length
when it comes to scoring Oscar out of ten.
Concerns Myself and Oscar went quickly through what he rated himself and I feel if oscar
was to repeat his finding they would not come out the same as he seemed to rush
through rating himself a bit. Also I feel Oscar felt a little bit embarrassed at saying
he thought he was good at some trait therefore marked himself lower than he
really thinks.
Points for
future
discussion
I would've liked to have spent more time going through ASA in order to get a more
accurate set of finding s with the athlete. Not as rushed this time.
Possible
actions
arising
Oscar could watch the same three videos as I did in order to help him see how
good he thinks he is at certain traits before filling out ASA and API. This ould make
results more realistic.

5. Coaching Log – Coach Profile Meeting
Date 16/12/2014
Location Worthing college
Discussion
points
I started the meeting off by explaining to Oscars coach about how important his
role is in Oscars player profile. Once I had done this I went on to describe the
ratings out of ten so he understood what he was giving Oscar. I then gave the
coach the traits on a piece of paper with a key showing the ratings and came back
at the end of the day to pick up the results. I did this so that he didn’t feel he was
being rushed in marking Oscar and also he didn't feel like he was being watched. I
felt doing it this way would give a more representative set of findings.
Concerns One concern I had about leaving the coach alone to mark Oscar is that if he had
any questions or queries I was not there on hand to help. Another concern I has
was that the coach didn’t want to upset the player by marking too harshly so
marked generously, however I do not think this was the case.
Points for
future
discussion
I would have liked to sit down after I had found out their top 4 strengths and
weaknesses in order to see if the coach agreed with them as this would have
reassured me with my findings. If the coach had not agreed I could've then sat
down and seen where they thought it went wrong.
Possible
actions
arising
A second meeting with the coach would be beneficial in order to complete the
performance profile and assess how valid they think it is, and whether they think
any changes are needed to their sections.