Introduction to Coaching Children DRAFT Introduction to Coaching Children Pre-workshop guide

OUTCOMES This pack should help you to: identify the capabilities children are able to develop through their participation in sport explain the positive youth development movement describe the 5cs in the context of children’s sport describe child growth and development issues at different ages explain how children are motivated examine communication styles relative to children’s age review your own coaching practice.

TASK 1 What are all the capabilities (capacities, abilities, competences) that children can develop through their participation in sport?

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PHYSICAL TACTICAL MENTAL TECHNICAL PHYSICAL TACTICAL MENTAL

Positive Youth Development CARING CONFIDENCE CONTRIBUTION CHARACTER COMPETENCE CONNECTION

5Cs through Sport Respect for rules, sense of right and wrong, empathy Being able to do things 5Cs Self-worth and self-efficacy Being able to find own solutions to problems Positive connections with people and environment

3 ‘ages’ of the child Chronological age: actual age from birth Developmental or biological age: physical, emotional, social, cognitive age compared with a typical child of that age Training age: number of years in serious training

Coaching session or activity SPEC MODEL SOCIAL COGNITIVE Coaching session or activity EMOTIONAL PHYSICAL

Physical Literacy Children who are physically literate have competence and confidence in their: fundamental movements skills fundamental sport skills ability to read the environment and make decisions

FUNdamentals continuum Foreman and Bradshaw, 2009 Sport specific skill eg rugby, netball, tennis, cricket MULTI SKILL FUNdamental sport skills invasion, net/wall, striking and fielding, athletc/gymnastic FUNdamentals continuum Foreman and Bradshaw, 2009 FUNdamental Movement skills eg run, jump, hop, throw, catch, kick, skip FUNdamentals of Movement balance, agility and coordination

ACTIVE START Birth – 6 years Fitness and movement skills developed as a FUN part of daily life Development of sound FUNdamentals of movement: balance, agility and coordination Development of FUNdamentals of movements skills: eg run jump, throw Minimising sedentary behaviour Encouraging participation in daily physical activity

FUNDAMENTALS 6-8/9 years Continuing to develop the FUNdamentals of movement (balance, agility, coordination) and the FUNdamental movement skills (eg catch, kick, roll, swim). Integrating mental, cognitive and emotional development as well as overall physical development Starting to include FUNdamental sport skills (eg invasion sport, net and court games, gymnastic skills) Encouraging daily physical activity and strength exercises using own body weight , medicine and swiss balls

LEARN TO TRAIN Focusing more on sport skills 8/9 -11/12 years Focusing more on sport skills Encouraging participation in a range of sports rather than specialising in one or two. Skill development is a strong focus Continuing emphasis on using sport to develop cognitive, emotional and social skills as well as physical and sport skills Encouraging regular involvement in sports most days of the week

Key concepts: the cognitive, social emotional as well as physical needs of individual children physical literacy and the fundamentals developmentally appropriate training and competitive structure sport as an agent of transformation

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