1. Coaching Talented Young Players
Aidan Hamill
Coaching Talented Young Players

2. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS

3. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Teaching
Learning
Learning
Teaching

4. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
When I hear, I forget.
When I see, I remember.
When I do, I learn.

5. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
We learn …
20% of what we hear
30% of what we see
80% of what we do

6. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Players will forget …
80% of what you told them
70% of what you showed them

7. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
This drill is to improve _____.
In our last game _____ so we are doing this drill to _____.

8. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Be clear about what you are aiming at.
Make sure the players are clear about the purpose of the exercise.
Make sure the drill is focused on the skill and does not get in the way.

9. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Safe and secure learning environment.
Supportive group.
Good team spirit.
Good relationships:
understanding
trust

10. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
A good
kick up
the back
side.

11. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Gifted Children
Elite Athletes

12. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Skill Development
Physical Demands
Time Demands

13. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Skill Development
Talented players can:
perform the skill successfully on a higher percentage of attempts
perform the skill more quickly
perform the skill under more difficult conditions
perform a number of skills in the same exercise

14. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Skill Development
Talented players can:
perform the skill successfully on a higher percentage of attempts

15. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Skill Development
Talented players can:
perform the skill more quickly

16. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Skill Development
Talented players can:
perform the skill under more difficult conditions

17. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Skill Development
Talented players can:
perform a number of skills in the same exercise

18. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Physical Demands
Burn out is not a physical problem …
it’s a coaching problem.

19. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Time Management
We need to talk to players and find out how best we can schedule sessions to suit them.
Sessions should be kept sharp and short so that they don’t take up too much time.
Travel arrangements should be factored in to reduce wasted time.

20. COACHING TALENTED YOUNG PLAYERS
Had I the heavens embroidered cloths, 
I would spread them under your feet:
But I being poor have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly for you tread on my dreams.
W B Yeats