1. How to Deliver Engaging Sessions A Guide for Developing Adults and Young People through Sport

2. Workshop Outcomes By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
Explain the three stages of Developing, Sustaining and Rejoining participation
Explain the relevance of the ‘C’ system to your own coaching
Demonstrate how to include the ‘C’ system approach in your coaching
Use relevant adapted planning material for both longer-term and session planning

3. Developing Participation
11–19 year olds
Empower them to make informed choices
Leads to lifelong healthy, active lifestyles
Sensitive transition period
Young people’s own tastes and habits important
Consultation important

4. Sustaining Participation
14+ years
Regular involvement, with enjoyment
Social networks
Diversion and relaxation
Promoting emotional and physical health and well- being
Level of intensity they choose
Lifestyle choices

5. Rejoining Participation
Young people and adults
Some kind of lapse: time; injury; dropout
May address wider issues
Develop life skills
Individual reasons and capacity important
Varied, flexible and tailored support

6. The C System (Learner)

7. Connection
Helping people connect with each other and the benefits of their chosen activity

8. Confidence
Ensuring adults and young people understand how to define success and how they can get better
STEPS:
Space
Task
Equipment
People
Speed

9. Competence
Coaching for the level of competence identified by the player and coach
Physical health
Social motives
Sense of achievement

10. Competence Can your adults and young people:
Learn and perform relevant skills in a relaxed environment
Participate regularly and willingly with a sense of satisfaction and enjoyment
Negotiate appropriate activities and programmes
Explain and choose what they want to improve and how they can improve it
Plan, review and adapt practices and their own goals?

11. Character Respecting the codes of sport
Having standards for correct behaviour, a sense of right and wrong and integrity

12. Character What aspects of character do you include in your sessions?
Do you teach your players how to:
thank opponents after a game?
talk with each other after a game?
Have you ever:
questioned an official?
suspended a player for misconduct?

13. Creativity
Encouraging adults and young people to find their own ways to practise, play and perform
Games based Coaching
Scenarios
Goal setting

14. Caring and Compassion A sense of sympathy and empathy for others
Supportive
Allow for individual differences

15. Medium-term Planning

16. Session Planning Example

17. Workshop Outcomes By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
Explain the three stages of Developing, Sustaining and Rejoining participation
Explain the relevance of the ‘C’ system to your own coaching
Demonstrate how to include the ‘C’ system approach in your coaching
Use relevant adapted planning material for both longer-term and session planning

18. Continuing Your Learning Journey