1. By: Jennifer Powles June 6, 2012 jpowles@tcs.on.ca

5. Questions to Consider What did you have to think about when planning your practice?

6. My Practice Plan What are the safety risks, and how should I prepare for them? What abilities and skills does my sport require? What am I trying to accomplish with my practice ? How will I deliver my practice? What are the logistics of my practice? How am I going to organize my practice ? Who are my athletes?

7.  Number of athletes in attendance  Age/maturity of athletes  Skills and abilities of athletes  Gaps in ability level among athletes  Injuries to account for  Reasons why they are involved

8.  Physical abilities  Motor abilities  Technical/tactical skills  Mental skills

9.  What athletes need to improve upon  Purpose of the practice  Team goals and short-term objectives  Goals of coaching staff  Time of the season  Links with previous practices and competitions  Links with future practices and competitions

10.  Many coaches believe that effective teaching is defined mainly in terms of what the coach does  Beliefs about teaching and learning influence their planning and behaviour at practice  Coaches can’t learn FOR their athletes

11.  Must understand the difference between learning and performance  Practice (quantity & quality)is the single most important factor leading to improvements in motor performance

12.  Create conditions that promote learning  For long-term retention of learning: training activities that require some form of problem solving are more effective

13.  Key points to make  Teaching methods I will use  Where I will position myself  What I will be watching for  How and when I will make coaching interventions

14.  Structure of the session  Choice of activities  Sequence of activities  Transition between activities to avoid wasting time

15.  And how should I prepare for them?  The nature of the activities the athletes will do, and the conditions in which they will take place  Weather  Playing surface/facilities  Equipment  Human error  Emergency procedures to follow in case of an accident

16. A Quality Decision: Understand the facts Be aware of your own values and what can influence your decision Analyze and understand the situation Be able to apply a rigorous decision making model “It was the right thing to do under the circumstances”

17.  Establish the facts in the situation  Describe whether the situation involves legal or ethical issues  Identify your options  Evaluate your options  Choose the best option  Implement your decision

18.  The learning never ends...  NCCP, Coaches Association of Ontario (CAO) www.coach.ca

19.  LTAD101 http://www.canadiansportforlife.ca /sites/default/files/resources/CS4L%20Resou rce%20Paper.pdfhttp://www.canadiansportforlife.ca /sites/default/files/resources/CS4L%20Resou rce%20Paper.pdf  Developing Physical Literacy http://www.canadiansportforlife.ca/sites/def ault/files/resources/Developing%20Physical% 20Literacy.pdf http://www.canadiansportforlife.ca/sites/def ault/files/resources/Developing%20Physical% 20Literacy.pdf

20.  The Double Goal Coach - http://www.positivecoach.org/

23. I will start... I will continue... I will stop...