Coaching Children 3-5 Years

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Welcome to Coaching Children

Outcomes: Understand the need and capability of children aged 3-5 years old Practical examples and strategies to develop 3-5 year old. Graeme Foreman Implementation Consultant in Business, Education, Sport and Training Author of the Introduction to Fundamentals of Movement and a suite of resources for sports coach UK

Introduction

Teaching vs. Coaching Creating Positive Environments for Coaching Children Practical examples What is your Coaching Role? Tips and Coaching Excellence

The ability of the Individual

Mature Intermediate

Early

Functional Complex A,B,Cs FOMFMS-FSS

Fundamental

Object control

Stability

Reflexive Rudimentary

Locomotion

Start at the Beginning

Sticky Feet Warm up clip Activity: What are your observations about the session?

Infancy

Childhood

High Quality PE

High Quality Coaching

What does it looks like? How will you recognise it?

Activity?

What should we see during a high quality session? Fun Engagement Learning Progressive Development Performers confidence Appropriate to age, ability, fitness etc. (incl: equip)

The Coaching Model

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Safety Tactical Technical Physiology Psychology Social Fitness/Health Craft Knowledge

10 Outcomes of high quality PE

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Commitment Understanding Healthy Active Lifestyle Confidence Skills & Control Challenge Thinking & Decision Making Desire to Improve Stamina, Suppleness & Strength

10. Enjoyment

High Quality Coaching

High-quality coaching produces participants with the skills, understanding, desire and commitment to continue to improve and achieve in sporting activity in line with their abilities sports coach UK

In a recent NC Document that asked children about their positive experiences of PE and Sport, their main responses where? Enjoyed PE Spoke about themselves enjoying sports Exercising and sweating Having FUN PE to be energy giving

Keep it fun If you want to maintain your childs interest in any activity, it must be fun, fun, FUN. Incorporate your childs favourite interests to create a world of make-believe e.g. books, movies, plays or television shows, dinosaurs, vehicles, animals, fairies, dressing up the list is endless. Be imaginative when telling your child to do things e.g. say Dont just run run like an express train; gallop like a horse; climb like Spiderman.

Different Environments !

Different Environments !
Is your clothing important ? Activity What is the difference between coaching during curriculum time and in a sports club?

A True Multi-skill Approach?

Position Specific Skills Attacking/ defensive shots/positions Activity/ Sport Specific Skills Forehand/ backhand drive Forehand/ backhand volley Overarm serve Fundamental Sports Skills Throwing/ Rolling Striking/ Kicking Catching/ Receiving Running/ Jumping Fundamental Movement Skills Agility Balance Co-ordination Physical Me Sports Skills Pyramid

Thinking Me

Healthy Me

Social Me

Are we all comfortable with Physical Literacy?

The motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding to maintain physical activity throughout life (Whitehead, 2011)

Everyone can be physically literate An individual physical literacy journey Guiding learning through a range of activities Focus on the whole person FOM + FMS = Physical literacy (Foreman & Bradshaw 2009)

Are we all comfortable with Physical Literacy?

StarttoMoveDevelopingPhysicalLiteracy:Crosscurricularcomparisons
LiteracyJourney
Paragraph
Useknowledgeand understandingof sentencestobuild paragraphsto conveyinformation, imaginationand creativity.

Alphabet
Recognise individual phonemesand graphemes

Words
Usephonemes andgraphemes tobuildup words.Learn keywords.

Sentences
Usewordstobuildup sentencesandbegin tolearnabout sentence construction, grammarand punctuation.

PhysicalLiteracyJourney
MovementWords Movement Alphabet Learn locomotion, stabilityand objectcontrol Combineelements oflocomotion, stabilityandcontrol (e.g.throwaballat atarget) Movement Phrases/ Sentences Linkmovement wordsto demonstrate specificskills(e.g. throwandcatch withapartner Movement paragraphs Learnhowto construct movement phrasesintobasic physicalactivities (e.g.2v2game)

Activity

Is what you are currently delivering Wright or Wrong? Mr and Mrs Wright

Everyone in a circle with a tennis ball

Read the story and discuss

Creating the Environment

EARLY MOVERS Simple, basic skills - running, hopping, side-stepping and bounding

Awareness stage Exploratory stage Discovery stage

INTERMEDIATE MOVERS Movement should be transferred from basic skills into combinations of skills and used in a range of activities

Combination stage

Application stage

Activity
Can you set up a movement activity that challenges and allows the following phases of movement?

Thinking Mover

Healthy Mover

Creative Mover

Competent Mover

Confident Mover

Social Mover

Thinking

Listening

Stories and Adventures Activity: Traffic Lights and Body relationships

Talking

Looking

Busy feet Moon Story

A Different Model especially for Early years development

Personal Development
Social Emotional

Communication
Language Literacy

Knowledge
Understanding Application

Physical Development

Creative Development

Helping Children Feel Good about themselves: Every child is unique how children feel about themselves can be related to many factors such as as their environment, body image, experience and the standards they can set for themselves www.healthmatterseducation.co.uk

Your Coaching Role

Is therefore very Complex Is very Important Is Crucial to skill and social development Can help Build an Athlete Creative in building a coaching relationship Should be the Essence for developing a Coaching Culture Can destroy Confidence and Self Esteem Can turn kids off Sport for Life

99.5% of Children never make it to Elite Sport

As a young athlete, I know I always played harder for coaches who told me I was going to do well and pointed out ways I could improve, as opposed to coaches who only commented on what I was doing wrong Tony Dungy NFL Coach

Children are not mini adults Children are not mini adults Children are not mini adults Richard Bailey PHD

Are we giving them the necessary experiences and skill development to fulfill their individual potential?

Fun-Fitness and Learning Graph

Introductory Session Year 1 Fundamentals

% Time Spent
80 60 40 20 0

% Time Spent

The Tennis Foundation - clip

Key Curriculum Messages

Clear and simple A different approach Teachers included in physical education / coaching Teachers supported to take responsibility Focus on the quality of movement Links to other curriculum areas Regular opportunities for children to learn Learning opportunities match learning needs

Useful Guidance

Differentiate STEP etc Safe Value effort at all times Value learning, improvement and personal progress Match expectations yours and theirs Remember: 99.5% of children never make it into elite sport

Useful Guidance to your Coaching Excellence

Example that you set Example that you place on process over outcome Expectations you have of them and they have of you Environment that you are working in, but more so what you design Energy that you always bring to every session

An Excellent Resource
Clear

Related to NC

Visual

YOU
Informative Progressive Age appropriate

Any Questions

The End
Have a wonderful coaching career And a SAFE journey home
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Models

Technical

Tactical

Personal / Social

Psychological

Physical

Models
Thinking ME

Physical ME

Social ME

A Personal learning Experience

Informative Healthy ME

Age appropriate

Rocks N Crocs Benefits

Activity: What are the benefits that the Children can get out of Rocks N Crocks for: Technical Tactical Physical Psychological Social In 3 Groups: How would you deliver this game to improve: FUN Fitness Learning

Rocks N Crocks
What % Breakdown would you use?

FUN

Fitness

Learning

Rocks N Crocs

Benefits

Models
1. Understanding Childrens competencies

5. Assess and evaluate

2. Teachers knowledge and understanding?

4. Provide learning experiences

3. Create learning experiences