Munster Coaching Conference
“Coaching Children in the GAA”
• Presented by Paudie Butler
• Mallow, Saturday 10th March 2012
Graceful, Balanced and Economical
Deformed, Lopsided, Stunted
“People know what they do,
they frequently know why they do
what they do,
but what they don’t know,
is what they do does”
French Philosopher – Jean Michel Foucault
The Rights of the Child in Sport
1.
The Right to participate in sport.
2.
The Right to participate at a level commensurate
with each child’s maturity and ability.
3.
The Right to have qualified adult leadership.
4.
The Right to play as a child and not as an adult.
5.
The Right to share in the leadership
and decision-making of their sport participation.
6.
The Right to participate in a safe and healthy
environment.
7.
The Right to proper preparation for participation in sport.
8.
The right to equal opportunity for success.
9.
The Right to be treated with dignity.
10. The Right to have fun in sport.
“Movement is the Child’s First Language”
Sally Goddard Blythe – The Well Balanced Child
Primary School Curriculum
CPKS
Catching Passing
Kicking Striking
R.J.T.
Fun
Games
ABC - Agility Balance Coordination
Running Jumping Throwing
Fun
What is a Coach?
“A Coach is a Person who
Builds Competencies
by
Assisting and Challenging
Players and Self
to Achieve their Potential”
Failing to Notice
“The range of what we think and do
is limited by what we fail to notice,
and because we fail to notice,
that we fail to notice
there is little that we can do to change until
we notice how failing to notice
has shaped out thoughts and deeds”
R.D. Laing
Trust
Reliability
Competence
Success vs. Failure
Assisting
Challenging
The End of the Beginning
or
The Beginning of the End?
“Your Children are not your Children
But Life’s Longing for Itself”
Cahil Gibrain
So Why Do Children Play?
...to have fun
...to test themselves
...to feel worthy
...to belong
...to have influence
...to survive
...to be free
...to be like their heroes
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31 Coaching Children - Paudie Butler
© GAA
The Positivity Ratio
Positive
Negative
Outcome
+1
:
-1
>
Depression
+3
:
-1
>
Survival
+5
:
-1
>
Growth
+7
:
-1
>
Flourishing
Maureen Gaffney - Flourishing
What Great Coaches Do
1.
Coach Players Values
2.
Focus on Player’s Real Beliefs
3.
Coach Player Habits and Behaviours
4.
Focus on Player’s Resistance (Feelings & Emotions)
5.
Develop Player’s Ability to Think
6.
Nurture Player’s Ambition & Desire
7.
Focus on Player’s Lifestyle
8.
Be aware of Player’s Uniqueness & Attitude
9.
Build Player’s Confidence & Calmness
10. Enhance Player’s Self-Esteem
What Coaching is NOT!
When you as a coach are:
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Enforcing
Controlling
Manipulating
Bullying
Insulting
Berating
Pressurising…
You are NOT Coaching
and CANNOT achieve the results of Coaching
Balance
Praise
Risk
Instruction
Game Time
Formal
Skill mastery
Pressure
Training Time
Correction
Safety
Action
Travel
Informal
Self expression
Non-pressure
Game Time
When everyone plays, you have the balance right.
When you have the balance right, everyone stays.
Balance
When they have enough skill
to enjoy the game.
When they have enough games
to show their skills.
7 to 12 is The Golden Age of Learning
“Education has for its objective
the formation of character”
Herbert Spencer
Stages of Development
Age 6 - 12
Play to Learn
Age 13 - 17
Learn to Compete
Age 18 - 40+
Compete to Win
Acquiring Bilateral Coordination
6-12 Stage 1 : Play to Learn
Games Based Coaching Model
Observe
Play the
Game
Re-Affirm
Freeze the
Game
Generate Feedback
Demonstrate
Fix the Skill
Explain
Set Targets
Fuel the
Will
Analyse
Encourage
“Tugann Dúchas Dóchas”