On completing my level 2: “You’ve got your ‘badge’. Now go and learn to coach!”
Which, at the time, seemed a dreadful indictment of the coach education system – perhaps it was – but you don’t become a more effective, a more experienced coach by delivering the same session 10,000 times!
One of a series of short video posts for UK Coaching Week 2025.
Confidence comes from success. If players expect success, they are more likely to try something new.
So one way to build confidence is to include lots of small wins for the players.
But effective learning also comes out of failure…when it is followed by review & supportive feedback, followed by ultimate success, so it is important to allow the players to experience (small) failures.
One of a series of short video posts for UK Coaching Week 2025.
Recently, Rob Gray posted a podcast in response to an article requesting “more research-informed guidelines” to support the constraints-led approach (CLA) in coaching.
Well worth a listen for anyone interested in what the CLA really is.
I do share Rob’s suspicions about the authors’ (mis)understanding of the CLA.
But I also think the paper does raise some valid questions about how to apply the CLA, especially for new and volunteer coaches.
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