In his recent ECB podcast, Pete Sturgess talked about learning design in session planning and mentioned the “wipe clean activity”, a (short) distraction between the introduction of a new skill or technique and further consolidation.
A new one, on me, but perhaps it could be combined with whole-part-whole.
(more…)Another intriguing podcast from ECB Coach Development, this time with Pete Sturgess, formerly National Lead for the Foundation Phase with the FA.
I read a thought-provoking article from Alan McKay of the Centre for Football Research in Wales at the University of South Wales on “What makes a good football coach ?.
Various factors were identified, specifically around coaching behaviours and connections with players.
The author’s starting point was, in fact, not coaching, but coach education, and a project with the UEFA Academy — What does a world-class coach educator look like?’
Exploring effective coach education within a European context.
And it got me thinking about what the new Coach Development team at the ECB might want to put in place.
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