Essay On Coaching Sessions

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I have many experiences of planning and organising coaching sessions from work experience placements to football training sessions. In BTEC Sport Level 3 I was taught how to organise my sessions by using lesson templates. I was also taught to undergo a risk assessment before starting any session to make sure that all risks and hazards were minimised. I have been able to teach a variety of different sessions in experiences for example coaching sport specific activities (Football, Basketball) for older students or coaching the more fundamental side of sport to the younger ones. Planning is essential to gain effective participation in the organisation of work. This focuses on the capacity to apply the knowledge and skills in the integrated way in work and coaching situations. (Curtain, 2004)
A lot of my experience has come from shadowing different coaches, this gave a good range of different ways in which I could coach effectively. Once these sessions were finished with I was able to reflect on what the coach did and made observations on the different coaching styles that they had used in the session so that I was able to gain the knowledge and learn from them. To gain more knowledge in skilled coaching, no matter what level you work in, you need to develop the ability to reflect on past sessions and integrate it methodically and regularly into coaching sessions. (Crisfield, 2003)
I was able to complete a course on the FUNdamentals of Movement where I was able to gain knowledge on how to develop the key areas in which young children need to improve on in order to start working on sport specific training sessions. I have also done a lot of FUNdamental sessions in my coaching lessons where I have been able to set up different drills fo...

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...nts where I have been able to deliver a decent session for example school sports halls, football pitches, playgrounds.
I have had experiences where I have had to coach people in groups in many training coaching sessions that occurred while on my course. I was able to converse with the group and work together to plan a successful session and help one another in delivering those sessions.
I am able to keep calm and professional whilst I am working with children and if there were to be any behavioural issues I would definitely be able to keep calm and approach the situation in an appropriate manner.
When working, my attitude is very positive, I will happily undertake any positions being offered as I believe that I have a decent knowledge on different aspects of coaching. For example coaching a group solely to coaching in a group, or shadowing and assisting a coach.

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