Coaching presentation
David Barker
Placement details
Football coaching at marine academy
football club working with under 8s
and 9s
Football coaching at exeter city
development centre with ages
ranging from unders 8s to under
12s
Exeter city development centre Football coaching
Main roles
-Assist main coach in delivering range of drills focusing on
improving technique of a range of basic skills including
passing, dribbling, shooting and control
-Assist with advancing these skills into game situations and
improving players awareness of players around them and
what areas they should and shouldnt be receiving the ball
and playing in
-Ensure the players enjoyed themselves
-Setting up equipment for different drills and exercises
-Clearing away of equipment after completion of the
session
-Delivering SAQ exercises at the end of each session for 30
minutes with the groups
Sport: Football
Ages: 8-10 for first hour and 10-12 for second
Duration: 2 and a half hours
Aim: Improve core skills within football and focus on importance of ball handling
and
technique
Exercise
Length
Description
Session Plan
Warm-up
5-10minutes
Dynamic warm-up with lunges , leg kicks , kick throughs, opening
and closing of groins. Also include increasing intensity of runs to
raise heart rate.
Passing, control,
one on ones
15 minutes
Split into 3 groups and have rotation system with 15 minutes on
each drill. Start with passing drill with players in pairs and
perform a variety of different passes over different distances with
both feet in between a channel about 5 metres wide which the
ball must stay inside. Progress thus onto quick one touch passes
for 5 before one player controls the ball and attacks the opposing
player trying to dribble past them and get the ball to the other
end of the channel.
Dribbling,
finishing
15 minutes
Set up a series of cones in front of each other for players to
dribble through before playing a one two with another player
and finishing into the goal. Progress this by varying conditions
such as using both feet, weaker foot only
Possession game
15 minutes
Group split into two groups with a small grid marked out and no
goals. Teams must keep possession for as long as possible,
beginning with 8 passes for a goal. Progress this onto a section at
either end of the grid and which ever way a team is attacking
they must try to keep possession until possible to dribble over
this line whilst in control of the ball
Feed-back
5 minutes feedback
Provide feed-back to each group by coaches on how to improve
and highlighting what they did well
Warm-up
5-10 minutes
Dynamic warm-up with lunges , leg kicks , kick throughs, opening
and closing of groins and squats. Also include increasing
intensity of runs to raise heart rate.
Passing, control,
one on ones
15 minutes
Repeat the same drill as before and continue rotatory system
Evaluation
Demonstration
Wasnt much time spent on demonstrating drills as mostly just
talked through the exercises as I thought they were fairly
simple. This meant many people were making mistakes and
werent sure at times what to do.
This was discussed by Graham (2008) who states
demonstration is especially important for young children who
might have difficulty understanding verbal explanations and
concept
As a result I would add demonstrations next time to ensure
they know exactly what to do.
Evaluation
Feedback
Beneficial to participants as it gave an opportunity to give extrinsic
feedback at the end on how to improve for the next session but
also gave them the whole session to give themselves there own
feedback and develop by themselves.
This is talked about by Wrisberg (2007) who says delaying
feedback can have many benefits. It allows participants to function
independently and also encourages them to evaluate there own
intrinsic feedback before offering your own.
Another advantage of just giving the feedback session at the end
is stated by Mcmorris and Hale who say one of the problems of
giving feedback after every trial is that athletes become
dependent on the coach. By not giving feedback all the time and
only when necessary within the drills it allows players to develop
independently and express there own style of play.
Evaluation
Coaching style
Predominantly adopted autocratic style which meant I dictated
what happened and the participants didnt have much input.
Although I felt this enabled it to be a structured session and work
towards my goals I feel it was possibly to much pressure for a
young group.
This is backed up by Weinberg and Gould (1995) who state a
significant minority of children discontinue in a sport for negative
reasons such as lack of fun, too much pressure and disliking the
coach
I would therefore allow the players more of a chance to do there
own thing in exercises such as small games as this doesnt limit
them to specific things they have to do and gives them a chance
to do there own thing and learn for themselves as well as from me.
Follow up session plan
Exercise
Length
Description
Warm-up
5-10minutes
Dynamic warm-up with lunges , leg kicks , kick throughs, opening
and closing of groins. Also include increasing intensity of runs to
raise heart rate. Include skipping, running, fast feet and more fun
activities to maintain interest and make them eager to start
training.
Passing, control,
movement
15 minutes
Cones set out in a hexagon shape with a gate made at each end
where the balls will start. With a player on each cone the ball will
move clockwise around with players following there passes.
Promote each cone as a position as the gate is from the keeper
at one end and the ball moves through the defence, midfield,
striker and then to the other gate which is the goal.
Dribbling,
finishing,
movement
15 minutes
Begin with playing a one two with coach and then dribbling the
ball at the goalkeeper and scoring. Progress onto adding a
defender for one on one situations and then scoring and then
onto two attackers on one defender and then 3 on 2 to make the
players improve movement patterns to create an opportunity to
shoot.
Game with small
goals
15 minutes
Small sided match to allow the players to have a chance to do
what they want and enjoy themselves rather than having a
specific drill to undertake. This gives them a chance to play their
own way and improve themselves.
Feed-back
5 minutes feedback
Provide feed-back to each group by coaches on how to improve
and highlighting what they did well
Warm-up
5-10 minutes
Dynamic warm-up with lunges , leg kicks , kick throughs, opening
and closing of groins. Also include increasing intensity of runs to
raise heart rate.
Passing, control,
movement
15 minutes
Repeat the same drill as before and continue rotatory system
Dribbling,
15 minutes
Repeat same drill as discussed before
Summary of changes within
lesson plans
-More fun activities in warm-up in addition to the dynamic
movements to make sure there having fun as well as preparing
them for the session.
-Change of exercises but focusing on the same skills as if I just
repeat the same exercises each week it will become boring
and they will know what there doing before they start.
-A small sided game added to allow them to express there own
style of play in comparison to doing the drills I set out
-Allow time at the start of each drill to demonstrate the
exercise and how I want it to be done to ensure they know
exactly what to do and have visual and verbal descriptions of it
-Give the players a chance at the end of each drill to give
intrinsic feedback on their own performance and what they did
well and what they could of improved
Coaching summary
Strengths
-Giving feedback and information on what they should be doing during play
-Knowledge of the drills
-Adapting session if too easy or too hard
-Involving everybody in session
-Body language
Weaknesses
-Motivating players to ensure they are always putting in maximum effort
-Voice not clear and loud enough at times
-Lack of demonstration
-Control of participants in SAQ session
Future opportunities/goals
-Continuing with Exeter city development centre coaching every Monday
-Possible chance of permanent placement at Marine academy football club
-Try and gain coaching experience in different sports
-Look into coaching football in America for a company for a period of time over summer
months
Reference list
1) Graham, G (2008) teaching children physical
education 3rd edition. United States: Human
Kinetics
2) Weinberg, R and Gould, D. (1995) foundations of
sport and exercise physiology. United States:
Human Kinetics
3) Wrisberg (2007) sport skill instruction for
coaches. United States: Human Kinetics
4) Mcmorris, T and Hale, T. (2006) coaching
science theory in practice, Chichester: John
Wiley and Sons Ltd
Logged hours
Exeter City Development Centre
= 35 hours
Football (2.5 hours)
22 Apr 2013 from 17:00 to 19:30
Football (2.5 hours)
15 Apr 2013 from 17:00 to 19:30
Football (2.5 hours)
08 Apr 2013 from 17:00 to 19:30
Football (2.5 hours)
18 Mar 2013 from 17:00 to 19:30
Football (2.5 hours)
11 Mar 2013 from 17:00 to 19:30
Football (2.5 hours)
04 Mar 2013 from 17:00 to 19:30
Football (2.5 hours)
25 Feb 2013 from 17:00 to 19:30
Football (2.5 hours)
18 Feb 2013 from 17:00 to 19:30
Football (2.5 hours)
11 Feb 2013 from 17:00 to 19:30
Football (2.5 hours)
04 Feb 2013 from 17:00 to
19:30
Football (2.5 hours)
28 Jan 2013 from 17:00 to 19:30
Football (2.5 hours)
21 Jan 2013 from 17:00 to 19:30
Football (2.5 hours)
14 Jan 2013 from 17:00 to 19:30
Football (2.5 hours)
07 Jan 2013 from 17:00 to 19:30
Marine Academy = 3 hours
Football (1 hours)
19 Feb 2013 from 18:00 to
19:00
Football (1 hours)
12 Feb 2013 from 18:00 to
19:00
Football (1 hours)
05 Feb 2013 from 18:00 to
19:00
Total = 38 hour
