Level 5 coach Development Day 3

Individualisation

Discussion about coaching the mind modules, worth doing or researching.

Motivation - to succeed, not to fail or to fail

Using covert/ overt observation, warm up is a great time to do covert observation, in a similar vein keep your camera on a tripod so it is not in your face when being videoed, it could be on or it might not.

Gaining time whilst coaching multiple students individually,
don't wait for latecomers, get jobs you can do done
"Go and have another go"
"This time think about....." Feel, intensity etc.
Come back when you...
Reciprocal, great when two students converge wanting attention, you tell each other what you have been working on and swap ideas etc.

Wants and needs are often different
Avoiding a demo can be tactic to avoid everyone working on the same thing, but demo's can be good, and they can be framed individually.
white lies? questionable but can motivate a flagging student on an ergo "When you did that Pete, the power reading jumped."

Adapting to preferred learning styles can be good, ask how do you want this, do want the answer or do you want to work it out.
video comparison, with initial performance, with mental image
Set tasks you don't need to remember.
Tasks can be open or closed.
Structure
Change pace or change location
choose your position wisely so they are ready for input when they get to you or must come out of their way to you.
You can block one student when you talk to another or when thinking.

Practical
A tutor coaching three of us in forward paddling in sea kayaks to evidence individualization techniques  (Spike, John Green), then on to the ergo with video, both live and recorded. Interesting playing with wing style technique on the ergo and the lake.

Practical pm
We split into 3 groups, and one from each group coached the others (3 in our case) to practice individualization techniques. I coached forward paddling, reverse paddling and edging on ferry glides.

Evening Session - The Assessment
Pass rate 42-45% Day pass rate 62%, only about a quarter go to assessment.
Costs 1500 per candidate but you only pay 650
The action plan and mentoring are key
You need a supporting narration from your tutor, a good thing to get them to do each time they see you.
Your Project
Knowledge dissemination that becomes a resource for coaches in paddlesport. It has a clear audeince and is based on reflective feedback or process. Can go in at any time, ideas can be looked at by the assessor.
Review Days
One day mock assessments you can bring long term students or fresh ones, cost around £100
Thought - work as a group with Rich and Ant to observe each other or even coach each other.
PyB also do development days on a similar basis.
The Assessment
North Wales in Fen, Scotland in April (Glencoe area)
the closing date is strictly 3 months before just to give time to book the assessment team.
Book on via Maria Winfield at BCU
Have a bad weather / bad conditions back up plan.
Can be useful if your students haven't been coached together before to avoid interfering behaviour patterns.
Get 5 or 6 long term students then taper. Keep student notes and know how they like to learn, work with long and short term goals, review each session for them and for you. Students should be at 4 * performance standard at assessment.

70% fail on individualisation, which is down to the coaching structure.