Chapter eight takes you through how to facilitate challenging & fun sessions for your players, keeping your learning outcomes and principles of play in mind.
Tag: Long Term Athlete Development
Coaching Craft – Chapter 7 – Session Planning & Design
This chapter takes you through how to develop optimal sport-specific, game-realistic sessions to support athlete development and long-term growth.
Coaching Craft – Chapter 6 – Games-Based Learning
This chapter details why a games-based learning approach is the most beneficial methodology for long-term athlete development.
Why games-based learning leads to more long-term gains
As coaches, the vast majority of us want what is best for our athletes. But there still exists a never-ending divide between what is deemed more valuable by the standards of today, as opposed to the ways coaches learned in the past. Modern-day coaches will emphasize fun and enjoyment through games, and old-school coaches will … Continue reading Why games-based learning leads to more long-term gains
Modern-day coaching methodologies and the power of positive psychology
The days of yelling at players for not making it to first base are over! Or at least, they should be. Coaching has changed dramatically over the past twenty years. There is a new-wave of coaches that understand how they would want to be communicated to as athletes, and bring that to the forefront when they work with players of their own.
Games-based learning for optimal athlete development
This is one of my number one coaching philosophies, and want I always teach to other coaches: games-based learning is the best training design to support long-term athlete development.
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