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PracticalAssessmentGuide

ContentsPracticalAssessmentProcess2

Guidelinestovideoyoursession6

Howtosyncyourvideoandaudio7

Processforsubmittingyourvideo8

FFAAssessmentForm&AssessmentGuide12

FFACoachEducation–AdvancedCoachingPathway

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PracticalAssessmentProcessPreviously,andinmostcountriesaroundtheworld,practicalassessmentswerecompletedliveoncourse.Youwereexpectedtoprocessalloftheinformationfromthecourseandthenre-produceitduringanassessment‘oncourse’,oftenwithyourpeersasplayers.Thisprocesshadanumberofissues:

- Theplayers(orfellowcoaches)usedintheassessmentwerenotyourteam,sowhateveryouplannedanddeliveredwouldnotbearelevantfootballproblem(ormaynotevenbeaproblem).

- Asitwasnotyourteam,youdidnotknowthenames,positions,strengthsandweaknessesoftheplayersyouwereworkingwith.

- Youwereassessedinafalsesituationbasedonknowledgeandcompetenciesthatyoumaystillhavebeenworkingtowardsmastering

Assuch,thedecisionwasmadetomovetovideoassessments“post-course”foralladvancedcourses.Thisremovesalloftheissuesabove,asyouareassessedinyourownenvironment,withyourownplayers,whenyoufeelready.(ForallcoursesbeingcompletedafterJune2016,Candidatesmustcompleteaninitialassessmentwithin6monthsofcompletingthecourse,andtheymustcompletetheassessmentprocesswithintwoyearsoftheyearofthecourse.SeeAssessmentdeadlinesbelow).Italsohelpswithyourlearninganddevelopmentasyouhavetheopportunitytoreflectonyourvideopriortosubmittingit.AssessmentDeadlinesCandidateshaveunlimitedpracticalassessmentopportunitiesinwhichtomeetthecompetencylevelwithinatwoyearperiod.However,asnotedabove,candidatesmustsubmitaninitialassessmentwithin6monthsofcompletingthecourse.Thefollowingtableoutlinestheprocessforthenext4years:-

Yearcourseattended Deadlinetocompleteassessment2013&Prior Expired2014 01/12/20162015 01/12/20172016 01/12/2018


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DeterminingyourSessionTopicYourassessmentshouldbeatruereflectionofyourapplicationoftheCoachExpertiseModelandthelinkbetweentheMATCHandTRAINING.Thereforewenolongersethypotheticalassessmenttopicsbutexpectyouasacoachtodetermineyourown‘footballproblem’.CoacheswhohavecompletedtheYouthCLicenseshouldcompleteasessionthatrelatestotheagegroupofyourteam.Ifyoucoach9to13yearolds,thenyoushouldcompleteaSkillAcquisition(SAP)sessionforyourassessment.Ifyoucoach9-17yearolds,thenyoushouldcompleteaGameTraining(GT)sessionforyourassessment.IfyouhavedoneboththeSeniorandYouthCLicenses,thenyoushouldcompleteaGTsessionforyourseniorassessmentandaSAPsessionforyourYouthassessment,regardlessoftheagegroupyouarecoaching.Therefore,usingtherelevantFFASelf–AssessmentSessionPlanyoumustfollowthefollowingprocess:(TheSelfAssessmentSessionPlannerscanbefoundherehttp://www.footballaustralia.com.au/getinvolved/coaching/resources)

1. ForaGameTrainingorPerformancePhasesession:BasedonanalysisofyourteaminarecentgameoryouranalysisofanopponentforanupcominggameDEFINETHEFOOTBALLPROBLEMthatyouwilltryandaddressinthissession.

Ifyouarenotcurrentlycoachingateam,youmustattachyourselftoateam(TalentedU-15playersorolder),watchthatteamplayatleastonceandidentifyafootballproblemyoubelieveneedssolving.ThekeyskillthecoachneedshereistheabilitytoANALYSE!Usethe5Wapproach:

WHAT:Whatisgoingwrong?

WHERE:Exactlywhereonthefieldisithappening?

WHO:Arethekeyplayersinvolved?(bothteams)

WHEN:Thinkhereaboutthe4MainMoments(BP,BP-BPO,BPO,BPO-BP),andhavea

clearpictureofwhatyou’relookingat(Whohastheball?Howdoestheballgettothe

focusarea?Istheoppositiondoingsomethingthatcausestheproblem?)

WHY:Whatarethereasonsbehindtheissue?

Example:

WHAT:Welosepossessionaroundtheedgeofopponents’boxandthereforedonot

createenoughscoringopportunities.

WHERE:15-20moutsidethebox,widthofthebox,final3rd

WHO:Our7,9,10and11,supportedby6&8,theopponentsback7(GK,2,3,4,5,6&

8)

WHEN:Whenwehavecontrolledpossessionintothemiddleoftheattackingthird,and

our6and8havepassedtheballto9.Ithappenswhentheoppositiondropoffintoa


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deepdefensiveblock.

WHY:7,10and11donotunderstandhowandwhentosupportthe9properly

Usingtherelevant5W’ssectionintheFFASELF-ASSESSMENTSESSIONPLANsummarizeyourFootballProblemandillustratewhatthepicturelookslikewhentheproblemoccurs.

ForaSkillAcquisitionPhasesession:

IdentifytheCoreSkillandSpecificAspectdesignatedinyourannualplan

CoreSkill:Oneofthefourscoreskillsdesignatedintheannualplane.gRunningwiththeball

SpecificAspect:Aspecificcoreskillfocus(e.g.‘runningwiththeballinorderto…’)outlinedintheannualplanorrelatedtoyouranalysisofthecoreskillinarecentMatch

2. Fromyour5W’ssummaryorCoreSkill/SpecificAspectclearlysetoutyourSessionObjectiveintherelevantsectionofyoursessionplan:InthissessionIaimtoimprove…

3. OnceyouhavedeterminedtheSessionObjective,youmustprepareaFullTrainingSessionPlan,designedtoachievetheSessionObjective(andsolvetheproblem,atleastpartially).FortheGameTraining&PerformancePhases,yoursessionplanmustincludethesecomponents:Warm-Up(PassingPractices),PositioningGame,GameTraining,TrainingGameFortheSkillAcquisitionPhase,yoursessionplanmustincludethesecomponents:SkillIntroduction,SkillTraining,SkillGameForBLicenseandabove,yoursessionplanmustincludeaminimumoftwolines(e.g.defenseandmidfield)ANDaminimumof14playersunlessthefootballproblemdictateslessplayers.Iftherearelessthan14playersthenthesessionshouldstillincludetwolines.

Yourmainthemeshouldrunthroughthewholesession.Besuretoillustrateeachcomponentasrequestedinthesessionplan.Theplanalsoneedstodetailhoweachcomponentwillbeorganisedwithabriefexplanationofanyprogressions.Inthe“PositioningGameandGameTraining”or“SkillTraining”component(s)youneedtoprovidetheSCRIPT;aclearTeamTaskorExerciseTask,theassociatedPlayerTasksorActionsandCoachesCuesfortheplayers,whichassistintheachievementoftheoutcome(sessionobjective).Rememberthat:(forGameTraining&PerformancePhasesessions)TEAMTASK:Setsataskfortheteamtoachieve.PLAYERTASKS:MakeclearwhattheplayersactuallyhavetoDOtohelptheTEAMachievetheTEAMtask.COACHESCUES:Provideshintstohelptheplayersmaketheappropriatedecisionsintryingtodowhatyouhaveaskedthem.UsewordslikeIF,WHENandAStoimprovethedecisionmakingprocess.ThereisonlyoneTeamTaskpersessionbuttheremaybenumerousPlayerTasksandCoachesCuesForaSkillAcquisitionSession:EXERCISETASK:Asthereisnota‘team’focus,andtheexercisewillbecentredonindividualsandsmallgroups,thecoachmakescleartoeveryonewhattheobjectoftheexerciseis.


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PLAYERTASKS/ACTIONS:Thesearethechosenasthekeythingstheplayersmustlearntodotodevelopproficiencyinthespecificaspectofthecoreskill.COACHESCUES:EssentiallythesameasinGameTraining.(Provideshintstohelptheplayersmaketheappropriatedecisionsintryingtodowhatyouhaveaskedthem).However,theSkillCoachmustdeveloptheartofdevisingarangeofsmartcatchycuesfortheyoungplayerstohookonto.Thisisalsousefulfordealingwithsituationswheretheplayerdoesnotrespondtooneormoreofthecuesyouhavetried.Haveplentyofvariationsupyoursleeve.STEPUP,STEPDOWN:TheSkillCoachplansinanticipationofasituationwheremostoftheplayerseitherfindtheSkillTrainingexercisetoohard(stepdown)ortooeasy(stepup).Theyarepreparedtomodifyaspectsoftheexercise,butdoesnotsetupacompletelydifferentexercise.Onceyoucompletedyoursessionplan,youshouldconductyoursession.TheGameTraining/SkillTrainingcomponentofyoursessionplanshouldbevideoedandwillbenolessthan20minutesandnomorethan25minutesinduration.Youarewelcometoconductthewholesessionwithyourteamofcourse,butyouonlyneedtosubmit20-25minutesoftheGameTraining/SkillTrainingcomponent.(Seethesectionbelowonguidelinestovideoyoursession).Thevideomustbeofagoodstandard,wherebothsoundandvisionareofthehighestquality.Aminimumofonethirdofthe(lengthofthe)pitchmustbevisible.ForGKcourses,thebothballandGoalkeepermustbeinview.Youmustbeawarethatifthevideoisnotattherequiredstandardtheassessmentwillnotbecarriedout,andyouwillberequiredtoundertakethefilmingagain.(Seetheguidelinesbelowonhowtovideoyoursession)ForALLcoursesbeingcompletedafterJune2016,candidateshave6monthstosubmittheirinitialassessmentattempt.Iftheyaredeemednotcompetent,candidatesthenhaveafurther18monthstogaincompetency,andpassthecourse.Ifthecandidatefailstosubmitanassessmentwithin6months,orgaincompetencywithin2years,theywillbedeemedtohavefailedthecourse.Ifso,inordertogaintheAdvancedLicenceatthisleveltheywouldneedtoattendawholenewcoursefromthebeginning.Onceyouhaveconductedandfilmedthesession,youshouldundertakeaself-analysis,usingthequestionsonthesessionplannerasaguide.SummaryoftheProcess:Tocompletethevideoassessmentyoushould:

- Undertakeyourmatchanalysis&identifyyourFootballProblem- PlanafullsessionutilisingtheGameTrainingorSkillAcquisitioncomponentsusingtherelevant

FFASelfAssessmentSessionPlannerandreviewitusingthequestionsprovided- FilmtheGameTrainingorSkillTrainingcomponentoftheSession- ReviewyourGameTrainingorSkillTrainingusingyourFFASelfAssessmentSessionPlanner- IfsatisfiedwiththequalityofthesessionsubmitthevideowithyourcompletedFFASelf-

AssessmentSessionPlanassetoutbelow(submittingyourpracticalassessment)AssessmentFeedbackVideoassessmentfeedback:

- Candidateswillreceivedetailedwrittenfeedbackwithin4weeksofsubmittingtheirVideoassessmentandFFAself-assessmentplanner

- Thefeedbackmayincludedetailsofelementsthatneedimproving.Thesewillbetime-linedagainstthevideofootagetosupportlearning(seeFFAAssessmentFormonpage12)

- Candidateswill,ofcourse,beabletodiscusstheirassessmentdecisionwiththeirassessortoclarifyanyareasthataredeemedtonothavemetcompetency.


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SubmittingyourPracticalAssessment

1. Youdonotneedtoapplyforassessment2. Followtheprocesssetoutintherelevantsectionofthisdocumentbelowtouploadyour

video.3. ForallB&ALicense,CentralCLicense,andAdvancedGKcourses,emailyoursessionplan

(whichcontainsthelinktoyourvideo)totechnical@footballaustralia.com.autoinformtheFFAthatyouaresubmittingavideoforassessment.ForallRegionalCLicensecourses,emailyoursessionplan(whichcontainsthelinktoyourvideo)toyourCourseAdministratororInstructor

4. Youwillreceivefeedbackwithin3weeksAssessmentCostsThereisnocostforvideoassessment.AssessmentDecisionAppealIfacandidateisunhappywiththeirassessmentdecisiontheymayappealtotheFFANationalCoachDevelopmentManagerasoutlinedinthecoursedocumentation.


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GuidelinestovideoyoursessionWhenrecordingyourpracticalassessmentitisimportantthatyourvideocapturestheactionclearlysotheassessorcanmakeasoundjudgmentonyourcoachingcompetency.Whenrecordingthevideoconsiderthefollowing:Securingasuitablevantagepointwhereyouareabletocapturetheactiontoincludeatleast2linesofplayandtheball.Toachievethis,anelevatedpositionsetbackfromthetouchlineisbest.Ifyouareunabletogainanelevatedposition,reviewyourvideoandaskyourself:-

Isthepictureclear?Doesitcaptureatleast2linesofplayandtheball?Isitsteadyandinfocus?ForGKcourses,canIseetheballandGKatalltimes?

Needlesstosaythesequalitypicturesalsoneedqualitywords.Addingaudiotoyourvideoisessential.Thiscanbedoneinanumberofways:-

• Usingaremotemicrophonelinkedtoyourvideocamera.Thesecanbehiredbutcanbeexpensive.

• BorrowingthetelecommandsystemfromyourMemberFederation(FFAhavesuppliedeachMF

withatelecommandsystem).Youmayberequiredtoplaceadepositandarrangetopickupthesystembutitisasimplewaytoaddaudiotoyourvideo.AskyourmemberfederationTDregardingthisoption.

• Synchronizeyourvideowithaudiocapturedonanexternalrecordingdevice(iPhoneetc.)and

addthistoyourvideo-seeguidebelow.Ifonceyouhavereviewedyourvideoyoufeelitisattherequiredstandardthensubmititasdirected.Ifuponreceipttheassessordeemsthevideoisofsuchapoorqualitythatitisnotsuitableforassessmentthenyouwillberequiredtoresubmitit.Thiswillnotconstituteafail.


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SyncingyourVideoandAudioYoucanuseasmartphonetorecordaudioofyoursession.Youcaneitherholdthephone,orconnectheadphonesthatincludeamicrophone,andputyourphoneinyourpocket.(Mostphonescomewithasetofheadphonesthatincludeamicrophone).(PleasenotethattheseinstructionsarecorrectforthelatestversionsoftherelevantsoftwareasatDec,2013)MacInstructions:

1. ImportyourvideoandaudiofilesintoiMoviea. Ifyourvideoformatcannotbeimportedthenconvertit:

i. DownloadHandbrakefromhttp://handbrake.fr/downloads.phpb. StartiMoviec. Clickon“Import“d. Findanddoubleclickonyourvideofilee. Repeatforyouraudiofile

2. Addyouraudiofiletoyourvideoa. Clickoncreateandchoosemovieb. Click“notheme”,andthenclickcreatec. Saveyourprojectd. Dragyourvideofilefromthelibrarypanetothebottompanee. RightclickonthevideotimelineandchooseDetachAudiof. Clickonthenewaudiotimelineandthenpressdeleteonyourkeyboardg. Findyouraudiofileinthelibrarypaneandrightclickonit.Choose“selectentire

clip”h. Dragyouraudiofilefromthelibrarypanetoyourtimelineanddropit.Youcan

moveitslightlytosynctheaudiowiththevideoifyouneedto.3. Exportyourmovie

a. ClickonshareandchooseFile(YoucanalsochooseYouTubeifyoualreadyhaveanaccount)

b. Changethesizesettingtothelowestsettingsothefilesizeissmall,thenclickonnextc. Choosewheretosaveyourfileandclickonsave

PCInstructions:

1. AddyourvideotoWindowsMovieMakera. Ifyourvideoformatcannotbeimportedthenconvertit:

i. DownloadHandbrakefromhttp://handbrake.fr/downloads.phpb. StartMovieMaker(Downloaditfromhereifitisnotalreadyinstalled

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows-live/movie-maker#t1=overview)c. Clickon“AddVideosandPhotos”d. Findandaddvideofile

2. Mutetheaudioofyourvideoclipa. Choosetheedittabatthetopb. Clickonvideovolumeandslideittothelefttomutethesound

3. Addyoursoundfiletoyourvideoa. OntheHometabClickon“AddMusic”b. Findandaddyouraudiofilec. Ifyouneedtoadjusttheaudiotosynctothevideo,justdragtheaudiotimelineto

thecorrectplace4. Exportyourmovie

a. Onthehometab,Clickon“SaveMovie”fromtheSharegroup.(YoucanalsochooseYouTubeifyoualreadyhaveaMicrosoftandyoutubeaccount)

b. Choosewheretosaveyourfileandclickonsave


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ProcessforSubmittingYourVideoAssessmentPleasefollowthestepsbelowtouploadyourvideotoYouTube,andsubmityourSessionPlantoFFA.

1. IfyoualreadyhaveaYouTubeaccount,pleaseskiptostep2.CreateaYouTubeaccountbyclickingthelinkbelow.Youmustuseavalidemailaddressasyouwillneedtoverifyyouraccount.https://accounts.google.com/SignUpWithoutGmail?service=youtube&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fsignin%3Faction_handle_signin%3Dtrue%26feature%3Dsign_in_button%26hl%3Den_US%26next%3D%252F%26nomobiletemp%3D1&hl=en_US

2. OnceyouhavecreatedanaccountyouwillneedtoensurethatyourvideofileiscompatiblewithYouTubebeforeuploadingit.Makesurethatyou’reusingoneofthefollowingformats:• .MOV• .MPEG4• .AVI• .WMV• .MPEGPS• .FLV• 3GPP• WebMIfyourvideoisinanotherformat,followthetroubleshootingguidehere:https://support.google.com/youtube/troubleshooter/2888402?hl=en#ts=2888341

3. Onceyouhaveavalidvideofile,logintoyourYouTubeaccountathttp://www.youtube.comby

clickingthesigninbuttoninthetoprighthandcorner.Onthefollowingpage,entertheemailaddressandpasswordyouusedtoregisteryouraccount,andclickthe“signin”button.


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4.Onceyouaresignedin,clicktheUploadbuttonatthetopofthepage

5. Onthenextpage,changethePrivacysettingto“Unlisted”.Thenclickon“SelectfilestoUpload”andchoosethevideoonyourcomputertoupload.Yourfilewillnowupload.Thismaytakesometime.


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6. Onceyourvideohasfinishedprocessing,youmaybepromptedtoverifyyouraccount.Youmayalsoseea"Rejected(lengthofvideotoolong)"errorinyourVideoManager.(Inthiscase,clicktheVerifyaccountbuttonnexttothelongvideo).Onceyou'veverifiedyouraccount,clickActivatethisvideoinyourVideoManagertopublishit.Activatedvideosareautomaticallysetasprivatevideos,somakesuretochangetheprivacysettingsforyourvideobackto“Unlisted”.Ifyouarehavingtroubles,seethislink:https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/71673?hl=en

7. Openyourvideoandcopythelinkintheaddressbarofyourbrowser.PastethislinkintoyourFFAVideoAssessmentSessionPlanner.

8. SaveyourFFAVideoAssessmentSessionPlanneras“FullName–Course–YearofCourse–Date(youdidyourassessment)–AssessmentNumber”e.g.JohnSmith_BLicence_2012_12032013_2

9. ForallB,A&CentralCLicensecourses,emailyourFFAVideoAssessmentSessionPlannertotechnical@footballaustralia.com.auForallRegionalCLicensecourses,emailyourFFAVideoAssessmentSessionPlannertoyourcourseAdministratororInstructor


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FFAAssessmentForm

Introduction

ThispurposeofthissectionistoexplaintheFFAAssessmentformandhowFFAAssessorswilluseittoassessyourpracticalsession.UsingtheFFAAssessmentForm,yourassessorwillprovidedetailedconstructivefeedbackbasedonthecompetencies/areasoutlinedbelow.

Detailedfeedbackwillbeprovidedregardlessofthequalityofthesession.Wecanalllearn,andfeedbackiscrucialtothelearningprocess.

PLAN

Thissectionoftheformprovidesfeedbackonyoursessionplan.Itwillbeassessedfirst.Theareasbelowarethekeyareas.

Define

Havethe5W’shavebeenusedtodefinetheFootballProblemclearly?Doesthecoachprovideenoughdetailtooutlinewhytheproblemishappening?Forexample,wewouldexpecttoseesomereferencetowhattheoppositionaredoing,asthismaybecausingtheproblem.

DoestheSessionObjective:

• Establishaclearexpectationofwhatistryingtobeachievedinthissession• providearelevantandrealisticsolutiontothefootballproblem

Design

ThesessionusestheGameTrainingcomponentstoachievetheSessionObjective

ThereisaclearlinkbetweeneachoftheGTcomponents

WouldthePassingPractice:

• Allowtheplayersplentyofopportunitiestodeveloppassingandfirsttouch• Startthelearningprocessbyallowingtheplayerstopracticepassingandfirsttouchrelatedto

thesessionobjective• Placetheplayersintheirpositionsrelativetothesessionobjective• FulfilltheprinciplesofaWarmUpby:

o Providingasteadyincreaseintheheartrateoftheplayerso Preparingtheplayersfortheactivitybytakingthemthrougharangeofdynamic

movemento Reachingthedesiredintensityinpreparationfortheexerciseo IncludingDynamicFlexibility

WouldthePositioningGame:

• Providetheplayersopportunitiestodeveloppassingandfirsttouchagainstrealisticopposition?

• Givetheplayersanopportunitytorepeatedlypositionthemselvesagainstgame-relatedresistanceslinkedtotheSessionObjective?


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• ProvideaclearlinkbetweenthePassingPracticeandGameTrainingworkingtowardstheSessionObjective?

ThePositioningGamescript:

• TheTeamTaskislinkedtotheObjectiveandoutlinesWHATtodo,andWHYForexample“Canwegetaplayeracrossthelineinspace(WHAT),tooverloadtheoppositionandplayforwardquickly(WHY)”.

• ThePlayerTasksarelinkedtotheTeamTask• CoachesCuesareevidentforeachplayertask

TheGameTrainingdesign&script

• Focusesonsolvingthefootballproblem• PresentstheopportunitytodeveloptheSessionObjective• Isdesignedsothattherelevantplayerswereinvolved• TheGoalsforbothteamswereappropriatetotheSessionObjectiveandrecreatingthekey

moment/s• WouldestablishtherealismrequiredtoaddresstheproblemandSessionObjective(as

illustratedintheanimationsonthesessionplan)• TheTeamTaskislinkedtotheSessionObjective• TheKeyPlayerTasksarelisted.TheyarelinkedtotheTeamTask,andoutlinewhateach

playerneedstodotohelptheteamachievetheTeamTask• CoachesCuesarelistedforeachPlayerTask.TheCoachesCuesshouldprovidethedetail

abouthowplayersshouldperformtheirplayertasks,whentheyshoulddoit,and“whattodoif”.

• ThedetailofPlayerTasksandCoachCuesisappropriatefortheleveloflicense

TheTrainingGame:

• WouldmaintainthefocusontheproblemandSessionObjective• Hastherelevantplayersinvolvedandpositionedappropriately• SetsgoalsforbothteamswhichwereappropriateandmaintainsthefocusontheSession

Objective• WouldallowtheplayerstodemonstratedtheirunderstandingandabilitytoperformtheTeam

TaskeffectivelyascoachedintheGameTraining• Wouldallowthecoachtoaccuratelyassessthesuccessofthetrainingsessionandthelikely

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PREPARE

Thissectionisforcommentsabouttheinitialorganization/setupofthesessionbeforethecoachstartshissession–doesitmatchthesessionplan?Aretheballsatthestartpoint?Doesthesetupallowfortheplayerstobeorganizedquicklyandefficiently,andforthepracticetoflow?

CONDUCT

Themainfeedbackonyoursessionwillbesummarisedhere.Itwillbeasummaryofthefeedbackprovidedinthetimeline(ifyourassessmenthasbeenconductedviavideo–B,ALicense)

Frame

TheframingisonlyrequiredtobeassessedatCLicenselevel.IfacoachhascompletedtheframingatBorALicenselevel,thenyouwillrecievefeedbackonit,butitisnotactuallyrequiredtobesubmittedatthoselevels.

Theframingshouldincludethepast(whathappenedinthelastgame,orourprogressasateam),thecurrent(whatwillbeworkedoninthesessioninbroaddetail–notfinedetail),andthefuture(howitwillhelptheplayers/teaminfuturegames).

Theframingshouldincludevisualelementsaswellasverbal(e.g.useofvideooratacticsboard).Andideallytheframingshouldincludeplayerinteractiontogetbuy-in/understandingofwhyweareworkingonthistopic.Ifthecoachcanguidetheplayersthroughtheframingwithquestioningthenthatisanexcellentwaytoinvolvetheplayers.

Theykeyobservationistochecktoseeifallplayerswereengaged,orwasitthesamefewansweringquestions.

Checklist(Start,Organisation,Attitude,Ability,Understanding,Shape,Self)

Youmayreceivefeedbackonthefollowingareas:

• TheSTARTingpointofthepracticewasrelevanttotheSessionObjectiveandtheMomentidentifiedbythe5Wprocess,allowingtheballtoreachtheproblemareaquickly.

• TheCoachalsogottheplayersorganizedandSTARTEDthepracticequicklywithoutgoingintolargeamountsofdetailbeforethepractice.

• ThecoachcheckedtheORGANISATIONofthesessionwascorrect–setup,areasizeetc.Itisapositiveifthecoachadjustssomethingatthisstageasitclearlyidentifiestheyhaveworkedthroughtheirchecklist,andfixedaproblempriortostartingcoaching/teaching.

• TheATTITUDEoftheplayerswasmanagedappropriately.Didtheplayersactlikeitwasalivegame?Didthisneedaddressing?

• ThesessionwasadaptedtomeettheABILITYoftheplayers.Hopefullythisisnotanissueinanysessions.Butpotentiallyitcouldbewhereacoachisnotworkingwiththeirteam.

• Theplayers’UNDERSTANDINGoftheorganizationandruleswaschecked,and/orreinforced• TheSHAPEofbothteamswasestablishedtoensurerealismandaclearlinktotheSession

ObjectiveandFootballProblem• TheCoachmanagedthe‘SELF’aspectbeforemovingontotheTeachingProcesselement.


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Theycheckedtheywerenotinthesamecoloursastheplayers.Theircoachingpositionisappropriatetoletthemobserveallplayers,butalsogetinandoutofthepracticequicklywhentheyneedtointervene.Theyobservefromdifferentviewpointstogetdifferentperspectives.

TeachingProcess(Intervention,EvidenceofObservation)

TheTeamTaskwas:

• Clearlyset,oncethechecklisthadbeencompleted• Setwhenthefootballproblemoccurredinthepractice• LedthePlayerstowardsattemptingtherequiredPlayerTasks• Observedpriortomovingontofurtherfeedback(thisisakeyone.Ifwehaveaskedthe

playerstodosomething,wemustallowthemtimetotryitafewtimesbeforewestarttoprovidefeedback/coach)

PlayersTaskswere:

• Giventothekeyplayers• Givenattheappropriatetimes(seebelowforguidelines)• Observed,withappropriatefeedback/cuesgivenifrequired• UsedeffectivelytoimprovetheplayersabilitytoundertaketheTeamTask• Observedpriortomovingontofurtherfeedback

Coach’sCueswere:

• Usedtosupportplayersinundertakingtheirtasks• Onlyprovidedwhenrequired,i.e.theplayerisstrugglingwiththeirtask,andthecoach

providestherightcuetohelptheplayer.Thecoachdoesnotjuststopthepracticetosetarangeofcuesregardlessofwhatishappeninginthepractice

• Observedpriortomovingontofurtherfeedback

Playwasstoppedatappropriatetimes(seebelowguidelines)

• Feedbackwasgivenusingpicturesandwordseffectively• Freezereplaywasusedappropriately• Feedbackduringnaturalbreakswasusedappropriately• Coachingontherunwasusedappropriately• Theinterventionswerewell-timedandeffective• Thecoachallowedtheplayerstimeto

Guidelines:

• Theproblemthatthecoachintervenedtofixisnotaoneoff,i.e.ithashappened2or3times.(Wewanttoallowplayersthechancetolearnfrommistakes,sowedonotwanttojumpineverytimeweseeanerror)

• Iftheinformation(task/cue)iskeytothesession,andisnoteasilyunderstood(i.e.apicture/demonstrationwouldassistunderstanding),thecoachshouldusethefreeze/replaymethod.

• Iftheinformation(task/cue)iskeytothesession,andiseasilyunderstood,thecoachshouldprovidetheinformation“ontherun”.Thisisoftenusefultoreinforce/remindakeytask/cuemadewithafreeze/replay.

• Iftheinformation(task/cue)isnotkeytothesession,anditissimple,easilyunderstoodinformation,itcanbeprovidedontherun,orinabreakinplay.Thesemethodsdonot


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provideapicturetoassistplayerunderstanding,soitisvitalthatthetask/cuebeingprovidediseasilyunderstood.Tasks/cuesprovidedinabreakinplayshouldbegeneralandnotrelatedtoaspecificinstancefromthepractice.Feedbackspecifictoaninstanceofthepracticeshouldbeprovidedinatimelymanner,sothesituationisfreshinthememoryoftheplayer.(Thisimpliestheuseofthefreeze/replay,orontherunmethods)

Thecoachallowedtheplayerssuitabletimeandopportunitiestotryanddowhattheyhadbeenaskedaftereachintervention

Communication(WordsandPictures)

Thissectionistoprovidefeedbackonhowwellthecoachprovidedpicturesandwordstogether.

Whenthecoachusedthefreeze-replaymethod,orprovidedademonstration,didthecoachhavetheballinthepicture,andrecreatethepicturesaccurately?Didtheballandplayersmovewhenthecoachwasprovidingademonstration,orwasitastillpicturewiththecoachjusttalking?

Wasthelanguageusedappropriatetotheplayers,wasitclear,simple,footballlanguagethatplayerscouldeasilyunderstand?

Comments

Thissectionistoprovideafinalsummary,anyfinalcomments,andtoidentifytheareasthecoachshouldworkonmovingforward.

Action

Thissectionistoprovideaclearactionplanforthecoach.Regardlessoftheoutcomeoftheassessment,aclearactionplanfordevelopmentwillbeprovided.

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