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Ruth Sheehan
Ruth Sheehan

This document describes a sports instruction company that provides customized coaching to help adults develop athletic skills. The company has over 50 years of collective coaching experience in various sports. It uses surveys to understand clients' learning styles and preferences before developing individualized instruction plans. Coaches first assess clients' existing skill levels and break down activities into components. Clients then work directly with coaches in instructional sessions and practice to refine their techniques with feedback. A sample client profile shows how the company would help a mother learn baseball hitting by focusing on her stance and swing mechanics through explanation, demonstration, practice and feedback.

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Sports Performance KonsultantsPartnershipInstructors:Linda Gautie, Kellie Johnston, Nicolle Parks, Joan Prevett, LizanneSchectman, Ruth Sheehan, Vanessa Toomey
Who are we?What we do:We work with adults of all ages who would enjoy developing an athletic skill. Our instructors and performance coaches have over 50 years of collective experience in summer and winter sports. What we believe:Physical activity enhances an overall sense of well being, can promote physical and mental health, and add quality and years to life.
How we work with our clients:Each client takes two surveys, one to ascertain preferred learning style and another to identify preferred learning mode based on Gardners Multiple Intelligences (MI) profile. Our approach is customized to each client. We do address visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles with an emphasis on the kinesthetic for learning and performing a skill. To engage our clients we employ multiple instructional entry points and ending points based upon the MI profile.
Our Instructional Strategy: Each element of our instructional strategy has feeling as its focusAnalysis of clients existing skill levelDetermine constituent parts of the activityRefine constituent parts based upon existing skill levelConduct an instructional session addressing objectives and explaining practice skills and activitiesPersonal practice session with a Performance Coach: reinforce what was covered in the instructional session Coach will demonstrate the skill practice/activity Client will perform based upon what was presented and demonstratedCoach will provide constant feedback to the client during performance Formal feedback session with Instructors, Performance Coaches and Client: Client describes how the activity felt, what worked or did not work Performance Coach provides feedback on the clients commentsInstructors refine instruction as needed based upon formal feedback session
Sample Client and Our Customized SolutionClient Profile34 year old mother of two boys, aged 6 and 4Wants to learn a baseball skill: hitting a baseballNo prior baseball hitting experience, only athletic activity is ZUMBA Wants to pass on skills to her sons who will be playing Tee Ball (has strong motivation here)Learning Preference and MI SkillVisual/ KinestheticLinguistic/Bodily-KinestheticPerformance Coachs Evaluation of Initial Skill LevelZUMBA dance classes have provided client with a decent sense of grounding, flexibility in the hips and waist, fairly strong abdominalsNeeds drilling on the mechanicsOnly needs a little time on stance and can move on to the swing component
Learning Objectives: I will work on just two, the stance and the swing movement.Objective: Demonstrate Optimum StanceInstructors Explanation:Feet should be just a little more than shoulder distance apartKnees should be soft or natural, not locked or deeply bentStance should feel grounded and flexibleFeeling of the stance is one in which you feel that you can harness power from your legs and feel flexible in your upper body at the same timeSkill Practice/Activity:Performance Coach will review instructions that have been provided Performance Coach will demonstrate how he determined his best stanceClient will practice finding their best stance and identify the one that allows a feeling of flexibility and power at the same time. (Identifying what does not work is helpful too.) Performance Coach will provide feedback during practice. Remember to concentrate on how the stance feels.
ModelObjective: Model the swing movement of the bat as related to feet, hips, shoulders, head, eyes and handsInstructors Explanation: (Quote from Joe Brockoff The drive begins with the largest muscle and ends with the smallest perhaps we could show a small clip from Joes video on the Drive or have pictures of each of these stepsSwing movement begins in the lower body, the hands are the last to moveRotate hips and then step keeping 80% of your weight on the back legRotate from waist up to shouldersEyes/head look at the ball when it leaves the pitchers handBall will not be at eye/head level so the head and chin will be lowered a bitHands should be the last to moveHead should remain down even after swing Ball is not released at your head or eye level. Your head and eyes should be lowered toward the zone where the pitcher has thrown the ball
Skill Practice/ActivityPerformance Coach will:Review instructions that have been provided Demonstrate how each part of the body responds when the ball leaves the pitchers handExplain where the eyes and head are at each point during the swingDescribe the feeling and timing of the swing Set up the pitching machine in the gym for some initial drills and then will pitch outdoors on a baseball field. Client will model what was demonstrated when a pitch is thrown. Coach will provide feedback during and after each attempt to model the swing, focusing on the feeling of each segment of the swing. Take the activity outdoors and experience a live pitch (the Performance Coach).

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  • 1. Sports Performance KonsultantsPartnershipInstructors:Linda Gautie, Kellie Johnston, Nicolle Parks, Joan Prevett, LizanneSchectman, Ruth Sheehan, Vanessa Toomey
  • 2. Who are we?What we do:We work with adults of all ages who would enjoy developing an athletic skill. Our instructors and performance coaches have over 50 years of collective experience in summer and winter sports. What we believe:Physical activity enhances an overall sense of well being, can promote physical and mental health, and add quality and years to life.
  • 3. How we work with our clients:Each client takes two surveys, one to ascertain preferred learning style and another to identify preferred learning mode based on Gardners Multiple Intelligences (MI) profile. Our approach is customized to each client. We do address visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles with an emphasis on the kinesthetic for learning and performing a skill. To engage our clients we employ multiple instructional entry points and ending points based upon the MI profile.
  • 4. Our Instructional Strategy: Each element of our instructional strategy has feeling as its focusAnalysis of clients existing skill levelDetermine constituent parts of the activityRefine constituent parts based upon existing skill levelConduct an instructional session addressing objectives and explaining practice skills and activitiesPersonal practice session with a Performance Coach: reinforce what was covered in the instructional session Coach will demonstrate the skill practice/activity Client will perform based upon what was presented and demonstratedCoach will provide constant feedback to the client during performance Formal feedback session with Instructors, Performance Coaches and Client: Client describes how the activity felt, what worked or did not work Performance Coach provides feedback on the clients commentsInstructors refine instruction as needed based upon formal feedback session
  • 5. Sample Client and Our Customized SolutionClient Profile34 year old mother of two boys, aged 6 and 4Wants to learn a baseball skill: hitting a baseballNo prior baseball hitting experience, only athletic activity is ZUMBA Wants to pass on skills to her sons who will be playing Tee Ball (has strong motivation here)Learning Preference and MI SkillVisual/ KinestheticLinguistic/Bodily-KinestheticPerformance Coachs Evaluation of Initial Skill LevelZUMBA dance classes have provided client with a decent sense of grounding, flexibility in the hips and waist, fairly strong abdominalsNeeds drilling on the mechanicsOnly needs a little time on stance and can move on to the swing component
  • 6. Learning Objectives: I will work on just two, the stance and the swing movement.Objective: Demonstrate Optimum StanceInstructors Explanation:Feet should be just a little more than shoulder distance apartKnees should be soft or natural, not locked or deeply bentStance should feel grounded and flexibleFeeling of the stance is one in which you feel that you can harness power from your legs and feel flexible in your upper body at the same timeSkill Practice/Activity:Performance Coach will review instructions that have been provided Performance Coach will demonstrate how he determined his best stanceClient will practice finding their best stance and identify the one that allows a feeling of flexibility and power at the same time. (Identifying what does not work is helpful too.) Performance Coach will provide feedback during practice. Remember to concentrate on how the stance feels.
  • 7. ModelObjective: Model the swing movement of the bat as related to feet, hips, shoulders, head, eyes and handsInstructors Explanation: (Quote from Joe Brockoff The drive begins with the largest muscle and ends with the smallest perhaps we could show a small clip from Joes video on the Drive or have pictures of each of these stepsSwing movement begins in the lower body, the hands are the last to moveRotate hips and then step keeping 80% of your weight on the back legRotate from waist up to shouldersEyes/head look at the ball when it leaves the pitchers handBall will not be at eye/head level so the head and chin will be lowered a bitHands should be the last to moveHead should remain down even after swing Ball is not released at your head or eye level. Your head and eyes should be lowered toward the zone where the pitcher has thrown the ball
  • 8. Skill Practice/ActivityPerformance Coach will:Review instructions that have been provided Demonstrate how each part of the body responds when the ball leaves the pitchers handExplain where the eyes and head are at each point during the swingDescribe the feeling and timing of the swing Set up the pitching machine in the gym for some initial drills and then will pitch outdoors on a baseball field. Client will model what was demonstrated when a pitch is thrown. Coach will provide feedback during and after each attempt to model the swing, focusing on the feeling of each segment of the swing. Take the activity outdoors and experience a live pitch (the Performance Coach).

Editor's Notes

  • #5: We analyze each element of the athletic activity and determine its constituent parts. The Performance Coaches provide us with an evaluation of the clients existing skill set. Instructors further refine the constituent parts based upon the Performance Coachs evaluation of the clients existing skill set.