AFCN TFC Rob Gambolati - Unitec
- 1. How do we best provide our athletes with valuable play/practice opportunities?
- 2. Informal Practice Formal Practice Formal Play When and how do our players learn Informal Play most? >>UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY >>DEPARTMENT OF SPORT
- 3. Primary school children who achieved 60 mins of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during the school day had significantly higher intensity (3x higher) activity during break time than they did during structured physical activity in class time. >>UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Rush, et al., 2012) >>DEPARTMENT OF SPORT
- 4. What did you notice about the playing area/size? What did you notice about the equipment being used? How actively involved were the participants in each video? Would the young baseballer ever hit a homerun? Would the young cricketer ever hit a 6? >>UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY >>DEPARTMENT OF SPORT
- 5. Are you still separating skill learning from game learning? Are you providing too much game play and losing some skill development? Are you providing too much skill development and not enough game play? >>UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY >>DEPARTMENT OF SPORT
- 6. Elite Participate ? ? Excel Perform Learn Explore >>UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY >>DEPARTMENT OF SPORT
- 7. Would we make every kid learn their strokes before they got in the pool? >>UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY >>DEPARTMENT OF SPORT
- 8. Either/Or approaches to athlete/team development: TGfU vs skill drills Fundamental Movement Skills vs Fundamental Games Skills Technical learning vs Tactical learning Can limit our thinking and the way in which we coach. >>UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Smith, 2014) >>DEPARTMENT OF SPORT
- 9. In Conclusion: What needs to be priority learning for young athletes? As a coach, how can I develop more formal and informal play opportunities that will lead to valuable development? - and think about what barriers might prevent you from allowing more informal play in your training sessions >>UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY >>DEPARTMENT TITLE EDIT IN HEADER & FOOTER Any Questions?