Another great post! Especially love the section on inter-actions. Such a fundamental aspect of sports that gets looked over by so many people. Often coaches in my sport -- volleyball -- spend the majority of training in isolated activities where the interactions are minimized or effectively removed, and then complain that their players are unable to perform during competition.
Ah yes, a common sentiment in my experience across sports! How do you design-in interactions? Is there a way we can make it seem less daunting for others, or perhaps a worthwhile consideration for training design?
Nice read! Thanks for sharing. Especially enjoyed the pizza analogy 👍🏾 it clicked for me straight away before you got to jalapeños! I’m no longer on Twitter but would be keen to connect and talk more. I’m interested in curriculum design in PE and coaching as effectively practices, activities, ‘drills’ are nested/embedded in a wider context often over a longer timeframe (if they stay in the game!). Thanks again and here’s my email if you’re up for a chat! Mo Jafar M.Jafar-Junior@uel.ac.uk
There is an interesting book format for coaches in soccer that combined the experiential and environment into a series of "small " games with a reference to problems that the coaches are seeing and which of the small games would address those issues. The learning becomes engaging and fun as well as challenging thereby addressing the issues in competition. Look for the original edition of Th Soccer Games by Simon and Reeves and not subsequent editions by other authors.
Another great post! Especially love the section on inter-actions. Such a fundamental aspect of sports that gets looked over by so many people. Often coaches in my sport -- volleyball -- spend the majority of training in isolated activities where the interactions are minimized or effectively removed, and then complain that their players are unable to perform during competition.
Ah yes, a common sentiment in my experience across sports! How do you design-in interactions? Is there a way we can make it seem less daunting for others, or perhaps a worthwhile consideration for training design?
Hi Alex,
Nice read! Thanks for sharing. Especially enjoyed the pizza analogy 👍🏾 it clicked for me straight away before you got to jalapeños! I’m no longer on Twitter but would be keen to connect and talk more. I’m interested in curriculum design in PE and coaching as effectively practices, activities, ‘drills’ are nested/embedded in a wider context often over a longer timeframe (if they stay in the game!). Thanks again and here’s my email if you’re up for a chat! Mo Jafar M.Jafar-Junior@uel.ac.uk
addenum to my post The Soccer Games Book by Simon and Reeves
There is an interesting book format for coaches in soccer that combined the experiential and environment into a series of "small " games with a reference to problems that the coaches are seeing and which of the small games would address those issues. The learning becomes engaging and fun as well as challenging thereby addressing the issues in competition. Look for the original edition of Th Soccer Games by Simon and Reeves and not subsequent editions by other authors.