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Practice Planning

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5 Putting it All Together (70 MIN)Rationale: Practices account for the bulk of the time Community Sport coaches spend with those they coach.

Objectives:

•To identify and describe the parts of a practice plan

•To put an effective practice together

•To modify practices

5 Putting it All Together: Parts5.1.1 On your own, review the practice plans in the Toolkit, •Fill in the table identifying the parts of a practice, goals for each part and one or two sample activities for each part of the practice.5.1.2 Read the Key Parts of a Complete Ringette Community Sport and the Practice Planning Checklist in the Toolkit and •Make any necessary changes in 5.1.1 in your workbook.

Canadian Hockey Association

National Coaching Certification Program

Skill Development Pyramid

Technical SkillsIndividual Tactics

Team TacticsTeam Play Systems

Strategy

Go to Principles

5 Putting it All Together: PracticeWhy is it important to have well written detailed plans with diagrams to make things clear?5.2.1 In this activity, new coaches will modify an existing practice and more experienced coaches will plan their own practice. •Pick a partner, you haven’t worked with before, who has similar experience & is coaching at a similar LTAD stage as you.

5 Putting it All Together: Practice

New Coaches• With your new partner, choose a

practice plan from the Toolkit you could use for your players.

• Modify the practice to meet your players’ needs.

• Record your modifications on the Practice Plan Template from your toolkit.

• Add details and diagrams.

More Experienced Coaches

• With your new partner, create activities for an upcoming practice for your players.

• Record your activities on the Practice Plan Template from your toolkit.

• Add details and diagrams.

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Option 1: Task: in groups

1.Pick a summary (Individual tactic)

2.Plan a min three step progression to teach the tactic

1. Tech, tactic, efficenet

Consider drill transition… key words…

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Technical – Skill based lots of reps, success

Tactical – Skill based less reps lots of success game direction

Efficient – Game simulation

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Option 2 Task:

1.Diagram a drill for a set topic, and a set team level… Efficient level Drill

Diagram .. .Key Words, Coach Location, Key Teaching points.. Etc…

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Task:

3. Tradzies… now Evaluate a drill

• What are the key words?

• What are the Key Execution Points?

• Are the Coaches Coaching or Managing flow?

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Task:

4. Tradzies… now Evaluate a drill

• What is the level of the drill Technical, tactical, or Efficient level

• What is the work to rest ratio?

• Is the teaching limited by complexity?

• Is the focus appropriate for the age

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Option 3 Task:

1.Brainstorm Common Tactics / plays etc..

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Option 3 Task:

1.Brainstorm Common Tactics / plays etc..

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Dr. Smoll, a sport psychologist in Washington State suggested coaches need to learn a feedback sandwich.

A positive statement, a constructive statement, and a positive statement. For example “Johnny, Great effort! Remember you need to follow through a bit more with the stick. Now keep that same great effort.”

Dr. Smoll did a famous study where he taught half of the coaches in the baseball league how to use his feedback sandwich while the other half were left on their own. He found that the players who participated with better communicating coaches were more likely to play past the age of 17. His results were staggering …

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Task:

2. Separate these ideas into groups

Individual tactics,

Small group Tactics,

Team Tactics,

Team play Systems,

Strategies

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Task:

3. How can we teach a “complex” topic drill / skill in a progressive manner…?

“Perfect Practice Makes Perfect”

Father David Bauer

HC. National Team Head Coach

1960- 1968

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Given your perfect drill (summary / efficient drill) Plan the perfect practice.

7 Steps1. Identify your main theme (tactics and or skill)

2. Develop warm up from preliminary skills

3. Insert progression to the main theme drill

4. Bridge to appropriate review

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Given your perfect drill (summary / efficient drill) Plan the perfect practice.

7 Steps5. Add element of conditioning, goaltending instruction, fun, etc…

6. Check for Key Words, Key Execution Ponts and Coach placements

7. Check for documentation

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Task: Plan the Perfect Practice

Lets put it all together…

Plan the perfect practice…

7 steps one practice…

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Optional Task: In groups Diagram a

Traditional Drill

• Ie St Louis • Break out regroup• Circles

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Optional Task: Modify and improve your traditional drill

• Consider changing the entrance and exit• Can more game simulation be added.. or

taken out … (tech / tactical / efficient)• Is the rest / work ratio appropriate• Are the goals of the practice met by the

drill• “teach the skill not the drill”

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