To promote enjoyment and participation I included fun activities and small matches in all of my 6 sessions. I chose to do this because I knew the participants would enjoy the drills that I had chosen and from past experience I have always enjoyed playing a mach during my lessons. The drills I had chosen were basic therefore all participants could take part and get involved in them.
From my sessions I could see that my aims of enjoyment were being achieved the entire group enjoyed the bib game, everyone participated and got involved within the game. I had to keep everyone motivated and moving therefore when I called the group in, a few girls took longer I kept moving around the courts to keep them moving and to come in quicker.
Another aim of sports leadership is to promote skills development. I added this into every session as I used a new skills each lesson. Some of the girls took to the new skills better than others therefore I moved them on and gave them a challenge to do within their pair. As well as making the sessions fun and enjoyable they were also challenging for some of the girls but this also made the sessions more interesting for them as they had to work towards something. In my 6 sessions I included a range of skills such as dribbling, moving, stopping, shooting and defending. Throughout each session I gave the participants a lot of time to practise the specific skills so they could improve on them. I also adapted matches at the end so the skills were being used during a match situation.
Planning my sessions were effective and lead me to having successful sessions. My activity was carried out with 18 year 8 girls that were beginners to hockey. My sessions were planned out with a coaching session planner, which was split into different sections a warm up, a main section, and a cool down. Within my plans there was sections to fill out my aims and objectives for each session and what I had to do to move on in the next session, it also included health and safety aspects and a contingency plan in case anything went wrong. My aims for each session were realistic and helped the girl’s progress further as the girls were beginners to hockey they had to be introduced to the game and its rules. I arranged my sessions after thinking about what needed to be done before moving onto another skill an example of this is all of the girls needed to be able to dribble before I could teach them how to shoot and defend. My timing needs to be improved on, as many participants took longer than expected to get ready and prepare themselves for the session therefore the matches at the end were shorter than I would have liked them to be. Although the timings weren’t as good as I planned this was down to the participants rather than myself, I was organised at the beginning of each session with equipment laid out ready for the girls to use. Equipment and the facilities were not a problem there were always enough hockey sticks, balls, cones and bibs to use so my contingency plan wasn’t needed for the equipment and the facilities were always usable.
My warm-ups went well and I managed to stick to my plans there were a few girls willing to help out therefore I was happy for them to lead some parts of the warm up as this got them involved and motivated for the session. My main content generally went well with the majority of girls motivated and taking part there were 2 girls that didn’t want to get involved therefore I had to speak to them and get them motivated so they would keep warm. The skills and drills went well with the majority of the group being able to carry them out to a good standard. During the passing session two girls stood out to me as being excellent therefore I asked them if I could use them as a demonstration this gave them more confidence and the rest of the group then understood the skill better.
My matches at the end didn’t go to plan I had to make them shorter because I was running out of time therefore they didn’t get as much match practise as I would have liked them to do. The weather was also cold which made a few girls not want to participate at the beginning of my sessions but once I had taken a couple of sessions they became motivated and enjoyed joining in as it kept them warm and they were learning new skills.
My sessions met the needs of the participants for the girls that took to hockey quickly and understood the game I gave them extra activities and challenges to carry out. For the girls that were struggling I helped them and gave them one to one coaching which encouraged them to work at the skill they were practising. I also allowed 2 girls to lead a warm up this made them feel involved within the group and the rest of the group enjoyed following someone different. I also allowed different girls to umpire they enjoyed this because it let them feel how the teacher feels and that it isn’t always easy to be in charge of a match and make decisions for themselves.
During the session I felt that I gave out good leadership skills. I involved all of the girls and encouraged the ones that didn’t want to participate. I feel my communication skills were good as I managed to get the entire group involved and they all understood what they were doing. My time management and organisational skills were reasonable good but the times were messed up slightly by the girls taking longer to get changed but I was always organised and on time with the equipment ready to go. My group management skills were put to the test when I was left with the group on my own some of the girls tried to misbehave and not take part but once I spoke to them the other girls helped get them back involved again. My knowledge and sport skills could be improved but as the girls were only beginners this didn’t matter too much.
My health and safety awareness was good I did a risk assessment of the courts before the session took place and the courts were safe to play on every time.
My standards of appearance were good I wore appropriate kit at all times to set a good example to the group.
I was enthusiastic and motivated during the session getting everyone involved and constantly giving feedback to keep everyone motivated and feel that they were making progression.
I supported the entire group the subgroup that found the skills hard and didn’t want to take part I took to one side and gave them extra support so they could progress at their own level.
There was also individuals that found the skills easier so I challenged them by adding in extra movements making the skills more difficult but still achievable and I got them to umpire and lead warm ups so they could play a more active role within the group to encourage others to follow.
The group as a whole worked well and cooperated with me all the way through I encouraged motivation by trying a range of different activities that involved everyone being active and made the games enjoyable so the girls would enjoy taking part. I got good feedback from Miss Winstanley and the girls, Miss Winstanley said I put the session across clearly with confidence and interacted with the girls well. The girl said they enjoyed the sessions, as they were fun and different to P.E lessons that they normally have.
From these comments I feel I have achieved all of my aims of promoting participation and enjoyment and being an effective sports leader. The comments from the girls showed they enjoyed the sessions and more of them wanted to join in as the session went on. Miss Winstanley comments show that I managed to put across a good leadership sessions.
