Advanced Coaching Theory

Sports' coaching is a very complex and complicated process. It is a process that requires input from a wide variety of specialist sub disciplines within the area. The management and the uniting of these specialist areas into a strategy to improve sporting performance is the major role of the coach (Lyle, 1999). Woodman (1993) expressed this ability of the coach as a form of 'art' and suggests that the better a coaches understanding of the sciences surrounding the coaching process the more effective a coach will be in the art of coaching. Coaching is an emerging profession and the sports coach has an increasing number of responsibilities. The process is underpinned by values and ideologies proposed by such foundations as the National Coaching Foundation (NCF) (1996) who provide a framework of rules for coach behaviour. The NCF (1996) highlight creating a positive experience and minimising any risk to athletes as vital roles of the sports coach. These values are related more towards the role of participation coach's whose initial principle is the athlete's enjoyment of the sport leading to the continuation of participation. The emphasis is on the learning of skills and not competition success. There is no systematically controlled plan, unlike performance coaching, which involves detailed planning and monitoring of progress. Performance coaching attempts to control variables

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Football's governing bodies.

Sean Halsey, P.E. homework, Ms Price Football's governing bodies All sports have at least one governing body. This governing body has many responsibilities, including setting rules, setting punishments, controlling draws for competitions and tournaments, etc. The governing body for football in England is the Football Association. They control football at all levels, from grass roots to the premier league. One of their jobs is to make sure that football is being played using the correct rules and regulations so that each game is fair. They do this by making all referees and officials take a course that teaches them the correct rules of the game, and tests them to make sure they know them. They handle such things as international relations, ethics and sports equity, elite player development and coaching. The FA has also done many great things that have helped the game in England. An important thing for the future of English football is that we keep producing good young footballing talent. The FA has overseen this by setting up coaching academies and national football centres of excellence. These centres of excellence are where the best young footballers are sent to learn from the best coaches and trainers in England. This helps them progress, and lets them play with and against the best players in their age group. They also make sure that they are educated well, so that if

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I have decided to research the Local and National provision for Golf

Introduction to Local And National Provision I have decided to research the Local and National provision for Golf, mainly because of the following reasons: . My love for the sport and because I have played it for so many years. 2. My Idols of the elite professionals in the sport and the path I need to take to achieve my great ambition of becoming a golf professional The areas I intend to concentrate on in my assignment to do with Local and National provision are: * How to get from amateur status to an elite professional? * What are the Local provisions available for people wanting to take part in golf? * What is available for girls in the local community? * How the elite professionals are funded for * What kind of money the P.G.A will provide to both amateurs and professionals To achieve these targets I intend to use a variety of equipment e.g. the Internet, interviews with my Golf's Club secretary and golf professional (Doncaster Golf Club in Bessacarr). To carry this out I will need to construct questionnaires to send off to the people I wish to collect the information from. Grassroots Development Being employed in the golf industry is a dream of many. Today, PGA members are employed in a number of ways in addition to traditional green-grass facility employment. PGA members are employed as rules officials, tournament administrators, retail managers, general

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What makes a successful coach?

What makes a successful coach? Throughout history there have been many great sporting individuals and teams, Manchester United, the England rugby team, the Williams sisters and the Australian cricket team. However what made these athletes triumphant? One obvious thing comes to mind: they are the best players in there sport. But where would these players be without the correct training and coaching? Before this question can be answered we need to be able to identify the role of coaches and the effect there role has on athletes. Behind every athlete is a dedicated coach who is there to help the athlete in many different but equally important ways. A coach's main role is to improve the performance of the athlete. The coach is the person who tells you what you are doing incorrect but more essentially how to improve it. A coach will help their team or individuals in all aspects of there game both physical and psychological. This means that a coach has a big responsibility to help with different issues inside and outside of sport. A good coach is anything from a shoulder to cry on to a driving force behind a good performance. The United Kingdom Coaching Strategy describes the role of the coach as one which "enables the athlete to achieve levels of performance to a degree that may not have been possible if left to his/her own endeavours" Coaches like athletes are all different

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Investigating Muscle Contraction

Investigating Muscle Contraction Purpose: To investigate how different solutions influence the muscle contractions on muscle fibers of chicken. Hypothesis: I think that when water is added there will be little expansion in the muscle, when glucose is added little contraction and when ATP is added the most contraction. I think this because muscle contraction is related to the amount of energy the muscle receives. ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is a product of glucose respiration. It is a high-energy bond and has a very short halftime of half a second. Muscle expansion is in one way related with the amount of water the muscle receives because the cells absorb the water and therefore expand. Variables: Independent variable: Water, Glucose, ATP (adenosine triphosphate) Dependent variable : Change in length of chicken muscle fiber Controlled variable : Temperature, Same source of chicken, same age of chicken, same circumstances, same treatment of chicken Uncontrolled variable: Length and width of Chicken muscle fiber Materials: * Muscle fibers * Millimeter graph paper * 3 glass slides * 3 droppers * Distilled water * Glucose solution * ATP solution * Stop clock * Blunt mounted needles * Petri dish Method: . Place the muscle fiber on a glass slide. Place the slide on the piece of graph paper. 2. Use the mounted needles to straighten the fibre

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Analysis of Joe's Football

Mark Timson Sport Science Observation & analysis Section 1 Skills required to fulfil the positional role Elements/qualities Necessary to produce an affective performance. General fitness: - This is required within sport because when in a game situation the player's level of skill needs to be obtained throughout the whole game. General fitness within the game of rugby includes: - * Stamina /endurance * Strength * Flexibility / suppleness (and) * Speed Stamina or Endurance- This is the body's ability to keep going for long periods without tiring. There are two parts that make up Endurance: - . Cardiovascular Endurance - This is the ability for the heart to deliver oxygen to the muscles over a long period(s) of exercise. As the lungs also pay a part in this it can also be called: 'Cardiorespiartory Endurance' 2. Muscular Endurance- The ability of the muscles to maintain and repeat contractions. This kind of stamina is important in rugby, as the muscles contract a lot in the same way, as you play for long periods of time with very short recovery time i.e. at breakdowns of the game. If this didn't occur, you would not be able to last the whole match, as you would quickly tire, from the same and repeating contractions made by the muscles, also stamina is required as the muscles need to work at a high performance rate for long periods of time. You must also

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Skills, Techniques and Tactics for 5 a side Football and Basketball.

Practical Team Sports http://www.v-brazil.com/culture/sports/world-cup/brazil2002.jpg Rebecca Brownlie Task 1 5-A-side Football Skills and Techniques Dribbling- When dribbling in football you need to have good balance because if you don't when you are running with the ball you might fall. Also you need to keep the ball close to your feet so that the defending player doesn't take the ball from you. You should try and use both feet to keep control of the ball. A good dribbler of the ball is Aaron Lennon. Shooting- When shooting you will also need good balance for this because when if you don't have good balance when shooting then you might be leaning back which will mean that your shoot will go over the bar. When shooting you should plant your non shooting foot to the side of the ball and kick the ball with the other foot. You should follow through with your shooting foot so the ball travels faster. A player well known for his powerful shooting is Robin Van Persie. Passing (short pass) - When making a short pass you should use the instep of either foot. You should focus more on accuracy than power. When making a short pass you should place your non passing foot to the side of the ball and pass with your other foot. All professional football players are good passers of the ball this is because it is on of the easiest techniques to perform. Passing (long pass)- When

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How do the sensitivity of the muscles in the back Vary as the distance of the prong gets less.

How do the sensitivity of the muscles in the back Vary as the distance of the prong gets less Plan: my experiment is to test how sensitive the muscles in the back can be and how well they can detect the number of prongs touching them from the hair pin which will decrease in size by 2mm each turn I will test each person one but with 10 sets of results from the tests which will be 10mm, 8mm, 6mm, 4mm and 2mm. I want to see if the size of the muscle contributes to the sensitivity of it. The muscles that I will be testing are: Trapezius muscle (fairly sensitive) Deltoid muscle (sensitive) Infrasprinatas muscle (sensitive) Latissimus dorsi muscle (not sensitive) Gluteus medias muscle (sensitive) Apparatus: I think that the larger the muscle the less sensitive it is likely to be this is because the nerve endings will be further apart so the muscles will not be able to detect the smaller distances of the prongs. Whereas the smaller muscles will have nerve endings closer to each other and I think they will be a lot more sensitive to the prongs. I think this is going to happen because there are a certain number of nerve endings spread throughout your muscles therefore the larger muscles will need to have greater numbers of nerve endings to be as sensitive as the smaller muscles with less nerve endings. My predictions to how sensitive the muscles are shown in brackets in the

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Gaelic football

For the purpose of this portfolio my chosen activity is Gaelic football. In this there are a number of physical fitness components involved, both health and skill related Skill related Health related Balance Muscular strength Agility Muscular Endurance Co-ordination Cardio-vascular Endurance Power Flexibility Speed Body Fat % Reaction time Each of these components has their use in my chosen sport, some being more pertinent than others. Balance: The ability to maintain equilibrium whilst moving or stationary. This has many advantages in Gaelic football, from maintaining a steady, straight line while running, the ability to bend down and pick up the ball steadily and efficiently without falling over, and the ability to withstand and stay on your feet if a tackle knocks you off your stride when running. Agility: The ability to move the body quickly and under control. This is required as it is necessary to move and turn quickly and accurately past players when on a solo run. Or when 'selling a dummy' it is important to give a swift dip of the shoulder, of a false hand pass

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Group performance and Cohesion

Group Performance and Cohesion Group performance is perceived through Steiners Model of productivity, which is as follows: Actual Productivity = Potential Productivity - Losses Due to Faulty Processes Actual productivity refers to the final product of a sporting action by a team collectively e.g. The score a diving pair is given from the judges of their performance or how successful a corner kick routine goes for a football team. Potential productivity is the maximum capability of a person or team to achieve the task. In basic terms this is "the perfect performance", e.g. A formula 1 driver completes a qualifying lap with absolute zero mistakes from the driver or car; this lap will be impossible to be bettered. Faulty processes are categorized two different factors, Co-ordinational and Motivational losses. Co-ordinational losses can be described as the "Ringlemann effect". It is known as the Ringlemann effect because he was the first person to state that these losses occur more in teams of increasing numbers. Therefore a tennis doubles pair will be more likely to be closer to their potential productivity than a large team such as a full rugby squad. This is because the larger amount of people there are, the more communication is needed between the individuals. The research into this study was based on tug of war; a group of people were tested individually for their "pulling

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