PHILOSOPHY

Why Us

Role of the Coach

Methods of Teaching

Long Term Athlete Development Plan

Development versus Winning

TEACHING STYLES

Depending on the situation, we believe that three different styles of teaching need to be utilized in order to effectively educate a player in

retaining what is taught in the training session.

COMMAND STYLE

(Show and Tell)

•  Stop at the correct coaching moment

•  Coach demonstrates correction to problem

•  Player rehearses correction to problem

•  Resume Play

QUESTION AND ANSWER

(Players tell you)

•  Stop at the correct coaching moment

•  Ask the players a question relevant to that moment

•  Coach demonstrates correction to problem

•  Player rehearses correction to problem

•  Resume play

GUIDED DISCOVERY

(Athlete shows you and the group)

•  Stop at the correct coaching moment

•  Ask player a question relevant to that moment (What would you do differently in this situation?) (Use follow up questions if needed)

•  Ask player to show you correction to the problem

•  Resume play

The coaching method that we believe engages the player best in discovery is called guided discovery. The essence of this method is a

particular coach-player relationship in which the coach's sequence of questions brings about a corresponding set of responses by the player.

Each question by the coach elicits a single correct response discovered by the player. The cumulative effect of this sequence, a converging process,

leads the player to discover the sought tactical concept, principle of play or technical idea. The specific process has the following set of objectives:

1. To engage the player in a particular process of discovery – the converging process

2. To develop a precise relationship between the player's discovered response and stimulus (activity and/or question) presented by the coach

3.  To develop sequential discover skills that logically leads to the discovery of a concept

4. To develop the patience in both the coach and the player that is required for the discovery process

During our training sessions our coaches will guide (facilitate) the players, through effective age appropriate questioning, to discovery.

Our philosophy is that a good coach tries not to tell a player what to do; rather, he/she leads the player to discover how to play.