10 Important Coaching Lessons For This Season
10 Important Coaching Lessons For This Season
There is so much information out there on the best methods and techniques for coaching your player. Whether you are new to coaching or eager to keep improving your methods, here are 10 important lessons to take on into this season.
1) Remember the coaching process
It's said that 10,000 hours of work is required to be elite in your field. This shouldn't just be spent planning and delivering your sessions. Reviewing sessions and matches is proving to be highly valuable to improving performance.
2) Understand the needs of the players you coach
Rules and Regulations change every season, keep up to date with what skills your players require as they progress through the age groups.
3) Not playing games for games sake
Game-sense plays a huge part in our coaching but just playing a game is not enough. You need to remember the outcomes you wish to achieve and the constraints you can use to achieve this.
4) Don't be afraid to be technical, especially when you need to
Rugby is a very technical sport, you need to be able to impart this knowledge to your players. How you do this is the key to developing yourself as coach so embrace technical delivery but don't flood your sessions with it! Think about how technical the tackle and scrum are... and don't forget about the BOXKICK!
5) Be player centered
Don't fall into the trap of being the focus of attention and the centre of the coaching session! Talk less, listen more, and give the players a role to play in how the session goes.
6) Don't be afraid to ask questions
A questioning style has a strong influence on how the coach can pull the knowledge from the players rather than push the knowledge on the players.
7) Be excellent at the things that require no skill
From a coaching point of view it's the time keeping, self-discipline, coaches behaviour and enjoying what you do. Building rapport is essential to get on the same page as your players.
8) Remember APES
From your first Level 1 task delivery you were asked to always keep your sessions ACTIVE - PURPOSEFUL - ENJOYABLE - SAFE.
9) Have fun
Kids and adults are the same. If a session is fun players will be better motivated, learn quicker and train more frequently. This does not mean you are an entertainer by the way!
10) Keep learning
Observe other coaches in action, read, share your learning with other coaches in your club, find a mentor - using RugbyCoachingDrills.com is here to help!
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