PLF4CC – Gr. 12 Recreational & Fitness Leadership

High Performance Coaching Observation

For this assignment, you and a partner will attend a local competitive team practice and observe the structure of the practice, and style of the coaching.

Partner Names: ______

Team: ______Location: ______

Practice Date & Time: ______

A. Format

•Each pair will use this assignment sheet as a guide, and to record required information. You may also need to use your own lined paper for practice observation.

•Upon completion of the practice observation, each pair will complete all observations, questions, and the schedule, in a formal typed format.

•You must hand in this sheet, and any other rough work completed, with the finished assignment.

•Your assignment is to have a title page.

B. Assignment Components

1. Practice structure/schedule

•On the schedule sheet attached, keep track of the structure of practice by recording each task the team performs as well as the time range of each task (eg. Warm up, stretch 3:00pm-3:10pm, lay-ups 3:10pm-3:20pm, etc.)

•Create a good copy of this schedule on the computer to hand.

2. Examples of coaching / motivation during practice

•Also on the schedule provided, record examples of motivation and instruction during each practice session by the head coach.

3. Pre-practice, post-practice speech

•Listen to either the pre-practice and/or post-practice speech by the head coach to the team, and record any leadership and motivational hi-lights you hear.

•Comment on whether you found the speech motivating, practical, informative, etc.

4. Coaching Style

•According to what you observed during the practice, what style of leader do you feel the head coach is? Explain.

5. Coach Interview questions:

i) How do you try to motivate an athlete or the team as a whole throughout the season?

ii) Who is your coaching mentor? Why?

iii) What is your greatest coaching memory?

iv) What advice would you give a young coach starting out?

v) Of the three coaching styles listed here, which type would you consider yourself? Why?

Mark Breakdown

•Completion & Quality of each section

1. Practice Schedule/4

2. Coaching / Motivation examples/4

3. Pre, post-practice speech/4

4. Coaching style reflection/4

5. Interview questions/4

•Proper Assignment Format/4

•Rough Work/4

•Neatness/Spelling/Grammar/4

•Total/32

High Performance Coaching Observation

Practice Schedule & Leadership Examples

Time Period / Practice Session / Motivation / Instructional Examples

High Performance Coaching Observation

Practice Schedule & Leadership Examples

Time Period / Practice Session / Motivation / Instructional Examples