Session 1

Personal outcomes

1. Look at how i'm going to coach and evaluate the children.
2. Plan my session out.
3. Make drills and skills related to the game.
4. Observe the young players netball standards and to see what can be improved for the next session.
5. Always making sure i keep it fun and easy.

While i will be coaching the children, i will also be observing the play, skills, team work etc. used within netball to access outcomes that can be improved upon and commented on towards the children for positiveness. It is said that Coaches of team sports are continuously confronted with having to make sense of the chaotic, ebb and flow of display action that unfolds during the game. It is during this time that the coach must observe, interpret and respond to, continuous sequences of action, whilst remaining relatively cool, calm and collected (Launder & Piltz, 1999).

The Amount to which the coach is able to make sense of the game display will directly influence their ability to control game performance and ease player learning. (Gross, 1990) Game sense, as defined by Launder (2001), is “the ability to use an understanding of the rules, of strategy, of tactics, and most importantly of oneself to solve the problems posed by the game or by one’s opponents or the game”. Once i have performed my drills and begin the game as said by (Plitz, 2000) will i then be able to see if the players remember which way they are going when the team gains posession of the ball or see if the they remembered their basic team assignments.

Play practice may prove to be a very valuable worth playing badly, but play practice also holds that a game worth playing is a game worth playing well! The primary task, therefore, is to help youngsters to become competent and enjoy participating in physical activity as explained by Launder (2001). looking at this to watching the children participate in the session shows me that they did all enjoy the session rather well, and also showed confirmation of the learning outcomes as they all managed to use effectively the passing in the end game. This proves that they learn easily and are willing to participate and provide effort for the sessions to come. By observing the children at the session i now have a clear mind of the standard of the children and what i can provide for them in the next session with the childrens abilities of learning and progressing.

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