Coaching

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The ISKGA Coaching module ….

ISKGA Coaching

Coaching
  • Learning Preferences
  • Sensory Preferences
  • Demonstrations
  • I.D.E.A.S
  • E.D.I.C.T
  • Discovery Learning
  • Buildning Blocks
  • Body, Boat, Blade
  • Practice
  • Use of Features and the Environment
  • Needs and Desires
  • Methods of Coaching Strokes
  • Long Term and Short Term Coaching

Module: Coaching – Theory and Practice

Training duration: 2 days (One day of theory and practical exercises and one day of observed coaching and feedback)

Course Guidelines Notes
  • Learning preferences
 TARP Theorist, Activist, Reflector, Pragmatist. Candidates should have a working knowledge of different learning preferences.
  • Sensory preferences
 VAK Visual, Audible, Kinaesthetic.  Candidates should have an understanding of different ways people receive information and how to coach different strokes to suit a variety of preferences.
  • Demonstrations
 Be able to demonstrate different strokes and be able to break them down into their key components.
  • IDEAS
 Introduction Demonstration Explanation Activity Summary  Be able to use the IDEAS method to coach a skill.
  • EDICT
 Explanation Demonstration Imitation Correction Train.  Be able to use the EDICT method to coach a skill.
  • Discovery Learning
 Be able to use guided discovery as a way to encourage long term learning.
  • Building Blocks
 Be able to break down complex strokes into blocks and be able to construct the whole stroke from the individual blocks.
  • Body Boat Blade
 Understand how strokes can be broken down into BBB and how they interact together to create different outcomes.
  • Practice
Understand how to construct practice exercises including the benefit of varied and block practice to improve performance.
  • Use of features and the environment
 Be able to use a variety of features to develop skills including static objects, surf, wind and tide.
  • Needs and desires
 Understand the differences between what a client needs rather than what they desire to learn and how to balance these two factors to create a positive outcome for the student.
  • Methods of coaching strokes
 Have a variety of tools to coach the different strokes and an understanding of common errors and how to identify them.
  • Long term and short term coaching
 Understand how to use different methods of coaching to either create long term or short term learning and when to use these different styles.