sports coach UK Workshop –
Tutor Notes
How to Deliver Engaging Sessions:
90-minute Practical Coaching
First edition, May 2012
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Workshop Overview
Points to Note:
By the end of the workshop, delegates will be able to:
1
A one-page workshop overview has been included. It is intended to
provide, at a glance, the order in which outcomes may be reached,
the key points that should be raised and timings.
2
The workshop provides you with a number of methods of delivery.
You will consequently be able to deliver a workshop that is relevant
to the audience you are working with. It is your choice which
combination of methods you use, for example, to meet the
workshop outcomes.
4
Remember: It is important that you achieve the outcomes of this
workshop. You do not have to use the proposed method to the
letter – it is only a guide.
5
Be aware of the next stage of development and education for the
delegates through further workshops and support.
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list the three stages of Developing, Sustaining and Rejoining
participation and explain their main characteristics
explain the relevance of the ‘C’ system to their own coaching
demonstrate how to include the ‘C’ system approach in
their coaching
use relevant adapted planning material for both longer-term and
session planning.
The table overleaf outlines a suggested route through the workshop.
This is not prescriptive and deliverers are advised to adjust the
structure, timing allocations and focus in accordance with:
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their own experiences
the needs of the group.
The workshop is supported by the How to Deliver Engaging Sessions:
A Guide for Developing Adults and Young People Through Sport
resource, and planning sheets, coach competence guidelines and Top
Tips, which can be downloaded from www.sportscoachuk.org/peoplewho-develop-coaches/tutors/resources
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Further details are available on the sports coach UK website at
www.sportscoachuk.org
Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU) education and support details
are available to view at www.thecpsu.org.uk
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How to Deliver Engaging Sessions: Practical Session
Workshop Overview
Outcome
ONE
Introduction
TWO
Connection and
Confidence
Core Content
Time
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Introduce the session and health and safety procedures
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Delegates will begin to plan a session
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Demonstrate how to connect participants with the outcomes
of the session
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Demonstrate how to set appropriate success criteria for
activities and how to adapt them
THREE
Competence and
Creativity
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Demonstrate how to introduce flexibility into sessions
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Demonstrate how to run a session where the emphasis is on
health and fitness
FOUR
Character, and Caring
and Compassion
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Demonstrate how to run an activity with the emphasis on
fair play
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Delegates will decide which method of planning for the ‘C’
system may work for them
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Delegates summarise for themselves by discussing the most
relevant parts of the ‘C’ system
FIVE
Summary
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15 minutes
20 minutes
25 minutes
20 minutes
10 minutes
How to Deliver Engaging Sessions: Practical Session
Section One: Introduction (15 minutes)
Delegates will:
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be shown the planning sheets and have their use explained
start to plan a short activity session for one of the participant groups of Developing, Sustaining or Rejoining participation.
Time
Outcome
Content Overview
2-3
minutes
Introduce the
session and
health and
safety
procedures
Health and safety procedures
(eg fire exits, fire alarm
procedure, toilets)
10-12
minutes
Delegates
will begin
to plan
a session
Delegates will think of an
activity suitable for one of the
participant groups and outline
the main activities
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Delivery Ideas and Notes
Show the planning sheets, but ask delegates not to
use them at this stage.
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Resources
Planning sheets
downloaded from
www.sportscoach
uk.org/peoplewho-developcoaches/tutors/r
esources
How to Deliver Engaging Sessions: Practical Session
Section Two: Connection and Confidence (20 minutes)
Delegates will:
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understand the importance of connecting participants with the outcomes of the session
be able to write accessible outcomes for participants
understand the significance of success criteria to participants
be able to set success criteria for activities and adapt them appropriately.
Time
20
minutes
Outcome
Content Overview
Understand
how to
connect
participants
with the
session
Delegates will plan how
to introduce the outcomes
of the session to a group
of participants
Delivery Ideas and Notes
Ask delegates to consider the session they had put
together in the introduction and to work in pairs to
develop an introduction for the session and success
criteria for the end of the session.
Resources
How to Deliver
Engaging
Sessions
resource
Remind the delegates that the outcomes should
not simply be based on the sporting activity of
the session.
For example, one outcome might be: ’Plan a social
event for the end of the series of sessions’.
Be able to set
appropriate
success
criteria for
an activity
Delegates will define the
success criteria for the session
If possible, ask delegates to work with those from a
similar sport or sporting background. The task is for
each group to describe how they can help
participants understand what success at the end of
the session will look like.
For example: ‘If this session works well for you,
we expect you to have worked out the distance
from which you can shoot three out of five shots,
and the area of the circle from which you have the
most success.’
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How to Deliver Engaging Sessions: Practical Session
Quickly run through the STEP framework and then
ask delegates to plan and run part of their bigger
session where they clearly state:
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the success ratio for building confidence
how they would adapt the activity using STEP
how they would help participants use STEP
for themselves.
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How to Deliver Engaging Sessions: Practical Session
Section Three: Competence and Creativity (25 minutes)
Delegates will:
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explore the necessity and feasibility of having flexible start times
be able to introduce flexibility into sessions
explore the need for different types of sessions
explore how to run a session where the emphasis is on health and fitness.
Time
Outcome
Content Overview
25
minutes
Explore how
to introduce
flexibility into
a session
Delegates will plan the first 15
minutes of a session where
participants may arrive at
different times
In small groups, ask delegates to discuss how to run
the first 15 minutes of a session so that, as
participants arrive, they are occupied purposefully,
but the main session starts when all participants
are there.
Explore how to
run a session
where the
emphasis is
on health
and fitness
Delegates will identify the main
opportunities for developing
health and fitness within their
sport and then deliver the
session focusing on maintaining
a certain activity level
In pairs, plan the activity and then, in groups of
eight, one person delivers the activity and the others
take part.
Explore
creativity in
sessions
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Delivery Ideas and Notes
Resources
Workshop
resource
Leave plenty of time at the end for group discussion
and comparison of different ideas, and ask the
group to think of ideas for introducing creativity
into the session.
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Section Four: Character, and Caring and Compassion (20 minutes)
Delegates will:
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learn about the benefits of fair play
be able to run an activity with the emphasis on fair play.
Time
Outcome
Content Overview
Delivery Ideas and Notes
20
minutes
Learn how to
run an
activity with
the emphasis
on fair play
Examine the start and end of
the activity and what should be
said and done to ensure
participants understand the
emphasis on fair play and the
codes of behaviour/practice
within the activity
In small groups, delegates should discuss the
important etiquette within their sport and how this
could be introduced and emphasised appropriately.
Run an activity emphasising
the fair play aspects
In pairs, plan an activity with an emphasis on how
fair play would make the activity more successful.
Resources
Workshop
resource
In small groups, one person runs the activity and
the others take part in it.
Conclude with the group discussing the activity.
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How to Deliver Engaging Sessions: Practical Session
Section Five: Summary (10 minutes)
Delegates will examine different methods of planning for using the Cs.
Time
Outcome
Content Overview
10
minutes
Decide which
method of
planning for
the ‘C’ system
may work
for them
Delegates look at planning
sheets and decide which ones
work for them, or which ones
they could adapt for their
own use
In pairs, ask delegates to work together to see how
the activities they have seen and delivered could be
included on the planning sheet.
Summarise
for
themselves
by discussing
the most
relevant parts
of the ‘C’
system
Delegates arrange their own
summary by stating which
parts of the ‘C’ system
have most relevance to them
and why
Ask delegates to work in small groups to summarise
the use of the ‘C’ system. Each group reports back
to the rest of the delegates.
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Delivery Ideas and notes
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Resources
Planning sheets
and coach
competence
guidelines
downloaded from
www.sportscoach
uk.org/peoplewho-developcoaches/tutors/r
esources
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