Arrival activity
Think of a time you have been
creative?
What happened to help you be the
most creative you could be?
Developing a
creative learning
environment for
our players
Stephen Maker
FA Skills Team Leader
[email protected]
07943 862302
Todays outcomes
• Exploring how to create a productive
learning environment
• Encouraging creativity within your
sessions
• Consider how to help our groups learn
What makes for a creative learning
environment?
• Children develop,
only as the
environment
demands
development
(Sherman & Kay,
1932)
• “Intelligence is a
process. No ability is
fixed” (Shenk, 2010)
Task
• What is
creativity?
In your group, discuss
what you consider to be
creativity, with particular
links to football?
• “interaction among
aptitude, process and
environment by which an
individual or group
produces a perceptible
product that is both novel
and useful as defined
within a social context.”
(Plucker et al. 2004, p.90)
Three types of creative
players
(Ross & Haskins, 2013)
• Solo players
• Building players
• Organising players
Creating appropriate environments
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ApTcP9CjE
What makes a creative learning
environment?
Discuss what may
encourage creative
ideas & play within your
football sessions?
Complete Plasticine Task
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TskeE
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Developing creative play through
use of wing backs
Challenge 1
Be able to see/give option
to keep possession –
patient play
Challenge 2
Be able to attack quickly
and give options to go
forward (dribbling or
passing) - Quick attacking
play
Scenario 1
You are playing wing back and receive the ball deep in your half. Your side is 1-0 up,
and it is nearly half-time. Where might you play the ball? Think about the player off
the ball?
Scenario 2
You are playing wing back and receive the ball deep in your half. Your side is 1-0
down, and there are 15 minutes to go. Where might you play the ball?
Zone of Proximal Development
The Learning pyramid (Dale, 1946)
Summary
What do we know about
creative learning?
Experience
Environment
Opportunity
What does it mean to us
when delivering?
Array of
interventions
Adapt/Flexibility
Reflection
Creative
Coaches
Bravery
+ Trust
Observation
Patience +
Resiliance
Knowledge
- PoP