Bundle | Presentation Videos + E-book - Coach and Player Development - Volume 1 + 2
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Jon Trew
Bundle | Presentation Videos + E-book - Coach and Player Development - Volume 1 + 2
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This video and e-book package is aimed at youth development coaches and practitioners wishing to develop players and improve their own knowledge and skills. The content is primarily aimed at those within football (soccer) but there are many transferable ideas which can be implemented in other sports.
This bundle is made up of 2 e-books, each ebook is made up of 8 fantastic presentations (this package includes the full chapters in video form) which have been transcribed and were originally delivered as part of our online virtual conference’s in 2017 and 2018. The theoretical and practical advice from the coaches and practitioners come from their own experiences in the beautiful game and are presented in a way that you can take the ideas and put them into practice immediately, with the players in your club or academy. The e-book covers elements from different aspects of coaching: physical, psychological, social, technical and tactical.
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Contributors and Chapter Titles
Volume 1Camilla Henderson | Swindon Town F.C. Sport Psychology Programme Manager | Challenges Experienced When Creating The Optimal Learning Environment
Joey Peters | FFA A Licence Coach | The Gold In Games: Facilitating A Games Based Approach
Philippa McGregor | Head of Human Science at Manchester City Academy | The Emotional Rollercoaster Of Youth Development Football
Ray Power | UEFA A Licence Coach | Deliberate Soccer Practice - Defending
Richard Allen | Foundation Phase Academy Coach at Nottingham Forest | A Constraints Led Approach
Sara Hilton | Lecturer of Football and Coaching Science | Skill Acquisition In Youth Football
Dr Tom Little | Performance Coach | Practical Lessons From Small Sided Games Conditioning
Willie McNab | Youth Academy Coach at Celtic F.C. | Incision Zone - Breaking Down The Opposition
Volume 2
Claire Davidson | Performance Psychologist at Notts County F.C. | More Than A Shirt
Gary Curneen | UEFA A Licence Coach | Creating A Winning Culture
Gerard Jones | UEFA A Licence Coach | Operating In Your Own Genius
Gobinder Singh-Gill | Lecturer in Sport Psychology | Applied Emotional Intelligence and Coaching Practices
Helen Nkwocha | UEFA A Licence Coach | From Casual To Competent
Ian Dyer | UEFA A Licence Coach | Train How You Play: Developing A Strong Training Culture
Laura Finnegan | Lecturer in Sport Management + Talent Development in Waterford IT | Relative Age Effect In Football: The What, Who, How And So What
Louise Capicotto | Assistant Academy Sport Psychologist at Leicester City Football Club | Psychosocial Factors In Sports Injury Rehabilitation And Return To Play
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What is Included?
Ebook - Volume 1
8 x Videos of Each individual Presentation - Total running time = 163 minutes (Quality - 1080p)
E-book PDF - Ebook and Presentation slides combined - 302 pages - 22, 451 words
Ebook - Volume 2
8 x Videos of Each individual Presentation - Total running time = 167 minutes (Quality - 1080p)
E-book PDF - Ebook and Presentation slides combined - 338 pages - 19, 284 words
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Coach and Player Development - Volume 1
About Contributors and About Chapters
Camilla Henderson | Swindon Town F.C. Sport Psychology Programme ManagerAbout Camilla
Camilla studied Applied Psychology at Bristol University then went onto Loughborough to do her Sport & Exercise Psychology Masters at Loughborough University. She works at STFC and runs their Sport Psychology program for U12’s, U13’s, U14’s, U15’s, U16’s, U18’s and done some work with the professional squad, and individual work with them.
Challenges Experienced When Creating The Optimal Learning Environment
About the Chapter
The chapter objective is to discuss some of the challenges experienced working within a youth development football academy from a sport psychologist’s perspective. Camilla discusses the role of the coach, the parent and the sport psychologist within this professional environment. Camilla then looks at how important and influential these behaviours, roles and relationships are; especially in relation to their (players) behaviours & performance on the pitch.
Learning Outcomes
- Discuss some of the current challenges within the professional academy environment set up, when teaching & coaching youth players
- What can we learn from our experiences – Importance of reflection and CPD. How do we improve?
- Summarise how the Self Determination Model can be used from a psychological perspective when looking at developing the learning environment in sport
Joey Peters | FFA A Licence Coach
About Joey
Former professional footballer, now FFA A Licence Coach and Founder of The GAME PLAY LEARN Approach, Joey Peters is an advocate for evolving coaching methods from Instruction to Facilitation through a Games-Based Approach.
The Gold In Games: Facilitating A Games Based Approach
About the Chapter
Joey gives insight into her own learning journey from priding herself as one of Australia’s most ‘technically gifted’ players using isolated practice, to ‘imparting knowledge’ through instruction as she moved into the coaching profession. Her journey then took a massive turn when bursting the football bubble and researching wider learning principles and finding ‘The Gold in Games’. Joey shares three guiding principles to provide an engaging development experience for your players to bring the Games-based approach to life.
Learning Outcomes
- The importance of our own Learning Journey as Coaches
- The Aims of Facilitating a Games-Based Approach
- Three guiding principles to bring out The Gold in Games: Skill Adaptation, Facilitating Play, Strategy over Skill
Philippa McGregor | Head of Human Science at Manchester City Academy
About Philippa
Philippa is a BASES accredited Sport Scientist specialising in Sport Psychology support. She has worked in academy football for over eight years, currently at Manchester City and previously at Fulham Football club. As well as heading up the psychology department at Manchester City, she is also completing my PhD with Loughborough University. Both her PhD and applied work focus on the supporting young players during their formative years in a high performing environment.
The Emotional Rollercoaster Of Youth Development Football
About the Chapter
The purpose of this chapter will be to develop insight into adolescent emotional development, looking at some of the key considerations that those working with youth development players should consider in their practice and share some strategies for practical utility.
Learning Outcomes
- Develop an understanding of adolescent emotional development
- Raise awareness of the emotion related challenges that present themselves in youth development football
- Build applied practical knowledge around working with youth development players that facilitates the development of adaptive emotional regulation skills
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Ray Power | UEFA A Licence Coach
About Ray
Ray is a UEFA A License coach, coach educator and author of 5 books including the popular Deliberate Soccer Practice series.
Deliberate Soccer Practice - Defending
About the Chapter
An introduction to the concept of Deliberate Soccer Practice to assist with the acceleration of player development and to improve decision-making and problem-solving within coaching sessions.
Learning Outcome
- Understand exactly what Deliberate Practice is and its returns
- Producing defending practices that ‘stress’ players
- The value of incorporating transitions within defending sessions
Richard Allen | Foundation Phase Academy Coach at Nottingham Forest
About Richard
Richard is a Foundation Phase Academy Coach at Nottingham Forest and is extremely passionate about the constraints led approach, athletic identity and the use of performance analysis. Richard has over 10 years of experience working within the game, mainly at The FA working as a 5-11s Skills Coach and as an FA Tutor. Richard also has experience working in the women’s game as both a coach and analyst at Derby County and Nottingham Forest Ladies. In addition to being a UEFA B Licensed Coach, Richard holds the FA Advanced Youth Award, Bsc (Hons) in Sport Science and Coaching, is a qualified teacher and accredited Performance Analyst.
A Constraints Led Approach
About the Chapter
In this chapter, Richard will discuss the use of constraints, rules, task and environmental factors that contribute to player development by giving players opportunities to experience learning. He will then discuss its multitude of coaching interventions and link it to skill acquisition using his own experiences in player development.
Learning Outcomes
- The 3 types of constraints – Restrict / Relate / Reward and the WHY
- How it is linked to skill acquisition
- How constraints, ideas and rules are generated
Sara Hilton | Lecturer of Football and Coaching Science
About Sara
Following a successful playing career which ended because of injury, Sara began coaching in 2011. To enhance her knowledge in the world of sport and exercise, Sara began studying the BSc (Hons) Sport & Exercise Sciences course as a full time student in 2013. Sara joined the sports coaching department of Wrexham Glyndwr University in 2016.
Sara continues to work as a level 1 and a level 2 coach educator for the FAW Trust and continues to progress as an educator within the FAW coach education pathway.
Skill Acquisition In Youth Football
About the Chapter
In this chapter, Sara will explore the importance of skill acquisition and the connection with creating autonomous players.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify and describe what skill acquisition is
- Understand the importance of skill acquisition within football
- Discuss how, we as coaches, can adapt the environment to improve the skill acquisition of your players
Dr Tom Little | Performance Coach
About Tom
Tom has worked in professional sport for over 18 years, working mainly in football. He specialises in game based conditioning and is the Director of the nutrition resource, Colour-Fit.
Practical Lessons From Small Sided Games Conditioning
About the Chapter
In this chapter, Tom presents his top tips on how to choose and carry out optimal Small Sided Games conditioning. In the first half of the chapter, Tom discusses research, theory and experience of using SSG’s and goes in to its practical application in the second half of the chapter.
Learning Outcomes
- How to select suitable drills
- How to structure sessions for optimal conditioning & motivation
- Examples of drills
Willie McNab | Youth Academy Coach at Celtic F.C.
About Willie
Willie is the International Soccer Academy Manager & a Youth Academy Coach at Celtic F.C. Willie has a professional background in delivering coach education courses with the Scottish FA to grassroots and professional coaches across the country as well as being a guest clinician at Continuous Professional Development clinics.
Incision Zone - Breaking Down The Opposition
About the Chapter
This chapter will focus on the ‘Incision Zone’ which is a crucial area technically and tactically to cause confusion within the opposition and break them down. Most of play in the modern game is possession based, but recent trends and stats are leaning towards a quicker build up and this chapter will focus on how to build a session based around this topic.
Learning Outcomes
- Building a session
- Delivering the session
- Evaluating the session
Coach and Player Development - Volume 2
About Contributors and About Chapters
Claire Davidson | Performance Psychologist at Notts County F.C.
About Claire
Claire is the Lead Performance Psychologist at Notts County football club. Claire started at the club as Academy Lead Performance Psychologist in 2014 before progressing on to her current role in 2017. Claire also has experience working with the Nike Academy which was based at St Georges Park.
More Than A Shirt
About Chapter
In this presentation, Claire takes a look at the different identities that players have (or frequently don’t have) and what happens when their shirt is taken away due to injury. Claire uses a case study of an injured player and gives practical examples of interventions that you can also use to implement with injured players.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the impact of only being a footballer
- Recognise how other identities can help players grow both on and off the pitch
- Ways coaches and support staff can encourage this
Gary Curneen | UEFA A Licence Coach | Creating a winning culture
About Gary
Gary Curneen is the current assistant coach at Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL (women’s professional league). Gary previously was the head women's coach at California State University Bakersfield, where he led the program to a first ever second place finish and was named Coach of the Year in 2016. Gary has started Modern Soccer Coach to help educate other coaches and provide avenues for coaches to learn from some of the best.
Prior to Cal State, Gary was the Assistant Women's Soccer Coach at University of Cincinnati and Head Women's Soccer Coach at Wingate University. Gary holds a UEFA 'A' License from the Irish FA and a "Premier Diploma" from the NSCAA.
Creating a Winning Culture
About Chapter
In youth development, the subject of winning brings up a number of questions: Is it part of the development problem or part of the solution? Are coaches placing too much of an emphasis on it? At what age should we focus on it? How do we teach players to become more competitive yet maintain their enjoyment of the game? Gary will discuss a number of these topics, as well as how coaches can build elite environments and create buy-in from both players and parents.
Learning Outcomes
- Helping players learn winning behaviours
- Implementing collective and individual feedback systems
- Building lifestyle and training habits conducive to performance
Gerard Jones | UEFA A Licence Coach
About Gerard
Gérard Jones has over 13 years experience coaching across most levels in the game, having worked in the U.K., U.S.A., Italy, Norway and New Zealand. Jones has previously been a Director of Coaching in the U.S. as well as being a former U21 Assistant Coach with Bradford City, an Academy Coach at Rochdale and a non-league Manager at Eccleshill United FC. In addition to being a UEFA A Licensed Coach, Jones holds the FA Advanced Youth Award, is a Qualified Teacher and Published Author.
Operating In Your Own Genius
About Chapter
A detailed insight into how coaches can increase their self-awareness and manage their reputation through a simple tool that will enable them to enhance their coaching competence and communication network as well as invest in their own progress.
Learning Outcomes
- Critical understanding of self-awareness tools to identify own strengths, areas of interest and blind-spots
- Increase reflection skills
- Demonstrate detailed self-insight into your own individual development plan, with transferrable methods which can be used with players
Gobinder Singh-Gill | Lecturer in Sport Psychology
About Gobinder
Gobinder has lectured in Sport Psychology for over 15 years. This experience has enabled him to apply his sport psychology knowledge and work with individuals and groups in developing positive mind-set. Gobinder is an author of Journal articles and also published books in the area of emotional intelligence.
Applied Emotional Intelligence and Coaching Practices
About Chapter
Gobinder will be looking at the use the practice of emotional intelligence in football coaching to enhance effectiveness when dealing with own and others emotions.
Learning Outcomes
- Coaches will gain knowledge of emotional intelligence and use this in their applied practice
- Coaches will identify with relevant strategies that will enhance their own levels of emotional intelligence
- Coaches will identify with strategies that they can use with their players
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Helen Nkwocha | UEFA A Licence Coach
About Helen
Helen L. Nkwocha is the creator of The Soccer Coaches Agency. She is a UEFA A Licence coach and is currently based in China. Her coaching background includes work with male and female youth players in the USA and in England. She has extensive experience within the grassroots and professional coaching environments.
From Casual To Competent
About Chapter
Helen discusses her experience and observations of working with youth players and gives insight into how she views development .
Learning Outcomes
- To gain an improved understanding of what supports improved performance in youth players
- The importance of play
Ian Dyer | UEFA A Licence Coach
Ian Dyer is a UEFA A Licensed Coach, who also holds an A License with the USSF, as well as the FA Youth Award, Coerver Coaching Diplomas 1 & 2, and a certificate in Sports Psychology. Ian has vast experience coaching across all levels of the game, his previous clubs include Fulham, Barnet and Portsmouth, as well as 3 years as Technical Director of Coerver Coaching. His coaching has taken him across the globe, and he has learned coaching methods from some of the world’s top clubs, including Real Madrid, AC Milan, Ajax, Chelsea and Dinamo Zagreb.
Train How You Play: Developing A Strong Training Culture
About Chapter
In this chapter, Ian will highlight the importance of creating a strong training culture and environment for your players to work in. Ian will explore the link between training well and playing well, and provide tips on how coaches can develop their own strong training culture. High level game performance depends on high level training performance in all sports, so Ian will explain how we can train better for football.
Learning Outcomes
- How to create an effective and successful training culture
- Maximising your game performance through your training sessions
- How to get your players to train at game intensity and speed
Laura Finnegan | Lecturer in Sport Management + Talent Development in Waterford IT
About Laura
Laura is a lecturer at Waterford Institute of Technology in the south-east of Ireland. She has a Degree in sport management and a Masters in sport psychology. Laura is focused on helping to bridge the space between academic research and its accessibility to the wider coaching public. She is trying to enhance this access by writing research-informed blogs and providing the ‘so-what’ insights to cut through academic jargon and journal pay-walls.
Relative Age Effect In Football: The What, Who, How And So What
About Chapter
Laura will explore the following on relative age effect in youth development:
- What it is (over-representation of early-maturing kids on football talent development pathways).
- Who does it affect (graphs and research on youth football, showing under-representation of Q4 players, but also the disadvantages to the Q1 kids).
- How does it occur (I.e. how is it perpetuated by coaches, parents and the athletes themselves, how certain development structures can lead to an enhanced RAE within that context).
- And then focus on the ‘so what’ for coaches (how it can influence selection, strategies to minimise impact).
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the Relative Age Effect.
- Understand their role in perpetuating the effect (coaches/parents/talent pathway managers).
- Use this knowledge to guide future player selection and structures of pathways
Louise Capicotto | Assistant Academy Sport Psychologist at Leicester City Football Club
About Louise
Louise Capicotto is a powerlifter based in the UK, with plenty of sporting roles to her name. As well being the 2015 European Squat Champion, she is also an Assistant Academy Sport Psychologist at Leicester City Football Club.
Psychosocial Factors In Sports Injury Rehabilitation And Return To Play
About Chapter
This chapter will discuss the principles and practices that guide psychological intervention with sports injuries in youth soccer players and encourages a psychological approach to injury rehabilitation for professionals working within sport. Returning to sport following injury is typically a main concern of injured players, however players’ physical and psychological readiness to return after injury do not always coincide. This chapter aims to introduce key psychosocial considerations during sports injury rehabilitation and subsequently share practice around how physical and psychological rehabilitation can be intertwined.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the psychological and social factors influencing rehabilitation
- Outline common performance concerns among returning players
- Assessing players’ psychological readiness to return to play
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