Developing Participation Understanding Youth Coach Capabilities Practical Solutions inspired by the Youth section of Pa

1. Developing Participation Understanding Youth Coach Capabilities Practical Solutions inspired by the Youth section of Participation Coaching Curriculum

2. The aim of the short online presentation is To develop an understanding of • Youth recreational participant capabilities • Youth recreational coach competencies • Ideas for putting your capabilities as a youth coach into practice from the sports coach UK , Participation Coaching Curriculum This presentation can be accessed just by clicking each slide through in progression OR you can follow some of the hyperlinked tabs to look at what interests you as a coach. Take your time to follow any links or tabs that you find interesting. Many of the linked documents are able to be saved for your own use. If you have any questions or comments please email participation@sportscoacuk.org

3. ‘What is youth recreational sport all about?’ Before looking at coach capabilities we need to look at what youth recreational sport is all about. Have a look at the following diagram to see the key areas as listed in curriculum

4. Develop health and fitness outcomes Here we look at what coaches can do to support recreational sport for young people Enable transfer to performance pathways Encourage skill development Signpost to other sessions and activities Provide high quality experiences Develop self esteem and social skills Support personal mastery and competition Are playful, fun inclusive and engaging Vary provision to meet differing needs Consult and offer choice

5. Take a moment to note down any ideas that the previous slide brings to mind for your own coaching practice. Consider making a note in your diary about one specific idea to try in your next coaching session

6. The next section of this presentation will look at • Physical Technical Tactical and Mental participant capabilities • Personal and Social participant capabilities • Some ideas about what coaches can do to support the development of all of these capabilities Please feel free to click around each of the slides looking at each capability before progressing to the next slide. Use the direction buttons to help you. Make notes about your own ideas that you can use in your next coaching session

7. Youth Participant Capabilities The next section of slides looks at appropriate coach capabilities for coaches who work with young people of all abilities to create sessions that are enjoyable, maintain fitness, develop skills, generate self-assurance, encourage social interaction, and promote physical, mental and emotional health and wellbeing. Please click on any of the tabs below to find out more Physical Tactical Confidence Connection Competence Technical Mental Creativity Character and Caring Lifestyle

8. Physical Capabilities Physical Tactical Technical Mental Personal and Social

9. Tactical Capabilities Physical Tactical Technical Mental Personal and Social

10. Technical Capabilities Physical Tactical Technical Mental Personal and Social

11. Mental Capabilities Physical Tactical Technical Mental Personal and Social

12. Confidence - Personal and Social Capabilities PTTM Confidence Connection Creativity Competence Lifestyle Character and Caring

13. Connection - Personal and Social Capabilities PTTM Confidence Connection Creativity Competence Lifestyle Character and Caring

14. Creativity - Personal and Social Capabilities PTTM Confidence Connection Creativity Competence Lifestyle Character and Caring

15. Competence - Personal and Social Capabilities PTTM Confidence Connection Creativity Competence Lifestyle Character and Caring

16. Character and Caring - Personal and Social Capabilities PTTM Confidence Connection Creativity Competence Lifestyle Character and Caring

17. Lifestyle - Personal and Social Capabilities PTTM Confidence Connection Creativity Competence Lifestyle Character and Caring

18. IDEAS for developing PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES Play fun games that gets young people out of breath. Avoid stopping too often so that young people have sustained aerobic activity Play games that develop core strength when supporting balance development Try using skill circuits to show how different skills require different physical development Know which of your 'toolkit' of games are enjoyed by young people and good for enhancing energy levels. Use them to boost young peoples activity levels in your session.

19. IDEAS for developing TACTICAL CAPABILITIES • Use modified games that promote awareness of different tactical situations. Look at Teaching Games for Understanding link for ideas • Encourage participants to modify their own games using the STEP principles • Space - bigger, smaller, narrower, wider, sections • Time - allow longer time to keep possession to allow for decision making, have universal time outs for tactic discussions • Equipment - bigger, smaller, standard, alternative, modified, from a different sport, try a Frisbee in invasion games activities /slow bounce balls in striking games to slow down play to teach tactics • People - change the size of teams, smaller, uneven, larger • Encourage participants to experience different roles and positions. Make sure they know what they might need to think about in a different way in different roles / positions

20. IDEAS for developing TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES Reassure participants who are re-learning technical skills. Give enough time to practice. Provide some ideas for how to practice at home Encourage young people to adapt techniques to suit their own abilities so that they can be effective players and join in games Let them observe how others make decisions. Give them an opportunity to talk to you about what they noticed and observed Set a variety of technical challenges for your participants. Let them decide which challenge they will work on first

21. IDEAS for developing MENTAL CAPABILITIES Discuss making mistakes openly. Admit your own in sessions Ask young people to think about what they will do if they make mistakes Ask young people what makes them anxious or worried in sessions Allow time for young people to talk to their peers about their successes / failures Encourage young people to think about their own motivations Find out what motivates your young people to take part. Ensure they have success in these motives. Offer choices for young people and let them be accountable for their decisions

22. IDEAS for developing CONFIDENCE Think of some of your games that foster curiosity - use them and show that you are also curious Ensure every young person has success EVERY session Know what success means for your young people. It might not be the same as yours. Winning isn't everything to many young people. Think about how you will recognise success How will you get young people to acknowledge their own success either publicly or privately

23. IDEAS for developing CONNECTION Help young people learn about each other and how they have things in common Learn all the names of your participants - model how to ask someone's name if you forget - we all forget and need help to develop strategies to ask again or find out without being embarrassed Think about if you need some boundaries for social media use. You need to understand how it can affect your sessions? Will you accept facebook friend requests? For more info follow this link to CPSU guidance for Using Social Media Will you need to text, phone or email your young people about your session? Find out more about Text and Email guidelines from CPSU

24. IDEAS for developing CREATIVITY Praise innovation and creative thinking Demonstrate that experimenting and being creative can be successful. Role model how to manage failure of creative attempts Set personal challenges - either short, medium or long term ones Set group challenges - either short, medium or long term ones

25. IDEAS for developing CHARACTER and CARING • Have a code of conduct with a clear outline of consequences and rewards - do this in partnership with your young people • Consistently promote fair play • Help young people to manage their own frustrations when playing - provide them with tips and things to try when feeling flustered and annoyed • Do you know when special / stressful events are happening for your young people? Consider how you demonstrate you are aware of these and how it might affect attendance and participation levels • birthdays / anniversaries • school exams • change in social / peer groups • community events

26. IDEAS for developing COMPETENCE Consult with your group to find out what their interests are and what types of activities they enjoy Observe your groups to find out the different stages of physical and social development that they have. Note ideas for individuals who may need additional support Pitch activities of the right level for your participants and for what they want to achieve out of your session Act as a role model when coaching - dress appropriately, be on time, courteous, healthy behaviours (smoking, eating, drinking, exercise)

27. IDEAS for developing LIFESTYLE SKILLS Respect the independent choices young people make - even if you disagree Understand the national recommendations for physical activity for young people Try and have your session meet some of these aspirations Department of Health link for guidance on physical activity levels for 5-18 year olds

28. If you are interested in finding out more about developing your own capabilities or those of fellow coaches please consider the following areas for support • Check out the free ‘Coaching for Participation’ section on the sports coach UK website • It is full of resources, tools, top tips, blogs and links that have been designed with coaches in mind • Download the Coaching New Participants Top Tips – full of ideas and things for coaches to try • Download the Coaching Youth Recreational Participants Best Practice Tips – links directly to this online learning content • Download the Participation Coaching Curriculum in full – includes sections for adult and returner recreational coaching • Check out the links and support available from Us Girls via the Guidance for Coaching Young Women webpage • Consider attending or hosting our newest workshop ‘How to Deliver Engaging Sessions’ workshop and request it is tailored for youth coaching • Email participation@sportscoachuk.org with any comments or suggestions about what you would like to see being developed to support youth recreational coaches

29. The full copy of the Participation Coaching Curriculum is available from the sports coach UK website. It has more detail included than this online learning presentation. Please feel free to download the curriculum The capabilities discussed are also available as an interactive online tool (link to be attached when finalised)

30. Congratulations and thank you for your time in completing this online presentation sports coach UK hope you have learned a few new things and that you will try something new in your coaching as a result of this presentation If you would like to discuss any aspect of this presentation you are invited to take part in an online WebEx meeting on Tuesday 20th November at 12.00pm If you would like to attend the online meeting please email participation@sportscoachUK.org with your questions We will send you joining instructions prior to the meeting and answer as many of your questions as possible during the online WebEx meeting

31. Happy Coaching! Liz Burkinshaw Development Lead Officer for Participation sports coach UK You can follow Liz on Twitter @lovely_buns for regular tweets about participation and coaching