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BTEC Level 2. Reviewing a Sports Activity Session. Lesson Outcomes . Factors to Consider When Planning a Session – Last Session Review. Definitions to Help with Today's Review Session. “It is no good having a lot of experience but not learning from it.” (Moon, 2004).
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BTEC Level 2 Reviewing a Sports Activity Session
Factors to Consider When Planning a Session – Last Session Review
“It is no good having a lot of experience but not learning from it.” (Moon, 2004)
The Importance of Review • We should assess the following: • Areas of Strengths (What we did well) • Areas for Improvement (What we did not do so well) • Development Plan (What do we need to do to improve) When we lead a sports activity session it is important to reflect and review on our performance. This is a quality of all effective sports leaders.
Where Do We Get The Information From? Can you think of any other sources of information? • We can get help from a range of sources. These include: • Feedback from our participants • Feedback from a supervisor or other observer • Video of the session • Audio recording • Personal logbook, coaching portfolio or diary Sometimes it is hard to review a session based on what we remember. This is because we may forget some important parts. We may need some help from other sources to help us in our review.
Feedback from Participants Perhaps the best place to get feedback about the quality of a sports activity session is from the people who participated in it. Click on the link to see an example of a Participant Feedback Sheet.
Feedback from a Supervisor Sports leader supervisors may use a sheet like this one to help them give helpful feedback. Click on the link to see an example of a Supervisor Observation Sheet. Who would you like to be your sports leader supervisor? Why is this? Sports leader supervisors can be a useful sources of information, especially for developing sports leaders. Supervisors are useful because they have more knowledge and experience than we do. They may see things that we have not seen and can give us a good insight into our performance.
A Sports Leader Logbook or Diary The sports leader can then go back to their inputs when planning what to do for the next session. This will also provide the sports leader with an opportunity to see any progress made over a period of time. It is a good idea for sports leaders to have a sports leader logbook or diary. This gives the sports leader to evaluate the session immediately afterwards, when it is fresh in their memory.
Identifying Areas of Strength What did I do well in the session? What parts of this session would I want to keep for future sessions? When doing this the sports leader should ask themselves the following questions. What was good about my planning of the session? What was good about my delivery of the session? When the sports leader has collected a range of information about their session (from participants, from supervisor, from logbook/diary) they can then use their own thoughts and feelings about the session to identify areas of strength.
Identifying Areas of Strength When doing this the sports leader should ask themselves the following questions. What did I not do so well in the session? What parts of this session would I want to improve for future sessions? What was lacking about my planning of the session? What could be improved about my delivery of the session? The sports leader can also use this information and process to identify areas for improvement.
Result of Review After the review the sports leader will be left with a list of areas of strength and a list of areas to improve. For example: Areas for Improvement • No Cool Down/Evaluation • Poor Health & Safety check • Did not know about participants specific needs The question now is….can do we improve our sports leadership as a result of this? Areas of Strength Extrovert Personality Intrinsic Motivation Sense of Humour Good Structure of Session
Setting Targets for Improvement Sports leaders can use the SMARTER acronym to help them set these targets. Once areas for improvement have been identified then the sports leader must set targets to help achieve improvement.
Evaluation An important part of being a sports leader involves reviewing and reflecting on sport activity sessions. Developing sports leaders will benefit from using a range of sources to gain feedback about their session. These sources can include a supervisor, the participants and video recording. This helps sports leaders identify areas of strength and areas for improvement. Once these areas have been identified the sports leader must set targets to help them improve. Sports leaders can use the SMARTER acronym to help them to set appropriate targets.