Developing, Sustaining, and Rejoining Participation: Empowering Young People for Lifelong Active Lifestyles

2. Workshop Outcomes • By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: • explain the three stages of Developing, Sustaining and Rejoining participation • explain the relevance of the ‘C’ system to your own coaching • demonstrate how to include the ‘C’ system approach in your coaching • use relevant adapted planning material for both longer-term and session planning

3. 11–19 year olds Empower them to make informed choices Leads to lifelong healthy, active lifestyles Sensitive transition period Young people’s own tastes and habits important Consultation important Developing Participation

4. Sustaining Participation • 14+ years • Regular involvement, with enjoyment • Social networks • Diversion and relaxation • Promoting emotional and physical health and well-being • Level of intensity they choose • Lifestyle choices

5. Rejoining Participation • Young people and adults • Some kind of lapse: time; injury; dropout • May address wider issues • Develop life skills • Individual reasons and capacity important • Varied, flexible and tailored support

6. The C System (Lerner)

7. Connection • Helping people connect with each otherand the benefits of their chosen activity

8. Confidence • Ensuring adults and young people understand how to define success and how they can get better • STEPS: • Space • Task • Equipment • People • Speed

9. Competence • Coaching for the level of competence identified by the player and coach • Physical health • Social motives • Sense of achievement

10. Competence • Can your adults and young people • Learn and perform relevant skills in a relaxed environment • Participate regularly and willingly with a sense of satisfaction and enjoyment • Negotiate appropriate activities and programmes • Explain and choose what they want to improve and how they can improve it • Plan, review and adapt practices and their own goals ?

11. Character • Respecting the codes of sport • Having standards for correct behaviour, a sense of right and wrong and integrity

12. Character • What aspects of character do you include in your sessions? • Do you teach your players how to • thank opponents after a game? • talk with each other after a game? • Have you ever • questioned an official? • suspended a player for misconduct?

13. Creativity • Encouraging adults and young people to find their own ways to practise, play and perform • Games based Coaching • Scenarios • Goal setting

14. Caring and Compassion • A sense of sympathy and empathy for others • Supportive • Allow for individual • differences

15. Medium-term Planning

16. Session Planning Example

17. Workshop Outcomes • By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: • explain the three stages of Developing, Sustaining and Rejoining participation • explain the relevance of the ‘C’ system to your own coaching • demonstrate how to include the ‘C’ system approach in your coaching • use relevant adapted planning material for both longer-term and session planning

18. Continuing Your Learning Journey

19. Local Information • Positive Coaching Scotland • //local information and contacts for coaches //