Final Reflection

Final reflection

Below are the weaknesses I had at the beginning of this reflection cycle:

W) When I am coaching a new group of people I get nervous. This is because I don’t know anyone and therefore as first sessions are about making positive impressions to people taking part or watching a coach needs to do everything correctly.

W) The drills I do may become repetitive meaning I use them regularly and for participants this may become boring. This happens because I find it hard to discover new drills and games for sessions I coach weekly. I look over the google and youtube to find videos of drills but find it difficult to find ones I can use with the group I coach.

 

My first weakness talks about my nerves when coaching which relates to my confidence. All in all I feel I have become more confident as the year has gone on. There will always be nerves when coaching infront of new participants however I hope that my experience in America over the summer will help my counter these nerves as I am hoping coaching infront of new participants will become second nature by the time I am in year three.

 

My second weakness discusses repetitive coaching, I would no longer class this as a weakness of mine. Over the year I feel I have gained a large amount of new drills which I can now use within coaching, these have come through watching other coaches during practical sessions and during the challenger training weekend. I am now confident with the amount of drills I can use when coaching. I have also learnt how to adapt various drills to different age groups therefore I am learning how to adapt the way I coach.

 

Looking back on the year I feel that the reflection has done my coaching good as I can see clear improvements. Without the reflection I would not learn from my mistakes and therefore never improve.