Guest guest Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 Seems like a very well organised and intriguing conference. Notes from Matt : http://www.coachmattsmith.com/2011/12/01/uksem-2011/ Ponissi: Building and maintaining team culture to maximise performance " I'm not an expert, but I am experienced. " Learn from others, challenge yourself Maximising performance and potential – sustained success Identify your philosophy and values, search for better ways Get your off field right No dickhead policy! Hard work – strong character – decisive – communication Keeping things in house – the bubble Playing on emotions = short term success Get back to routine as soon as possible – have strong foundation Regular and honest quality communication High work ethic Recruit good people Know your job – do your job Strong team values – on and off field Attention to detail Be proactive not reactive Be consistent in what we do Effective development pathway programme Strong leadership Syed: The science of success Brain is adaptable The way you practice is important Feedback Craig Duncan: Player monitoring in football Obsessed with injury? Injury prevention at cost of performance? Ruled by fear? Danger vs opportunity Maximising the performance and potential of every player Service philosophy Structure – lines of communication Monitoring = reduce risk of overtraining and undertraining; reduce risk of injury => save money; improve performance Team is a group of individuals, ensure no player gets left behind What to monitor? What is effective? What will players adhere to? If not going to use data, don't collect it Implementation – start slow - Educate – players and coaches - Players and staff need to see value - Communicate - Must have effective data management system Issues – cost - Only as good as player adherence - Listen and observe Darren Burgess: Performance monitoring in premiership football Monitor total load and recovery + perceived load/recovery Ice baths: if players don't think they work, they don't Before you start – do the players understand? Injuries can also be result of undertraining Quantify work that you do – trends for winning games Quality of information – consistent data on each individual player Motivation? – make it competitive Craig Duncan workshop: Monitoring training loads Implement on any budget Plan > implement > review Balance work and recovery Players vs athlete mentality. Individual sport athlete better at knowing body and filling out self-reports questionnaires Numbers are there to help but don't ignore your intuition Be strong. Believe in the information you are collecting Can sometimes work backwards from injury and look at data to see if anything shows up in retrospect Movement dysfunction – biggest cause of injury not training load Speak in coach language not sports science jargon Our job to bridge gap to the manager Educate, be humble, use communication skills Give data back to players so they can see it Satisfaction scores/ratings? Happy players play better Session modelling – outcomes, targets Coyle: The talent code How do we get a little bit better today than we were yesterday? Behavioural + environmental factors 1,000s of hours of intensive practice – values Certain moments learning velocity increases Reach – operate on edge of our ability Mistakes used for learning. Sweet spot. Swift feedback Myelin growth proportional to hours practiced Speeds up signalling, speed of brain, changes brain circuits Maximise reachfulness – embrace struggle - encourage stealing - educate Fill the windshield – mix age groups - choose Spartan over luxurious - praise effort not ability Shad Forsythe: Creating an athlete goal driven integrative performance team Seamless integration Athlete focused, here to serve Control your attitude Mindset – left + right brain Struggle – motivation through education 80/20 mindset approach Sleep/recovery – impact on injuries? Movement connects everything Speak the same language, create integration Health first – injury prevention then performance enhancement 1 prevented injury ~£80-450K saved Nick Grantham workshop: Prepare to perform Flexibility and mobility Body control and activation => performance enhancement Activate – integrate – reinforce Coaching is education – players and coaches Vern Gambetta workshop: Periodisation Sequence and timing, interaction and interdependence Optimal performance at the appointed time Periodisation – big picture Planning – goals and objectives Programming – training sessions Reality is competition drives system Must know and predict number of competitions to achieve peak performance Window of adaptation: developing athlete = big; elite = small Progression – like a jigsaw not a staircase, fitting pieces together Very focused and directed small units of work can have profound effects Stimulus threshold; optimal vs maximal Recoverability – highly individual and event specific Recognise gender different, females need more strength training " 24 hour athlete " – train the whole person Maintenance is like a slow leak Dulling the knife – speed is always important even in endurance Tapering – shouldn't be like walking a tightrope Iceberg effect – it's what you can't see Peaking – " starts with 1st training session " – Winckler " Play like you train " – Dean Benton, Brumbies van Commenee: What I expect from support staff Support staff – army of experts, service providers Why are you the best person? Expertise Team player – respect, embrace differences, trust Contribute of a winning climate – cutting edge No opinions in public – success is down to the athlete Do your job but be invisible Accept uncomfortable environment – little job security Performance focused – competition, rest, recovery, winning Athlete centred – help athlete perform, coach leads Coach driven – " knows the way, shows the way, goes the way " Serviced supported – ask critical questions, challenge Coaching is 24/7 activity. Filter information Prepare athletes not to be dependent. Wants vs needs Win what's most important – under pressure Give 100% to get 100% Accoutantability, professionalism, no excuses, optimism Clarity – rules of engagement. Avoid overlap Team work – interdependency, common goal Hire good people. Good people make it work. Who is doing what and when? Programme Barry Fudge: Performance science in elite track and field athletics and its support of world class coaching practice Marginal gains – don't forget process before that Altitude training – multiple exposures are necessary - coach education - mixed altitude strategy; multiple training venues Brice: Track and field: the critical determinant of performance: biomechanical perspective Write on 1 page what exactly it is you do What's the most important factor? Critical things Balance speed/strength/technique/power => performance Utilisation of strength Must obey key biomechanical principles Critical determinants of performance Neal: More important that winning Winning? Gold medal: 22 million to 1 Skill vs character Obsession with skill acquisition Brain physiology changes when under pressure Improve people's character – coaching Develop a character matrix – what characteristics do you want in someone you coach? Core values not cognitive Perceptions > emotions > beliefs > thoughts > values Play for the front of the shirt not the back of the shirt " What you demand of others, so should you do of yourself " . Drawer: Solutions without problems – the impact of technology in high performance sport Understand the performance Understand the individual athlete Develop the technical plan Data, information, knowledge, wisdom, performance Captology – using technology to change behaviour. Impact Kelvin Giles: The quest for physical literacy Repeatable excellence – high performance Physiological, psychological and structural limits Building blocks – movement efficiency. CV health, nutrition Consistent, permanent Produce, reduce, stabilise forces. Right place, right time Foundation movements eg squat (1 and 2 leg) lunge, brace. Coach education Basic actions, land, hop, jump; sport specific eg agility Journey; change is difficult – keep trying Vern Gambetta: The necessity for the art and science in coaching More about what we don't know than what we know Hu – the human element, sometimes unexplainable Coaching makes a difference Coaching: art and science – balance Spot light on athlete Emotional intelligence – communication Coaching eye – be careful of confirmation bias – see what you are looking for What you see is shaped by your perception and experience Ask questions " 50% of what we know is wrong, we don't know which 50% " – Tim Noakes Communication – coaches need to facilitate within performance team Objective analysis of what coach `feels' and `sees' Testing – measure what is measurable but beware, needs to be done on a systematic basis as part of programme Just because it's measurable doesn't mean it's meaningful Information – simple, format and style, accurate and reliable, urgency, value Have to ask why? When? How? Who? Fergus Connolly: Performance optimisation in team sport – the art of science What can you use? Optimise what you have first Every athlete has to be treated as an individual Compare individuals to themselves Decision making – informed by sport science A lot of great coaches started as teachers Learning – earning their 10,000 hours to become an expert How do great coaches use the information? When and where and with who How often do you watch the game afterwards? Improve performance. Reduce injury. Improve decision making Information (5i's): instant; integrated; important; individual; intuitive Coaching – driving – looking through the windscreen Sport science – info on the dashboard Balance between science and art Trying to produce a legacy and a masterpiece Look at performance and work backwards Interrogate the data, don't take it at face value Experience and expertise Solve problems Model the process, start small, simple, low tech ============ Carruthers Wakefield, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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