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Title: Direct Leadership Techniques


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Direct Leadership Techniques
Open sample goals on web
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Direct Leadership Techniques
  • Methods and approaches used when leading
    individuals and groups in parks, recreation, and
    leisure settings
  • Working with people directly in a face-to-face
    situation

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3 Phases of Direct Leadership
  • Preparation
  • Group composition
  • Activity planning
  • Risk management
  • The environment (setting the tone)
  • Goals Objectives
  • Priming the Group
  • Delivery

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1. Preparation Group Composition
  • What to think about.
  • Group size
  • What difference does a group of 5 vs 35 make?

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1. Preparation Group Composition
  • What to think about.
  • Group size
  • Large group
  • More structure
  • More equipment
  • Difficult to divide them into smaller groups
  • Need larger play areas
  • Small group
  • Complete activities quicker
  • Play together better
  • Less inhibited

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1. Preparation Group Composition
  • What to think about.
  • Gender
  • Men/boys
  • competitive programs
  • Women/girls
  • Group activities
  • Socialization
  • Dont selected gendered activities

Eg. Floor Hockey
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1. Preparation Group Composition
  • What to think about.
  • Age
  • Range of ages
  • Leadership style differs
  • Behavior management
  • Complexity of instructions
  • Impacts activity preference ability
  • Appropriateness of activities

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1. Preparation Group Composition
  • What to think about.
  • Abilities
  • Full participation is the goal!!!
  • Adapt activities /or equipment
  • Fitness level of group?
  • Wheelbarrow races
  • Crawling
  • Change leadership
  • Working with people with disabilities

Focus of KNR 270
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1. Preparation Group Composition
  • Deafness
  • Speak directly to the person not the
    interpreter
  • Choose activities that do not rely solely on
    hearing a cue reacting quickly (ie. Musical
    chairs, hot potato)
  • Interpreter is not a player

Focus of KNR 270
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1. Preparation Group Composition
  • What to think about.
  • Experience
  • Beginners
  • More hands on
  • More repetition
  • More structure
  • Be aware of sequencing, pacing progression
  • Advanced
  • More challenges
  • Less leader interaction

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1. Preparation Group Composition
  • What to think about.
  • Reasons for participation
  • Fun
  • Skill building
  • Forced
  • Need to be motivated to participate
  • Need more leader interaction

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1. Preparation Group Composition
  • What to think about.
  • Do they know each other?
  • Less timid
  • Group cohesion time
  • Build trust

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1. Preparation Activity Planning
  • Write it down!!!!
  • Plan extra activities
  • Be flexible
  • See sample.

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1. Preparation Activity Planning
  • Top information
  • Equipment list request online (2 days in
    advance)
  • Goals Objectives

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1. Preparation Activity Planning
  • Goals
  • A clear general statement about what the agency
    wishes to accomplish through its programs.
  • Broad in nature
  • Non-measurable

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1. Preparation Activity Planning
  • Goals
  • Example
  • To have the participants get to know each other
  • To build teamwork among participants
  • To teach Ultimate Frisbee
  • Develop group cohesion

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1. Preparation Activity Planning
  • Objectives
  • A specific operational statement related to
    desired accomplishments.
  • Objectives are derived from goals and the meeting
    of them leads to the satisfaction of goals.

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1. Preparation Activity Planning
  • Answer ABCD's
  • Audience - who
  • Behavior - what
  • Condition - how
  • Degree -when

A word about fun
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1. Preparation Activity Planning
  • Goal Participants will learn the rules of golf
  • Objectives
  • All participants will be given a book of golf
    rules will be expected to read the entire book
    before the third class
  • All participants will follow all rules of golf
    that were learned from reading the rule book
    during the end of class tournament.

Condition
Audience
Degree
Behavior
A word about fun
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1. Preparation Activity Planning
  • Pre-activity arrangement
  • All set in advance!
  • Minimize onsite planning
  • Attention getter Transitions
  • Activity
  • Contingency plan

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1. Preparation Activity Planning
  • Activity selection
  • Appropriate activities based on the mentioned
    elements
  • Activities that are uncomfortable to play
  • Pass orange, crab walk
  • Banned activities..

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1. Preparation Activity Planning
  • Dodgeball or any form of it where balls are
    thrown at people, ie. Bombardment, Spud
  • Red Rover, Tug of War, Kickball, Whiffleball
  • Any games that eliminate players or leave players
    standing around doing nothing, ie. Duck, Duck,
    Goose Hot Potato Knockout
  • Any games that are dominated by one gender over
    another, ie floor hockey

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1. Preparation Risk Management
  • Risk management
  • Minimizing the likelihood of injuries and
    accidents

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1. Preparation Risk Management
  • Proper staffing
  • Number
  • Qualifications
  • Do you know enough about participants to be safe?
  • Abilities
  • Medical history

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1. Preparation Risk Management
  • Activities appropriate for the group
  • Hiking the Rockys with seniors
  • Banned Activities
  • Tackling games
  • Safe facilities equipment
  • Examples
  • Do trust falls on the concrete
  • Lacking proper equipment
  • Improper floor

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1. Preparation Risk Management
  • Examples from class
  • Suckers in mouths while playing
  • Dizzy bats
  • Equipment not moved out of the way
  • Rubber bases

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1. Preparation The Environment
  • Effective leaders positively manipulate the
    environment
  • Manipulation artful handling of a situation
  • It sets the mood
  • Ie. Color, light, sound

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1. Preparation The Environment
  • Noise, sounds, music, light
  • Bars, malls, restaurants
  • Sound levels
  • Music in classspecial events
  • Decorations
  • Ie, Special events

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1. Preparation The Environment
  • Arrange space for maximum safety
  • Remove extra chairs equipment
  • Benches tables
  • Keep equipment out of the way of activities
  • Clothes pins, balls, bean bags

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1. Preparation The Environment
  • Arrange space for maximum efficiency
  • Arrange equipment before people arrive
  • Put it in order
  • Accessible to leaders
  • Name tags, clothespins
  • Be ready to go when the group arrives

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1. Preparation The Environment
  • Arrange activity for maximum effectiveness
  • Placement of activities next to each other
  • 2 activities with music side by side?
  • 2 activities with multiple balls flying side by
    side
  • Type of room
  • gym vs. classroom

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Preparation Phase
  • A final thought.
  • Always be prepared
  • Know what you are doing activity plans
  • Be flexible
  • Entire plan should flow
  • Plan extra activities

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2. Priming the Group
  • Sets the tone for the day
  • First impressions
  • Being organized
  • Being enthused
  • Show confidence

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2. Priming the Group
  • Get the groups attention
  • No yelling
  • No starring
  • Try bells, horns, clapping, stomping, whistling,
    snapping fingers

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2. Priming the Group
  • Divide the group
  • Plan this!
  • Avoid
  • Team captains
  • Counting off
  • Or by gender
  • Some methods
  • Cardsexample
  • Starbursts
  • Line up according to a characteristic, choose
    every other one (birth date, ice cream choice)
  • Color of stars, name tags
  • Popsicle sticks

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2. Priming the Group
  • Learning Names
  • Builds trust cohesion
  • Use name tags if necessary
  • Play name games
  • Ice breakers
  • Use names as much as possible

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3. Delivery
  • Introduce the Activity
  • Identify yourself until they all know you
  • Name the activity
  • Identify the goal of the activity
  • Tell a story
  • I used to play this game when I was a kid
  • Platform Picnic
  • Fact or fictional

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3 Phases of Direct Leadership
  • Preparation
  • Priming the Group
  • Delivery
  • Intro activity
  • Directions
  • Play modify if needed
  • Transitions
  • Conclusions

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3. Delivery
  • Give directions
  • Group positionbring them together
  • KISS
  • KIP keep it positive
  • What players can do
  • Give equipment after directions

Practice!
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3. Delivery
  • Introduce the Activity
  • Voice
  • Gym requires loud voice
  • No slang
  • Deal with outside noises
  • You guys

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3 Phases of Direct Leadership
  • Preparation
  • Priming the Group
  • Delivery
  • Intro activity
  • Directions
  • Play modify if needed
  • Transitions
  • Conclusions

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3. Delivery
  • Play
  • Be involved with the group leader /or group
    members
  • Modify if needed
  • Stop or change an activity if it isnt working.
  • Cat Mouse tag

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3. Delivery
  • Modify if needed
  • Identify what elements can be modified
  • Equipment weight, size, number
  • Space distance, height
  • Time minutes, repetitions
  • Force - speed
  • Rules simplify, reduce, eliminate, clarify

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3 Phases of Direct Leadership
  • Preparation
  • Priming the Group
  • Delivery
  • Intro activity
  • Directions
  • Transitions
  • Conclusions

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3. Delivery
  • Transitions between two or more different
    experiences
  • Maintain momentum
  • Minimize downtime
  • Keep the flow of activities
  • May be division of groups
  • What is similar between them
  • Location
  • Outside activities vs. inside activities
  • Equipment
  • Scooters for activities 1 2 rather than 1 3

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3 Phases of Direct Leadership
  • Preparation
  • Priming the Group
  • Delivery
  • Intro activity
  • Directions
  • Transitions
  • Conclusions

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3. Delivery
  • Concluding the activity
  • Stop when they are having fun
  • Plan the conclusion
  • What have you learned?
  • Summarize the day
  • Leave on a positive note
  • Get group to pick up equipment (ie. Legos)

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Some tips rules.
  • Protect clean the gym floor
  • Pinata, corn, sunflower seeds
  • Appropriate activities
  • 21st b-day party
  • No elimination, downtime, tackling, minimize
    physical contact activities
  • With children especially - minimize winners
    losers

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Some tips rules.
  • Banned Activities
  • Creativity counts
  • Leaders should be dressed appropriately.
  • 3 Bs
  • Clean, well pressed, professional
  • Proper use of equipment
  • Kicking volleyballs, throwing footballs at gym
    wall
  • Help each other with equipment returns
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