Expertise in Teaching Sport

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• Never quit. Set a goal and dont quit until you
  attain it. When you do attain it, set another
  goal, and dont quit until you reach it.
• Paul Bear Bryant

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• A teacher is never too smart to learn from his
  pupils.         
• Bill Bowerman

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• Confidence comes from being prepared.
• John Wooden

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• Practice does not make perfect.
• Only perfect practice makes perfect.
• Vincent Lombardi

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• I cannot get rid of the hurt from losing, but
  after the last out of every loss, I must accept
  that there will be a tomorrow. In fact, it's more
  than there'll be a tomorrow, it's that I want
  there to be a tomorrow.
• Sparky Anderson

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• Always keep an open mind and
• a compassionate heart.
• Phil Jackson

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• There is no need for me continuing
• unless I'm able to
• improve.
• Knute Rockne

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• Leadership, like coaching, is fighting for the
  hearts and souls of men and getting them to
  believe in you.
• Eddie Robinson

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• My attitude is never to be satisfied, never
  enough, never.
• Bela Karolyi

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• The key to success is not in eliminating mistakes
  mistakes are going to happen but in
  controlling our reactions to those mistakes
• Pia Nilsson

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• It only hurts once from beginning to end.
• Doc Counsilman

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• Excellence is the gradual result of always
  striving to do better
• Pat Riley

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The Elements of Excellencein Teaching Coaching

• Dr. Paul G. Schempp
• Dr. Bryan A. McCullick
• Sport Instruction Research Lab
• University of Georgia

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The Elements of Excellencein Teaching Coaching

• Slides available at
• www.coe.uga.edu/sportlab

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The Elements of Excellencein Teaching Coaching

• Baseball
• Football
• Golf
• Tennis
• Physical Education
• Dance
• Gymnastics
• Volleyball
• Strength Conditioning

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The Elements of Excellencein Teaching Coaching

• Characteristics of Experts
• Developing Your Expertise

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Expert Characteristics

• Extensive knowledge
• Keen analytic skills
• Perception finely tuned
• Routines rituals
• Self-regulating
• Thirst for knowledge--look to any source

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Extensive Knowledge

• Knowledge of Sport
• Knowledge of Athletes
• Knowledge of Coaching

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Knowledge of Sport

• Skills and mechanics
• Rules
• Psychology
• Strategies and Tactics
• Equipment
• History Tradition

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Knowledge of Sport

• Subject Experts
• many ways of expressing a concept
• greatest challenge is athlete motivation
• Non-experts
• greatest challenge is finding appropriate
  activities.

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Knowledge of Sport

• Subject Experts
• better at planning progressive learning
  activities
• developing contingency plans
• more enthusiastic
• accommodate a greater range of athlete abilities

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Knowledge of Athletes

• Novices
• learner difficulties due to ability, motivation,
  background
• Experts
• Felt responsible for learner difficulties
• Sought solutions to problems athletes encountered

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Knowledge of Coaching

• Knowledge of conveying information to players
• Progressions
• Communication skills
• Drills
• Training Instructional Aids
• Coaching styles and strategies

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Analytic Skills

• identify and prioritize strengths and weaknesses
  in a team or player performance

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Analytic Skills

• Experts
• Rich detail, extensive
• Specific (technical)
• Procedure oriented
• Recognized more technique weaknesses

• Novices
• Simple detail, limited
• General
• Descriptive
• Detected fewer errors

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Perceptual Skills

• Distinguish important from unimportant
• Quick comprehension
• Make anticipatory responses

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Perceptual Skills
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Perceptual Skills

• Write down everything you remember about the
  slide you just observed.

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Novice
Courts lower than buildings
Car
Buildings
Tiger paw
Several courts
Backhand
Hat
White unif.
Low backhand volley
N
Univ. setting
Expert
Right hand
Wrist not drop
Body position
Racquet head low
Balance
Foot at an angle
Knee bent
Step across
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Perceptual Skills

• Experts
• Focus tightly on technique and information
  relevant to instruction

• Novices
• Variety of topics irrespective of relevance to
  technique or instruction

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Rituals Routines

• Openings
• Equipment
• Instructional routines
• Closings

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Rituals Routines

• Openings
• Greet and get comfortable
• Interviewing players
• Set and present goals

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Rituals Routines

• Closing
• Summarize the main points
• Check For Understanding (CFU)
• Highlight success
• Practice activities

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Self-Regulating

• Definition
• a conscious, continuing monitoring and assessment
  of critical skills and knowledge.

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Self-Regulating

• Top 100 Teachers self-monitoring goals
• improving communication
• adjustments to personal lifestyle
• examining teaching perspectives
• increasing knowledge

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Self-Regulating

• Top 100 Teachers self-monitoring strategies
• seek help from others
• read
• learn new technology
• develop business strategies
• adapt teaching practices

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Self-Regulating

• Practice Evaluation
• What was good?
• What could be better?
• How do we make it better?

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Thirst for Knowledge

• On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being all there is to
  know, how much do you know about
  teaching/coaching?
• Novices
• rated knowledge 8.5
• Experts
• rated knowledge 4.5

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Thirst for Knowledge

• Rank order from most important to least
  important source for new information
• (1most important)
• -Playing Experience -Seminars
• -Education -Other Coaches
• -Books -Athletes
• -Coaching Experience -Magazines

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Thirst for Knowledge

• Coaching Experience (2.79)
• Other Coaches (2.85)
• Athletes (4.23)
• Workshops/Seminars (5.32)
• Playing Experience (5.46)
• Formal Education (6.89)

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Expert Teachers

• Extensive knowledge of players, sport, and
  instruction
• Keen analytic skills
• Perception finely tuned
• Rituals Routines
• Self-regulating
• Thirst for knowledge--looks to any source

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Developing Your Expertise

• Increase knowledge
• Practice coaching skills

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Developing Your Expertise

• Increase knowledge
• Observe/talk to other coaches
• Listen to athletes
• Attend seminars
• Read

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Developing Your Expertise

• Practice coaching skills
• Interviewing
• Communicating
• Analytic skills
• Establishing goals
• Closing practices

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The Secret to Success

• The heights by great coaches reached and kept
• Were not attained by sudden flight,
• But they, while their companions slept,
• Were toiling upward in the night
  
• -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow