Do you know how to be an effective leader?
Hi Everyone, welcome to another edition of the Coach Insight newsletter. This week we have articles on effective leadership, principles from the All Blacks, an interview with Thomas Tuchel, and lots more.
The Top Ten
Being a leader of your players important but being an effective and good leader is key. Values of transparency, professionalism, and ethics; Focus on career development and knowledge, experience, and networking are the keys to being an effective leader according to David Laszlo in this thread
Jon Beck with a thread on being more effective at helping your players be better problem solvers. Some key points from this thread - Skill is the decision first and then the biomechanical technique. - Technique is not “the correct way”, it’s just “a way” to perform the movement to solve the problem. - skill is information-driven - keep movements and decisions coupled.
The Pav funball team here underlines the value of promoting decision-making skills in children through sports and physical activities and the positive impact it can have on their overall development.. https://www.pavfunballacademy.co.uk/2019/01/22/decision-making-children/
The All Blacks are well known for their principles. here are the 15. Do you have principles and if so how do they compare? If not you can use these to give you an idea of how to build them for your team.
Have a watch of this from former Chelsea Mens coach, Thomas Tuchel from coaching, to improving your skills and lifestyle choices. Lots of words of wisdom.
Matt Jones and Ronnie Reason here with a great infographic to get into the detail when planning to the four-corner model. It’s not enough to have what you need to know the why and this can bring that out.
Hi Steve, My colleague @ronnie_reason & I did some work in this area to help support coaches with ‘4-Corner Planned Intentions’ including possible detail difference across the levels; LEVEL 1 ➡️ LEVEL 2 ➡️ LEVEL 3 Some examples & considerations moving up the ladder ⚽️
#UEFAB session plans: Detail, Detail, Detail; When planning sessions, we must incorporate the 4-corners, but one learning has been to really 'zoom-in' on the specifics. What do I mean if I just write 'communication'? What does 'passing' or 'shooting' actually entail?
Steve Cobble @CobbleSteveMichael Loftman’s 7 steps for better session planning - collect your data, select your focus, define your objectives, create your overview, design your practice, prepare your detail, and construct your field.
Although the examples are basketball Alex Samaras question around players learning the fundamentals is a great one. Do players need to know the fundamentals before playing games? https://basketballimmersion.com/players-need-fundamentals-before-playing-games/
David Garcia here talking through being cautious not to make technique or concepts of coaching the objective but the main point of the game, for football that is score more and concede less.
I wanted to keep this article here from the Training Ground Guru team. It’s on the pillars of Benficas academy. Whilst interesting anyway, it’s always great to see how the professionals do it. There are some great points that can be taken to any level. From looking at the individual to ensuring that all the environments they touch are conducive to their growth as a person and player, to the right competition at the right time, and finally opportunities for all. https://trainingground.guru/articles/pedro-marques-the-four-pillars-of-benficas-academy
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