Learning Models
There is more to coaching than knowing sport specific skills. Successful coaches must properly teach skills and mentally prepare athletes for competition. Regardless of physical, mental, social and emotional well-being, all students learn differently. Coaches must be aware of the learning process in order to create an improved learning experience for the athlete. Coaches must honor the athlete's learning style; sensory mode and reasons for participation when assessing and selecting athletes' levels of competition.
- Athletes may tend to process visually.
- Athletes may tend to process auditorily.
- Athletes may tend to process kinesthetically.
- Athletes may tend to process using a blend of all of the above.
Coaches must take notice of how an athlete processes the information he or she receives. After you have identified how an athlete processes information, it is your job to set goals for athletes that will allow opportunity to maximize participation and potential.
Noticing … is Not (LPGA National Education Program Series)
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| Analyzing |
Making judgments |
Giving advice |
| Finding fault |
Interpretation |
Resisting |
| Comparing to others |
Creating labels |
Trying to change |
| Making suggestions |
Creating opinions |
Creating descriptions | |
Receiving ... is accepting without judgment that which is happening!
