May 2005 Positive Coaching Changes Brock Bourgase National Coaching Institute 1 Spring Presentation...

May 2005Positive Coaching Changes

Brock BourgaseNational Coaching Institute

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Spring Presentation

Brock Bourgase



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Personal Changes

• Modeling the Way• Nutrition• Mental Training• Personal Fitness

• A Sense of direction• Philosophy• Long Term Goals• Greater Self-Satisfaction



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Thanks for the Feedback

• Exchange of Ideas• Refined my own methods• Learnt new approaches

• Increased Confidence• I know that I am backed up by:

• A solid base of knowledge• A network of highly skilled colleagues

• Developed Coaching Philosophy



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Teacher’s College

• Combining education theory with my coaching• Greater understanding of performance

anxiety• A thorough assessment and evaluation

scheme• Co-operative learning on and off the court

• Mentoring student athletes throughout the day



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Bourgase.com• Publishing what I

stand for

• Creating resources for myself and others

• An online business card for job searching



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Mental Training

• Used SCAT and CSAI-II throughout season

• Incorporated I.P.S. into game preparation• Used iPod for

personal pre-game routine

• Monitored individual players year-round



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Performance Anxiety

• Self-efficacy of gifted student-athletes• Researched and compiled a detailed paper• Applied research into my team

• Created pressure situations in practice• Will include performance anxiety in my

classroom next year• Reduced personal competitive anxiety

immensely• Applied coping strategies on and off the court



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Goal Setting

• Helped individuals meet their goals• Basketball Goals, School Goals, Life Goals• Followed-up throughout season

• Enabled and encouraged players• Could miss practice to achieve other goals• (Practice time was rescheduled into a workout)

• Grade 7/8 Basketball• Broke down core-values into measurable behaviours

• Play hard, play smart, play together• Everyone committed to these goals

• Group determined what they would do• Everyone signed the poster board



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Nutrition• Encouraged post-practice snacks• Provided resources for game-day nutrition

• Personal Nutrition• Better overall diet• Smaller meals 3-4 hrs before reduced somatic

anxiety



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Coaching Youth• High school athletes are not adults

• It doesn’t matter what I know• It matters what I can teach them

• Considered my audience• Broke ideas down into simple concepts• Considered the mental/athletic/emotional age of the student-

athletes on my team



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Physical Performance Factors

• Think about basketball more critically, technically

• Personalize workouts• Include precise actions players will execute• Identify and close performance gaps• Increase PPF advantages

• Develop functional strength• Improve fitness• Improve basketball skill



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Fitness Testing

• Emphasizes personal bests and improvement• Track improvement

throughout the season

• “No Limits Excellence”• Challenging but

achievable standards

• Co-operative and Individual tests



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Energy Systems and PPFs

• Raised Awareness• PPFs on Practice Plan to

raise• Rewarded improvement

on Fitness Testing

• Active Recovery in Practice (blue highlights)

• Skipping Improves Footwork and Aerobic Base• You have to train the

players but they will do it eventually



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Energy Systems and PPFs (cont’d)

• Informed / Empowered Student-Athletes• They are responsible for their training• I am a resource person

• Integrated PPFs into technique instruction

• Mentor coach wants to improve PPFs• Time Motion Analysis



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Evaluation and Assessment

• 360º Evaluation• Peer / Self

• What contributes to winning?• Recorded all

competitions

• Built detailed record for all players

• Acknowledged Success• Reward (Star) Board



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Leadership• Modeled Every

Behaviour I Wanted to See

• Encouraged feedback• Asked players how

they wanted to be coached

• Leadership style is a work in progress



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So What?

“Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.”

- Jim Valvano

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