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The Coaching Project

Description of the project

 

Through the study of these 7 units, Swanlea students acquired skills of enquiry and communication, participation and responsive action. They developed confidence and an understanding of the notion of responsibility. Learning to develop good relationships with others involved in the same sport through mutual respect and tolerance for each other was another integral part of these units.

Having gained knowledge of various skills, the students then put all these into practice through organising and participating different tournaments.

Ian Thomas trained the Year 9 and 10 students in basic coaching skills such as warm-up, how to organise lessons so that these could be transferred to students in the lower years at Swanlea and the primary feeder pupils.


BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

Towards the end of January 2005, the project participants organised a separate badminton tournament for Years 8, 9 ,10. During the tournaments, they umpired the games. Swanlea students competed against each other and found the games extremely enjoyable.

BASKETBALL

From 27th January 2005 Year 7 Tutor Classes received training in basketball from the Coaching Project participants. They taught them warm-up skills, dribbling, dodging, shooting, passing, running, high-jumping skills. They also explained to the younger students the importance of peripheral vision, good co-ordination, balance, agility, speed and power. In the ensuing days of the Basketball match, year 7 students were presented with medals and trophies during Assembly time by the Coaching pupils.


SWANLEA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Salman organised a whole school football tournament. He spent time and effort in publicising the event and sold tickets for £5. for football games, students used the following skills: gility, dribbling, passing, left foot and right foot usage, goal keeping skills, flexibility, strength good reaction time and tackling skills.
The Swanlea Tournament

Primary feeder schools

The primary feeder schools came into Swanlea for an induction day undertaken by the Coaching project participants. They received a tour of the school and a presentation on the importance of health and safety in sport, rules and regulation s in sport and the need to warm-up before engaging in any sporting activity.


Enterprise context

Enterprise in this instance was connected to the ideas of creativity, inspiration, imagination, motivation and enthusiasm. A huge range of enterprise sport activities and skills were learnt and developed by the students. Competition and risk taking were perhaps two of the most prominent enterprise skills which featured in this project. Good coordination, peripheral vision, reaction time, presentation, agility, power and influence proved to be imperative aspects of the development of this project. As part of learning to be a coach, clearly leadership skill was fundamental as it is in various enterprise environment.

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