Reflective Coach Session Interview 2

This second interview was also made by another Sports Coaching student, they both gave similar views on what they found was good about our sessions and what we could improve on.

This Student was able to involve the aspect of working with children, that these games would work and be fun for them, which for me gave me great encouragement as I want to work with children when I graduate. Knowing that I was able to plan for children has given me a massive confidence boost in my own abilities. I feel as though I had improved in my self confidence, as I had been on a few coaching courses and been able to work in a few different schools as a volunteer, which has given me great self-belief. Deborah L. Feltz, Sandra E. Short, Philip Joseph Sulliva (2008) states that having the opportunity to go on courses and gaining knowledge. As I have been able to do a few different level 1 courses for a variety of sports, I have been given the opportunity to plan sessions for children and I had not known the that I had improved until this session, because this student did not know that we had planned this session for children and in this interview, he gave us compliments on how well this would work for chidlren.

Reflective Coach Session Interview 1

This first interview was made by another Sports Coaching student. He was able to give us information from a non-bias perspective to help us to better ourselves for another session, if we were to do one together.

Throughout this interview the student being interviewed gives his opinion on what he would do differently, giving us ideas on how we can all improve our thinking and planning. McQuade, S (2003) states that planning is important with the growth and goals set by the club/organisations, having successful planning can encourage detailed sessions, reassess goals, help with future planning of goals and monitor success or improvement. Effective planning gives a coach a greater sense of knowing exactly what they are doing, knowing exactly what you are doing in a coaching session is vital to enhance sports performers giving them the best opportunities possible for their chosen sport.