In football your game plan backfires when your team goes down a goal, you make a bold decision and change things around to succeed, as Rafa Benitez did in the 3-3 thriller against AC Milan in 2005. In basketball you have an important game tomorrow and your players are looking tired, you put the teams best interests first and end training early so the players can rest up and be fresh. In Tennis you notice your player is losing a lot of points by rushing to the net too quickly so you talk with him and tell him to work on his net play.
Friend In Rugby the team are demoralised and are not socialising well together so you organise a paint balling trip to remedy the situation. Your team have a good time, socialise and feel closer as a group. In football you notice a player is playing bad and doesn’t look happy in training, you take him aside at the end of the session and talk to him about what’s going on with him outside the game. In athletics your runner has a final coming up and he/she is nervous about it and worried about preparation, you share with him some experiences of important races/events you have taken part in before to help him feel better.
Trainer In football you have a talented player that doesn’t understand any of your verbal instructions, u notice this and make sure you show him a demo every time you teach him something. In basketball your players are not physically lasting the whole game, you notice that there anaerobically fit but not aerobically fit so you change there fitness regime to adapt to a more sprint related game. In rugby you have a young player that is a much higher standard than the rest of his team and finds training easy, you condition your session to meet his needs and make it harder for him.
Innovator In football the opposition changes there formation to 3 at the back, you tell the wingers to adapt to this and attack the flanks. The extra width it provides gets your team a winning result. In rugby your team go in at half time 10 points down, you motivate them by telling them you believe they can turn it round and there will be a reward for them if they pull it back. In cricket your bowlers are getting hit for consecutive 4’s and 6’s, you analyse the batsman and notice he is weaker if it is pitched further up the wicket, you inform your bowlers and it ends the threat of the batsman.
Explain the 4 Roles using examples from different sports. M1 Role Explanation Trainer If the coach is well organised, has a session plan and a back up plan, the session will run smoothly and successfully. For example in football the coach arrives 20mins early, sets up his session, however the session doesn’t seem to be going well so the coach introduces his back up plan and it runs smoothly. If the coach knows the sport that they are coaching the participants will then learn the correct techniques and skills necessary, and they will have all the right information. For example, in basketball the coach doesn’t know the correct technique of a “lay up” and teaches them the wrong technique they could get injured and it won’t maximise their potential.
If the coach knows how to communicate with his players using different learning styles he will meet the needs of all of his participants, for example in tennis the coach is teaching a group how to play a backhand shot, first he tells the the technique (auditory) then shows them a demo (visual) so he reaches all of the participants. If the coach meets the physical and mental needs of the players they will be ready to meet the demands of there environment, for example in rugby the team has two matches in a week and they are looking jaded in training the day before the 2nd game. You call training off early and tell the team to get some rest for the upcoming game, therefore meeting their physical needs.
Innovator The innovator is an important role in coaching, a coach needs to be a good motivator to inspire his players and the people around him to do well and perform to their maximum potential. For example, in running an athlete has just had a string of poor races, the coach tells him that it is just bad luck out the blocks and he could be a great runner if he improved this, and he offers him a reward if he does well in the next race.
If the coach doesn’t do this the athlete may feel de-moralised and may even quit his sport. Another good attribute of the innovator is analysing, the coach must analyse his players abilities, for example if he doesn’t analyse which areas his players strengths and weaknesses are in, he won’t be able to improve his players, meet their needs, of offer them any advice on their game. If he does analyse he can then begin to coach the players on the things they need coaching on.
For example, in football the coach analyses a player that appears to be extremely weak on his right foot and the opposition keep picking this up an keep him on his right side, the coach works with the player on improving his right foot to maximise the players potential. The reason the innovating role is different to the training role is that the trainer is a more interacting role of a coach for example, the innovator looks from a distance, analyses and thinks about his players, whereas the trainer will be the role that is ‘stuck in’ teaching, thinking, and being organised.