1 level 2 racing coach course © copyright rya may 2007

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Level 2 Racing CoachCourse

© Copyright RYA May 2007

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The Aims Of The Course

• To train accomplished sailors to safely deliver fun, quality race training to adults or children within clubs, classes or squads.

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Assessment Criteria

• What is assessed on the course:

Brief

Exercises

Debrief

Safety

Personal sailing skills and knowledge

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Kim’s Game

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The Coaching Process

Planning what to do

Doing it

How did I do?

How can I improve?

Running The

exercises

Feedback

Creating the action plans

The BriefThe Brief

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Creating The Bite Sized Chunks

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How do you coach racing effectively?

• Phase 1 – List all the subjects that you would need to cover.

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The Essentials of Racing

• Preparation:• Learning & Knowledge• Personal• Physical• Mental• Boat & Kit

• Technique/skill• Boat Handling• Boat speed

• Decision Making• Tactics & Strategy• Leadership• Teamwork

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How do you coach racing effectively?

• Phase 2: List all the manoeuvres involved in boat handling.

• Phase 3: List all the key factors that influence a good gybe.

• Phase 4: How would you coach someone to gybe well?

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How much did you remember?

• Boat and crew• Bird with a worm

(x2)• Magnifying glass• Books• Frog• Pot and ladle

• Man eating a burger

• Magician with a rabbit

• Duck hitting a computer

• Cat with a bee

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Understanding how we remember

• Visual

• Aural

• Reading

• Kinesthetic

• Kolb and Fleming

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VARK Coaching?

Visual

Aural

Reading

Kinesthetic

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Session Structure

• The Brief

• Running the Exercise

• The De-Brief

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• Introduce the subject• Brain storm• Area of focus• VARK• Explain the exercise• Safety, Signals, Sailing Area • Questions to test understanding• Summarise and confirm goals• KISS

Top Tips - Briefing Creating the learning environment

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• Keep the sailors busy (pre-exercise activity)

• Signals and Safety• Risk assessment -

what if? – Be flexible

• Prepare coaching kit

• Launching and recovery in pairs

• Coaching on the water

• Notes for Debrief• Positioning the rib

Top Tips - Running The Exercises

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Top Tips - Debriefing

• Timing - when you do it.

• Use your notes!• Re visit the aims of

the session.• Motivate. The

feedback “traffic light”.

• Use effective questions and listen to the answers.

• Reward effort and performance not just the outcome.

• Make it specific and individual.

• Relate it to the ‘feel of the boat.’

• KISS- Don’t overload with information.

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The RYA Traffic LightShaping the feedback

Ask - What? When? Where? How? Why? LISTEN!

Discuss their performance.

Agree action plan/goal setting/focus

ASK

SOLVE

DISCUSS

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Coaching Summary

• Preparation & Planning

• Bite sized chunks

• Communication

• Structure

• VARK

• KISS

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Score Card

Length of brief/debrief?Clear aims?VARKSailors involved?Structured?Coaching on the water?KISSNotebooks?Signals, Safety & Sailing area?

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On The Water

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Creating Race Training Programmes

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Creating A Safe Training ProgrammeFactors to consider

• Weather• Ratios of safety

boats• Types of dinghy• Rescue facilities• Students ability,

gender and age• Time available• Facilities available

• Insurance• Medical conditions of

the students/ coach/ helpers

• Communications• Other club activities• Tide and tidal flow• Clubs Operating

Procedures

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Daily Risk Assessment

RISK TO BE ASSESSED:- • Wind Strength & Direction (current & forecast).• Sea State (current & forecast).• Visibility (current & forecast).• Tide Times.• Scheduled start & projected finish times. • Numbers of boats.• Numbers and manning levels of any Safety Boats.• Level of shore support• The Clubs and other clubs’ activities• Sailors ability

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Duty of Care

“You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you could reasonably foresee which would be likely to injure your sailor”.

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Who does it apply to?

• Beginners• Novice sailors• Experienced sailors• Adults• Kids• People with disabilities

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Coach Protection

• Sailor:-– Medical Consent forms.

• Club or Centre:-– Insurance.– Child Protection Policy– Operating Procedures

• Coach:-– First Aid certificate– Power Boat Level 2.– Up to date coaching qualification – Child Protection training

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Remote Coaching Maximising the time between sessions

• Identifying key areas• Quizzes• Fitness• Diaries• Goal setting• Training with a friend• Exercises for self

training• Boat preparation• Educating the parents

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Programme Task

Design and present a programme to cover the following:

1.To introduce junior sailors to racing at club level over 6 evening sessions.

2.To introduce adults to racing at club level over 3 days.

3.To run race training for experienced sailors over 1 weekend.

(Each programme to include 1 bad weather session.)

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The RYA

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Useful Contacts

RYA Coach Development Team:-• RYA Coach Development Manager Helen Cartwright; helen.cartwright@rya.org.uk• RYA Coaching Development Officer - Mike Hart; mikehart@emailaccount.com • RYA CRC Administrators - Jess Mapplebeck; jessica.mapplebeck@rya.org.uk Caroline Sullivan; caroline.sullivan@rya.org.uk

RYA High Performance Managers:-• North and West – Chris Blackburn; chris.blackburn@rya.org.uk• East and South East – Paul Wren; paul.wren@rya.org.uk• South West and South – Chris Atherton; chris.atherton@rya.org.uk• Wales – Iwan Basten; iwan.basten@welshsailing.org• Scotland – Roy McCubbin; roymccubbin@yahoo.co.uk• Northern Ireland – Richard Honeyford; richard.honeyford@rya.org.uk

RYA Regional Development Officers:-• North West– Sally Kilpatrick; sally.kilpatrick@rya.org.uk• North East & Yorkshire - Suzie Blair; suzie.blair@rya.org.uk • Midlands – Gareth Brookes; gareth.brookes@rya.org.uk • Thames Valley and London – Guy Malpas; guy.malpas@rya.org.uk• South West – Graham Manchester; graham.manchester@rya.org.uk• South – Andy Hooper; andy.hooper@rya.org.uk• East – Robbie Bell; robbie.bell@rya.org.uk

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The RYA SyllabusesYouth & Adult Courses

Start Racing

Intermediate Racing

Advanced Racing

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Sports Coach UKThe National Coaching Foundation

• Generic coaching courses

• 'Safeguarding and Protecting Children‘s workshop

• Access to other sport coaches

• Useful publications

• Coaching insurance

• Website: www.sportscoachuk.org.uk

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The Coaches Action Plan

Attend a 'Safeguarding and Protecting Children' workshop if working with under 18s if possible.

Attend Club Coaching Conference, Top Mark or The Dinghy Sailing Show to revalidate.

Powerboat level 2. First Aid. (update every 3 years)Observe Zones Squad coaches.

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Course FeedbackHow did we do?