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Being a Youth Bridge CoachMedellin - Colombia
25-27 May 2016
By: Gilad Ofir
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Main Contents
1. An Introduction to the Israeli Kids Project.2. Setting up the infrastructure.3. Classroom Elements.4. Teacher Point of View.5. Israeli Youth Model.
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An Introduction to the Israeli Kids Project
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The project covers today:
✓ 30 schools nationwide.✓ 1,000 pupils, within the age
group of 10-11.✓ Most of the bridge lessons are
included within the regular schools syllabus.
The “Next Generation”
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✓ Organized one big Program.✓ Working as one Body and
not as Individuals✓ Increasing work places for Coaches.
Why do we need that project?
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Setting up the infrastructure
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Marketing
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✓Marketing the program among the educational frameworks and within the municipalities.
✓ Strengthening and maintaining the teachers infrastructure. ✓Maintaining continuity -
✓ Creating a competitive events.✓ Directing teachers to link pupils to the local Bridge clubs.
✓ Finding solutions to high dropout rate.✓Directing talents to the suitable training frameworks and
programs.
Youth coordinator’s goals
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✓ Locate potential schools ▪ The Coaches MUST be involved.▪ Make sure they are close to the Bridge
clubs in the targeted area.▪ Use every influential source : a contact person
working in the potential school or involve an influential parent.
✓ Setup meetings with the School’s principles.
Marketing strategy
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✓ Equip yourself with:▪ Documentation recognizing
Bridge as a sport.▪ Your NBO’s activity brochure.▪ DVD with image clips or short
footage of kids competitions.▪ Be prepared to difficult questions
(Cards, age limit)
✓ Have a graduate of the youth program accompany you– it will serve you well!
Marketing meeting preparations
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2015- Tromso
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✓Advantages of teaching Bridge to children.✓ Increasing school prestige.✓ School commitment:
▪ Budgeting and financing .▪ Encouraging & motivating
pupils to participate.✓ Explaining the importance
of including bridge in the school’s timetable (and notafterhours).
Core topics for the meetings
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The Coach
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✓ Age.✓ Certification & Training.✓ Salary: The teacher’s salary is based on the school’s commitments
and supplemented by support from:✓ The NBO.✓ The Municipality (city council).
Picking the Coaches
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✓ Creating a panel of teachers, focused on teaching children, by means of:▪ A Coach’s training course with special emphasis on teaching
Bridge to children. ▪ Periodical seminars specifically designed for specialization in
teaching Bridge to children (Tips / Teaching techniques etc..).
Developing tutorial instruction
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✓Motivate the Kids!
✓ Locate and recommend talent development.
✓Creating after school private courses : ▪ At least 12 participants.▪ At reasonable rate (about 120 shekels 30€ per month).▪ Suggested locations are at the local community
centers, Bridge clubs.
✓A group of at least 12 kids is essential! – Huge Dropout!
The Teacher’s Goals
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✓Contact Local Bridge Clubs. Once they have mastered the basics, encourage them to take part in local Bridge club competitions - children are quick learners.
✓ “Hand holding” & mentoring is recommended during the first months in the clubs. (It will take about 6 months for them to achieve average results).
✓Another small thing….
Earn Money! Rich Coach is Happy Coach ☺
The Teacher’s Goals
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Classroom elements
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✓ Basic principles:✓ 41 lessons in 2 booklets.✓ Each lesson focuses on a different topic.✓ The booklets are for the use of the Coaches!✓ The booklets contains teaching instructions:
▪ What to do, how to behave? ▪ How to introduce a topic? ▪ Leading questions to be used.▪ Examples helping to clarify topics and terminology. ▪ Practice assignment handouts.▪ Lesson summary handouts.
The main element – Official Booklets!Teaching instruction booklet - Why do we need it is? What is it for?
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✓Allowing easy access to the world of Bridge. ▪ Explains basic terms.▪ Emphasis on hand play. ▪ Easy access to the basics of defense play.▪ Enabling the pupils to bid logical contracts
(“full game”, “slams” etc..) using adecision flow table.
Booklet # 1 – Mini Bridge
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✓Allowing easy access to the contract bridge ▪ Explains basic terms.▪ Teaching the language of Bridge (bidding)
using bidding boxes.▪ Dealing with first and second bids
of the responder.▪ Teaching overcalls (no Doubles yet).
Booklet # 2 – From Mini Bridge to Bridge
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Come prepared with:✓Prepared deals –don’t bypass this – it is important.✓Review your lesson material beforehand. ✓Make enough copies of handouts.✓Bring small rewards to encourage the pupils.
Logistics preparations for classroom teaching
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✓ Each lesson is 90 minutes.✓ It is important to follow the booklet accurately.✓Don’t lecture more than 15 min,✓Use most of the lesson time to play.
The lesson’s framework
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✓Competitiveness.✓Discipline.✓ Follow the lessons.✓ Take it slowly.✓Additional activities.
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World Champs
Youth Team
The Next Generation
Israel’s YouthModel “Pisga”
project
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Competitive Events For Children
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Kids Festival
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During the Year
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Summer Camp
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We did it!
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✓ The next generation: 55K
✓ International Teams: 30K
✓ Training: 15K
✓ The “White House”: 10K
✓ General Support: 10K
Total: 120K $
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Budget
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Questions?
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Gracias por su atencion
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