A combination of Madeline Hunter and Bloom’s Taxonomy suggest, that: BEFORE an experience is arranged, the coach should have a clear picture or idea of what the teaching objectives are: what, specifically, should the athletes be able to do, understand, care about, as a result of the instruction.
Bloom’s taxonomy of objectives format, gives an idea of the terms used to achieve an instructional objective. The coach should know what standards of performance are expected and when athletes will be held accountable for what is expected. What procedures are to be followed, and what are the behavioral expectations related to each encounter? What the knowledge and skills applications are to be demonstrated and in what manner?
Objectives: To have athletes construct a timeline or cause and effect chart that connects their event or fact to another. Let athletes summarize some of the conflicts that have arisen among them.
Anticipatory set: In what way will you trigger their prior knowledge and experience to help them recognize possible outcomes? Video and performance analysis, charts, times, distances, output, and behavior modifications.
Teaching model for understanding: How will you communicate data to the athletes? Stand up lecture, personal demonstrable video analysis, identifying the individual athlete’s strengths and weaknesses delivered so that he/she will understand the objective. Elite track and field athletes will undergo a series of evaluation and assessment as well as media and mental conditioning training At the Michael Johnson performance center USA.
Guided practice: Monitor individual and team task performance. Check behavior patterns and observe visual answers at the Michael Johnson Training Performance Centre in McKinney, Texas.
Closure: What actions by you would help athletes understand what has just been taught or observed? Conduct an Active mediation session to help form a comprehensible picture, designed to eliminate confusion and frustration, and to reinforce major points learned. This is the act of reviewing and clarifying the key points of the session, tying them together into a coherent whole, and ensuring their utility in application by securing them in the athlete’s conceptual network.
Independent practice: What, specifically, should the athlete be able to do as a result of the sessions? The athlete will practice an activity on their own to demonstrate mastery of skill learned [baton passing]. The aim is to reinforce and extend the learning beyond the lesson and ideally into world settings. It should provide for DE contextualization enough different contexts so that the skill/concept maybe applied to any relevant situation.
This is what we learned in Beijing 2015. Dean Watkins, USA TODAY Sports EDT September 2, 2015 cities: Speed, peeking, endurance, injuries, the art of war, know thy self-study your opponents, prep for your races, get a good lane assignment, develop good work ethics, mental toughness.
The 2015 IAAF World Championships completed, the medal contenders picture are for next summer’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Bolt is the man to beat! Notable competitors Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell and Gatlin but they are all on the wrong side of 30. The path now appears clear for Bolt to claim gold in the 100 and 200 for the third consecutive Olympics. Trayvon Bromell of the USA and Andre De Grasse of Canada, both 20 years old, earned bronze medals in the 100, finishing in a dead heat behind Bolt and Gatlin. Jevon Francis 400 Jamaica are Emerging sprint stars.
On the women’s side, Schippers and Thompson, both 23, showed that they will be contenders in both the 100 and 200 in Rio.
Recommendations: Publicize information to athletes as early as April 2016. Settle and determine the status of the following: travel, housing, maintenance arrangements. Arrange pre-Olympic prep meets away from Trinidad & Tobago. Consult with athletes about their pre-Olympic meet schedule commitments. Do not select “vegetable” coaches. Avoid coach’s conflict, too many coaches. Pay attention to IAAF athlete/personal coach regulations. Each athlete because different coaching and training locations may have a set program to follow .don’t force yours on them! Stop playing the power game or ego tripping. Re-schedule the national championship date. (make it earlier). Be on notice, there will be physical and psychological complications in RIO. Do not select injury suspects without medical clearance.
