"Welcome 2016" , "Thank You 2015"
Hope 2016 will be a beautiful year for you and family.
Thank You.
Thursday, December 31, 2015
"Welcome 2016" ,"Thank You 2015"
Welcome and Thank You are the two most precious words in all dictionaries.You can see in your day to day life when you attend most events the sign of "Welcome" welcoming you and "Thank You" when you are leaving the event.
"Welcome 2016" , "Thank You 2015"
Hope 2016 will be a beautiful year for you and family.
Thank You.
"Welcome 2016" , "Thank You 2015"
Hope 2016 will be a beautiful year for you and family.
Thank You.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
The Vital Role of Coaches
Have mentioned in my earlier articles that learning is a two way relationship between coaches and players.
Copy and paste an article from Loughbrough University on how important this relationship is in developing successful athletes.
World first research from Loughborough University has highlighted the importance of a good quality relationship between coaches and their athletes in ensuring world-class performance, and increasing successful and satisfying participation in sport at all levels.
The ongoing research program – carried out by a team of researchers from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences and led by Dr Sophia Jowett, alongside national and international collaborators – emphasizes that the coach-athlete relationship is not an ‘add-on’ or ‘by-product’ of sport, but the foundation of sport.
Dr Jowett and her research team have developed the world’s first and only theoretical model to explain the content and quality of the coach-athlete relationship. This model is known as: 3+1Cs: Closeness, Commitment, Complementarity, and Co-orientation. The 3+1Cs model and its accompanied psychometric measures have enabled them to systematically explore the links between the quality of the coach-athlete relationship (i.e. 3+1Cs) and important factors such as performance, satisfaction, motivation, passion, confidence, physical self-concept across different level of sport participation ranging from elite to grassroots sport.
Dr Sophia Jowett said the team’s research shows the relationship developed between coaches and athletes is a fundamental medium that can make the journey to achieving great success less arduous and more fulfilling.
“We have heard the best athletes in the world during the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games say how grateful they were of their coaches’ efforts and belief in them. Their statements not only underline their appreciation, respect, and commitment to their coaches but also reflects the importance of these coach-athlete partnerships,” she said.
“ It is important to educate athletes and coaches at all levels of participation of the vital role effective coach-athlete relationships can ultimately play in their success and satisfaction.”
In the wake of Team GBs Olympic and Paralympic success and subsequent increased interest in, and importance placed on, developing world class sport performances in the UK, Dr Jowett said now is the time to incorporate this accumulated knowledge and understanding around coach-athlete relationships into coach education programmes, as well as into sport policy development that aims to support the developing athlete and coach or promote the interests of sport at all levels.
“While our research is on-going, we now have more research findings than ever before to show how pivotal the quality of the coach-athlete relationship is for athletes and coaches’ experience of sport,” she said
Copy and paste an article from Loughbrough University on how important this relationship is in developing successful athletes.
World first research from Loughborough University has highlighted the importance of a good quality relationship between coaches and their athletes in ensuring world-class performance, and increasing successful and satisfying participation in sport at all levels.
The ongoing research program – carried out by a team of researchers from the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences and led by Dr Sophia Jowett, alongside national and international collaborators – emphasizes that the coach-athlete relationship is not an ‘add-on’ or ‘by-product’ of sport, but the foundation of sport.
Dr Jowett and her research team have developed the world’s first and only theoretical model to explain the content and quality of the coach-athlete relationship. This model is known as: 3+1Cs: Closeness, Commitment, Complementarity, and Co-orientation. The 3+1Cs model and its accompanied psychometric measures have enabled them to systematically explore the links between the quality of the coach-athlete relationship (i.e. 3+1Cs) and important factors such as performance, satisfaction, motivation, passion, confidence, physical self-concept across different level of sport participation ranging from elite to grassroots sport.
Dr Sophia Jowett said the team’s research shows the relationship developed between coaches and athletes is a fundamental medium that can make the journey to achieving great success less arduous and more fulfilling.
“We have heard the best athletes in the world during the recent Olympic and Paralympic Games say how grateful they were of their coaches’ efforts and belief in them. Their statements not only underline their appreciation, respect, and commitment to their coaches but also reflects the importance of these coach-athlete partnerships,” she said.
“ It is important to educate athletes and coaches at all levels of participation of the vital role effective coach-athlete relationships can ultimately play in their success and satisfaction.”
In the wake of Team GBs Olympic and Paralympic success and subsequent increased interest in, and importance placed on, developing world class sport performances in the UK, Dr Jowett said now is the time to incorporate this accumulated knowledge and understanding around coach-athlete relationships into coach education programmes, as well as into sport policy development that aims to support the developing athlete and coach or promote the interests of sport at all levels.
“While our research is on-going, we now have more research findings than ever before to show how pivotal the quality of the coach-athlete relationship is for athletes and coaches’ experience of sport,” she said
Friday, December 25, 2015
"Touch Many Hearts,The Temple Is In Your Heart"
Wishing all my readers who are celebrating Christmas, a Merry'' Merry" Christmas.
The essence of Christmas is all about love.
Life is Love. Love is Life.
Celebrate with love in your heart with family, friends and the people in need.
"Touch A Heart, You Are Walking On A Sacred Land", " Touch Many Hearts,
The Temple Is In Your Heart "
Merry'' Merry" Christmas.
Thank You.
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Coaches Challenge -" An Introvert Child "
Coaches involved in development programs are bound to meet children who are introvert.
The term "introvert" was introduced by the eminent psychologist "Carl Jung" who described that introverts tend to be preoccupied with their thoughts and feelings and minimize their contact with other people.
The etymology meaning of "introvert" is simple and clear: "the tendency to withdraw from the world".
When a coach encounters with such children in their development programs, please don't try to convince nor compel them. Learn how to become an introvert's friend.
For a coach, this is a challenge as introverts don't make friends easily.
You will be surprised, when an introvert considers the coach as a friend, the learning process has started between the coach and the child.
Most introverts are shaped by the environments they grew up in i.e Parents, peers, coaches or living in hostile surroundings.
In most cases, it is caused by the parents putting pressure, compel and fear on the child to fulfill their ambition.
Coaches need to enlighten the parents that their actions are pushing the child to become an introvert.
During training and competitions, the parents will be shouting instructions from the grandstand, thinking they are guiding their child but in reality, they are making the child confused and stressed out.
Parents will be also pushing the idea that their child needs to participate in higher-level competitions to improve faster.
Guide the parents that they are psychologically damaging the child by their actions in pushing him early to participate at a higher level.
Initially, an introvert child will avoid participating in training drills and matches.
Be patient, praise the child when a skill is performed well and guide the child when he is not proficient in his skills.
When an introvert does a mistake, he tends to look at the coach with fear in his eyes, thinking the coach will yell at him. This could be due to a lack of confidence and low self-esteem.
The coach needs to be calm and composed, just smile and guide.
You can see in time an introvert will get more involved in the game. (never apply pressure on the child)
Create time and events for the team to socialize i.e dinner, movie, out of state competition, etc. Such events will allow an introvert to understand his teammates and will soon start to interact with them.
A good relationship between the introvert child and the rest of the children will be reflected in the field with an introvert enjoying every moment learning the game with his teammates.
This precious journey in understanding an introvert would give the coach the insight to use his thoughts and feelings in developing children into future stars.
Thank You.
The term "introvert" was introduced by the eminent psychologist "Carl Jung" who described that introverts tend to be preoccupied with their thoughts and feelings and minimize their contact with other people.
The etymology meaning of "introvert" is simple and clear: "the tendency to withdraw from the world".
When a coach encounters with such children in their development programs, please don't try to convince nor compel them. Learn how to become an introvert's friend.
For a coach, this is a challenge as introverts don't make friends easily.
You will be surprised, when an introvert considers the coach as a friend, the learning process has started between the coach and the child.
Most introverts are shaped by the environments they grew up in i.e Parents, peers, coaches or living in hostile surroundings.
In most cases, it is caused by the parents putting pressure, compel and fear on the child to fulfill their ambition.
Coaches need to enlighten the parents that their actions are pushing the child to become an introvert.
During training and competitions, the parents will be shouting instructions from the grandstand, thinking they are guiding their child but in reality, they are making the child confused and stressed out.
Parents will be also pushing the idea that their child needs to participate in higher-level competitions to improve faster.
Guide the parents that they are psychologically damaging the child by their actions in pushing him early to participate at a higher level.
Initially, an introvert child will avoid participating in training drills and matches.
Be patient, praise the child when a skill is performed well and guide the child when he is not proficient in his skills.
When an introvert does a mistake, he tends to look at the coach with fear in his eyes, thinking the coach will yell at him. This could be due to a lack of confidence and low self-esteem.
The coach needs to be calm and composed, just smile and guide.
You can see in time an introvert will get more involved in the game. (never apply pressure on the child)
Create time and events for the team to socialize i.e dinner, movie, out of state competition, etc. Such events will allow an introvert to understand his teammates and will soon start to interact with them.
A good relationship between the introvert child and the rest of the children will be reflected in the field with an introvert enjoying every moment learning the game with his teammates.
This precious journey in understanding an introvert would give the coach the insight to use his thoughts and feelings in developing children into future stars.
Thank You.
Saturday, December 19, 2015
"The Unstopable Drag Flickers". Are They?
The notable drag flicker's in the world are Chris Cirello (Australia), Mink Van Der Weerden (Holland), and the young Gonzalo Peillat from Argentina.
What this drag flickers common features in their movement is when dragging the ball they can deceive the Goalkeepers.
From the video below we can see how Peillat's drag flick beat Jaap Stockman with ease, not once, but twice in Argentina versus Holland game in the recent World Hockey League Finals in Raipur, India.
Jaap Stockman, the Dutch Goalkeeper is regarded as the best Goalkeeper in the world. And even a man of his status can't stop Peillat's drag flick.Why?
What Peillat has created is two frames in his movement dragging the ball into the goal.
The first frame is Peillet's footwork, arm, and hockey stick, and the second frame is the trunk and hip rotation that decides when and where to release the ball that is moving on the shaft of the hockey stick
Peillat's first movement into the ball made Stockman anticipate the ball was coming to the left, his whole body weight moved to the left foot, and when the second movement took place, Stockman didn't have enough time to react to stretch his right leg to save the ball.
Brain scientists have concluded that our brains can't handle 2 tasks at the same time.
( A simple test you can do for yourself to determine whether the brain can do two tasks at the same time is by placing your index fingers parallel to each other. Then move your right finger in a clockwise motion and the left finger in an anti-clockwise motion at the same time). Can you?
Let's look at what they do in tennis where the average speed of a professional tennis player serve is 225KM/H.
The fastest serve in the tennis world is Sam Groth from Australia, with a speed of 263KM/H.In hockey, the fastest drag-flicker recorded is Sandeep Singh from India with a time of 145KM/H.
For top tennis players, only looking at the racquet and the arm gives them very little information about the future path of the ball. And with such a speed of the service, even if you have the fastest reaction time in history, you still would not have made contact with the ball.
Although in hockey the drag-flicker does a deceiving movement before he releases the ball, experts in the biomechanics field will know where to look and the meaning of what they are looking at.
Professor Mark Williams. an expert in motor behavior and arguably the world's leading expert on perceptual expertise, has put it clear that extracting information is all about looking at the subtle patterns of movements and postural clues.
National Hockey coaches must submit video clips of top drag-flickers after every major tournament to the biomechanics department for analysis, even if your team has not participated in that tournament.
This advance information extracted from analyzing the drag-flickers will give the Goalkeepers the time to react after recognizing familiar patterns and perceptual information.
Thank You.
watch closely Peillat's trunk, hip rotation, and the ball that is moving on the shaft of his hockey stick.
Video 1: Peillat's first goal
What this drag flickers common features in their movement is when dragging the ball they can deceive the Goalkeepers.
From the video below we can see how Peillat's drag flick beat Jaap Stockman with ease, not once, but twice in Argentina versus Holland game in the recent World Hockey League Finals in Raipur, India.
Jaap Stockman, the Dutch Goalkeeper is regarded as the best Goalkeeper in the world. And even a man of his status can't stop Peillat's drag flick.Why?
What Peillat has created is two frames in his movement dragging the ball into the goal.
The first frame is Peillet's footwork, arm, and hockey stick, and the second frame is the trunk and hip rotation that decides when and where to release the ball that is moving on the shaft of the hockey stick
Peillat's first movement into the ball made Stockman anticipate the ball was coming to the left, his whole body weight moved to the left foot, and when the second movement took place, Stockman didn't have enough time to react to stretch his right leg to save the ball.
Brain scientists have concluded that our brains can't handle 2 tasks at the same time.
( A simple test you can do for yourself to determine whether the brain can do two tasks at the same time is by placing your index fingers parallel to each other. Then move your right finger in a clockwise motion and the left finger in an anti-clockwise motion at the same time). Can you?
Let's look at what they do in tennis where the average speed of a professional tennis player serve is 225KM/H.
The fastest serve in the tennis world is Sam Groth from Australia, with a speed of 263KM/H.In hockey, the fastest drag-flicker recorded is Sandeep Singh from India with a time of 145KM/H.
For top tennis players, only looking at the racquet and the arm gives them very little information about the future path of the ball. And with such a speed of the service, even if you have the fastest reaction time in history, you still would not have made contact with the ball.
Although in hockey the drag-flicker does a deceiving movement before he releases the ball, experts in the biomechanics field will know where to look and the meaning of what they are looking at.
Professor Mark Williams. an expert in motor behavior and arguably the world's leading expert on perceptual expertise, has put it clear that extracting information is all about looking at the subtle patterns of movements and postural clues.
National Hockey coaches must submit video clips of top drag-flickers after every major tournament to the biomechanics department for analysis, even if your team has not participated in that tournament.
This advance information extracted from analyzing the drag-flickers will give the Goalkeepers the time to react after recognizing familiar patterns and perceptual information.
Thank You.
watch closely Peillat's trunk, hip rotation, and the ball that is moving on the shaft of his hockey stick.
Video 1: Peillat's first goal
Look closely at Stockman's body weight moving to
the left. Then trying to stretch his right leg. (too late to save the ball)
Video 2: Peillat's second goal
Friday, December 11, 2015
"Beautiful Girls"- Coaching Stint In Myanmar Part 2 (Final)
With the girls showing good progress in their basics skills, it was time for them to learn to use these basic skills under pressure; mini-games were introduced to them and gradually we moved to games using the full pitch.
Hardly three months learning the game Myanmar Hockey Federation had decided to send the women team for training and compete in the Asian Challenge Cup 1 in Bangkok.
Thailand Hockey Federation took care of our food, accommodation, and transport during our 40 days training and playing in the Asian Challenge Cup.
It was a wonderful 40 days stay in the Institute Of Physical Education in Bangkok. The facilities there were excellent. We train indoor hockey in the morning, video sessions and outdoor hockey in the evening. The institute also has an international standard running track for our physical workout.
What I enjoyed most was the ride on the truck that is similar to an army truck where you can sit on the long seat at the back, I will join the team singing the Myanmar songs during our 40 minutes ride to the hockey stadium.
As expected the girls were hammered by all teams in the Asian Challenge Cup except Cambodia, Thailand hit 7, Singapore scored 5, Pakistan managed to get 4 goals, Sri Lanka got 5 goals, and our only victory was against the wonderful girls from Cambodia, we won 8-0.(wonderful girls not because we won 8-0.The Cambodian team and the Myanmar girls became close friends during our stay in Bangkok)
It was a challenging time motivating the girls after every game, in the process I learned how important it is for a foreign coach to learn the local language because emotions of a coach cannot be translated.
Upon returning to Myanmar, with three months to the SEA Games, I implemented my 12 weeks fitness program, set plays and every week we play one game with the men army teams available there.
Every week we spend five hours watching world-class hockey matches and beautiful Myanmar songs during breaks which I downloaded from YouTube.
Realizing that the team will be facing many Penalty Corner Attacks (PCA) during the SEA Games, the trained their Penalty Corner Defense (PCD) against the Myanmar national men team. Thanks to their Pakistani coach Muhammad Akhlaq
The team's PCD in the SEA games was exceptionally great. The team faced nearly 45 PCA's, and the only team that managed to score, was Malaysia; 5 goals in their 6- 0 victory against us.
With nobody pinning any hope on the team to win a medal was one way or another good for the team as the pressure of winning was not there.
Keeping up to our manifesto "The beautiful Journey To The Sea Games" we had a learning journey in the preliminary round losing to Malaysia 0-6, Singapore 1-2, drew with Thailand 0-0, beat Indonesia 1-0, and Cambodia 7-0.
During the team meeting before the bronze medal game, the girls were all fired up and confident of beating Singapore.
With the home crowd support, the girls went on to beat Singapore 1-0 to win the bronze medal. The crowd broke loose and ran into the pitch, celebrating the team victory.
As usual, I will put my chair away, and casually walkout from the pitch.
When the girls came to me and requested that I come along with them to thank the crowd, I agreed. We received a standing ovation from the crowd.
I have promised the girls when they win the bronze medal, I will be there to witness the memorable event, the medal ceremony. I changed my departure date and stayed back for the ceremony.
In between my speech to the girls before the medal ceremony, the tears of joy just waiting to burst out from my misty-eyed. I stood there witnessing the medal ceremony with the tears of joy getting its wish to flow out freely.
After the ceremony, my support coaches organized a farewell dinner for me.
Great Night, and the next day I took my flight home with great memories from Myanmar.
With a local coach guiding the team, these beautiful girls went on to Participate in the World Hockey League Round 1 in Singapore and gave a good performance.
Thank You "Beautiful Girls". You have enlightened me on what is "self-respect" and "The Beauty Of Life " during my time with you.
Thank You
Hardly three months learning the game Myanmar Hockey Federation had decided to send the women team for training and compete in the Asian Challenge Cup 1 in Bangkok.
Thailand Hockey Federation took care of our food, accommodation, and transport during our 40 days training and playing in the Asian Challenge Cup.
It was a wonderful 40 days stay in the Institute Of Physical Education in Bangkok. The facilities there were excellent. We train indoor hockey in the morning, video sessions and outdoor hockey in the evening. The institute also has an international standard running track for our physical workout.
What I enjoyed most was the ride on the truck that is similar to an army truck where you can sit on the long seat at the back, I will join the team singing the Myanmar songs during our 40 minutes ride to the hockey stadium.
As expected the girls were hammered by all teams in the Asian Challenge Cup except Cambodia, Thailand hit 7, Singapore scored 5, Pakistan managed to get 4 goals, Sri Lanka got 5 goals, and our only victory was against the wonderful girls from Cambodia, we won 8-0.(wonderful girls not because we won 8-0.The Cambodian team and the Myanmar girls became close friends during our stay in Bangkok)
It was a challenging time motivating the girls after every game, in the process I learned how important it is for a foreign coach to learn the local language because emotions of a coach cannot be translated.
Upon returning to Myanmar, with three months to the SEA Games, I implemented my 12 weeks fitness program, set plays and every week we play one game with the men army teams available there.
Every week we spend five hours watching world-class hockey matches and beautiful Myanmar songs during breaks which I downloaded from YouTube.
Realizing that the team will be facing many Penalty Corner Attacks (PCA) during the SEA Games, the trained their Penalty Corner Defense (PCD) against the Myanmar national men team. Thanks to their Pakistani coach Muhammad Akhlaq
The team's PCD in the SEA games was exceptionally great. The team faced nearly 45 PCA's, and the only team that managed to score, was Malaysia; 5 goals in their 6- 0 victory against us.
With nobody pinning any hope on the team to win a medal was one way or another good for the team as the pressure of winning was not there.
Keeping up to our manifesto "The beautiful Journey To The Sea Games" we had a learning journey in the preliminary round losing to Malaysia 0-6, Singapore 1-2, drew with Thailand 0-0, beat Indonesia 1-0, and Cambodia 7-0.
During the team meeting before the bronze medal game, the girls were all fired up and confident of beating Singapore.
With the home crowd support, the girls went on to beat Singapore 1-0 to win the bronze medal. The crowd broke loose and ran into the pitch, celebrating the team victory.
As usual, I will put my chair away, and casually walkout from the pitch.
When the girls came to me and requested that I come along with them to thank the crowd, I agreed. We received a standing ovation from the crowd.
I have promised the girls when they win the bronze medal, I will be there to witness the memorable event, the medal ceremony. I changed my departure date and stayed back for the ceremony.
In between my speech to the girls before the medal ceremony, the tears of joy just waiting to burst out from my misty-eyed. I stood there witnessing the medal ceremony with the tears of joy getting its wish to flow out freely.
After the ceremony, my support coaches organized a farewell dinner for me.
Great Night, and the next day I took my flight home with great memories from Myanmar.
With a local coach guiding the team, these beautiful girls went on to Participate in the World Hockey League Round 1 in Singapore and gave a good performance.
Thank You "Beautiful Girls". You have enlightened me on what is "self-respect" and "The Beauty Of Life " during my time with you.
Thank You
"Beautiful Girls"-Coaching Stint In Myanmar Part 1
I was astonished when I received an offer via email to coach the Myanmar women team for the 27th SEA Games in Yangon, Myanmar. As from my previous experience coaching in Myanmar, there were no women hockey players in Myanmar.
I replied to the email: do you have any women players and immediately I received a reply that there are many girls in the training camp eager to learn hockey".
Coaching a women's team was new to me and I felt uncomfortable taking up the job. With the encouragement and guidance from my friend, I flew to Yangon with an intention to learn to coach a women team.
Upon arrival, I was taken to my apartment which is near the Stadium. And with my eagerness to know the quality of players, I got ready and went straight to the ground to coach the girls.
My heart shattered seeing the speed of the players with and without the ball.
Since time is an essence I concentrated on three core basic skills, hitting, slap hit and push. For our aerobic fitness, every Saturday we do our runs around the beautiful lake Kandawgyi.
With the morning sun smiling at them, they just look great. Fortnightly we have breakfast together and occasionally apart from hockey training the team will enjoy some mini-games on the pitch. Whether you win or lose, everyone including the coaches enjoys ice creams with the vision of the sun setting.
I arrived in May, and have seven months to prepare the team for the SEA Games. Since time was an essence with the Sea games scheduled to start in December I start planning to have a team that can enjoy the game in the Sea Games.
Theinbyu hockey pitch the training ground for the team is located in the heart of Yangon city and sited along the Royal Lake(Kandawgyi Lake), Kandawgyi Natural Park, and walking distance to the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda.
Since the sunrise at five in the morning, I will start my one hour walk then I will set the cones for all our training drills. Around 6.30am the players will be walking into the pitch with a stick and shoe in each hand which they took from the store.
I took the time to learn a few Myanmar words like "How Are You", "Thank You " and "Welcome" etc.
With my translator, I personally met each player to know their background and why they took up hockey.
Most of the girls are from a farming backgrounds. On why they took up hockey "they just want to be part of the SEA Games as this is a historical event for Myanmar, (first time hosting under the name Myanmar).
With this answer, How am I going to make them learn hockey when it's just participation for the girls?
After knowing them, and since beauty is associated with women, I drew a training program that I named "A beautiful Journey To The 27th SEA Games.
The word I commonly use to encourage the players in training was: beautiful shot, a beautiful pass, etc.
It's a joy seeing them enjoying hockey. In between training, I will put fun games to make every day a beautiful one.
Whenever there is time available the girls will do self-training to improve their basic skills.
In three months, I saw a vast improvement in their basic skills and speed with and without the ball.
to be continued in Part 2
Thursday, December 10, 2015
The Success Of Belgium Hockey Team
Before 2008, the Belgium hockey team did not participate at the world-class level. The team created history in 2008: they qualified for the first time for the Beijing Olympics' and ended their quest with a 9'th place.
Five years later in, 2012, London Olympics, Belgium leapfrog to 5th place.
The Belgium hockey team's progress in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics' demonstrated that Belgium was on the right path in its quest to be a medalist in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
In terms of the world ranking, Belgium has progressed from 25th in 2010 to 5th in the world now. "Remarkable progress."
When did this transformation begin? Let's move back to get a clearer picture of Belgium's hockey performance at the world level before 2015? From here, we can get a clearer picture of Belgium's hockey history.
In the hockey World Cup series, Belgium didn't qualify for the 2006 & 2010 World Cup. And in 2014, Belgium ended in 5th place. A grand achievement for a team that has missed two World Cups.
For the Olympics, Belgium finished 9th in 2008 and 5th in 2012.
In the recently concluded World Hockey League Finals in Raipur, India, Belgium ended runner-up to Australia.
Looking at all the above results, I can assert that Belgium hockey had drawn up an excellent 10' years development plan. After Belgium failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, their ultimate target is to be a medalist in the 2016 Olympics. Will they achieve their target?
In Belgium and most parts of Europe, hockey players began their learning from the fundamental stage to hockey for life with a club.
The transformation of Belgium hockey had begun from their club's level. And with funding in place, the clubs secured world-class coaches to draw a development plan that embodied excellence and implemented it thoroughly in training.
From these development programs, they produced world-class hockey players that are playing with the best clubs in Europe. After gaining exposure, these elite hockey players will return to their clubs and imbue their youth hockey players in the development program. The cycle of transferring skills from the best had begun.
In time, the success of hockey clubs in Belgium had begun to flourish, and their club, KHC Dragons' emerged as the runner-up in the prestigious European Hockey League for the year 2012-13.
MHC's decision to get the MOU signed with Aussie Hockey was to learn from the best. For this partnership to be a success, MHC has to work with all of our stakeholders in hockey, i.e., Ministry Of Education, Affiliates, and Premier League clubs.
All stakeholders must embody excellence in their development programs and their preparation of teams in the Junior or Senior leagues.
An environment that embodies excellence will create elite players of world-class standards.
What difference is in the Belgium hockey team's preparation to achieve their dream of winning a medal in the Rio Olympics?
Watch this video and see the difference in their preparation for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Seeing And Taking Action In Development -Part 3
One of the questionnaires in a survey done by the USA Olympic Committee with the USA Olympic medalist from 1956, Melbourne Olympics to 1984, LA Olympics was, "who are the key people behind their success", the answers were:
There are seven stages in the development of a child in sports: as illustrated below:
1.Former international
2.Ability to teach
3.Motivational skills
Coaches must have the ability to imbue their players with their knowledge on the game, and that will only happen when there is a two way relationship between them.
How successful is your development program from Stage 1 to 4, can be gauge at the Stage 5 level.
At Stage 5;after the age of 21,if the dropout rate among the youth players are very high, and the quality of players are not as desired, then the development program must be revamped from Stage 1.
Vice Versa,when you have embodied excellence from Stage 1 to 4,players with such qualities as below will blossom from the development program, and will end up playing hockey for life.
Self-discipline-The word discipline is derived from a relationship between a disciple and a master, and the etymological meaning is to learn. We will see players with self- discipline, that is want to learn.
Learning doesn't happen by compelling, or by instilling fear or suppression on players
Self-training-Short camps, and during off camps players doing self-training to master the skills the coach had thought them. Creativity cannot be given by a coach, it's the players that must work hard for the creativity to flower out.
Self-knowledge- You seek answers, to uplift your game.
You will question yourself " Where is my game heading?";Understand your own strength and weakness, and seek ways to improve your game, that will elevate your team to greater heights.
Thank You.
- Parent
- Coach
- Friend
There are seven stages in the development of a child in sports: as illustrated below:
- Stage 1: Active Start ( 0-6years old)
- Stage 2: Fundamental (girls: 6-8, boys 6-9)
- Stage 3: Learn To Train (girls 8-11, boys 9-12)
- Stage 4:Train To Train (girls 11-15, boys 12-16)
- Stage 5:Train To Compete(girls 15-21, boys 16-23)
- Stage 6:Train To Win (girls 18+, boys 19+)
- Stage 7:Active For Life
1.Former international
2.Ability to teach
3.Motivational skills
Coaches must have the ability to imbue their players with their knowledge on the game, and that will only happen when there is a two way relationship between them.
How successful is your development program from Stage 1 to 4, can be gauge at the Stage 5 level.
At Stage 5;after the age of 21,if the dropout rate among the youth players are very high, and the quality of players are not as desired, then the development program must be revamped from Stage 1.
Vice Versa,when you have embodied excellence from Stage 1 to 4,players with such qualities as below will blossom from the development program, and will end up playing hockey for life.
Self-discipline-The word discipline is derived from a relationship between a disciple and a master, and the etymological meaning is to learn. We will see players with self- discipline, that is want to learn.
Learning doesn't happen by compelling, or by instilling fear or suppression on players
Self-training-Short camps, and during off camps players doing self-training to master the skills the coach had thought them. Creativity cannot be given by a coach, it's the players that must work hard for the creativity to flower out.
Self-knowledge- You seek answers, to uplift your game.
You will question yourself " Where is my game heading?";Understand your own strength and weakness, and seek ways to improve your game, that will elevate your team to greater heights.
Thank You.
Seeing and Taking Action In Development Part 2
The two areas we see from past results that need more attention are physiology and psychology.
Let's move on to what are the components in Developing players and my thoughts are in blue,
1.Anthropometric
The measurement of the size and proportions of the human body.
From the talent detection stage, we must look for youths who are not involved in hockey but have the anthropometric to be a world-class hockey player as speed is the prerequisite to be one. Look for youths from the outskirt of Pahang(Felda Settlement), Perak(Trolak) and Sabah, as the environment they are in as played a role in developing their neuromuscular, cardiovascular and energy system, the much needed multilateral development before we move to specialize a sport.
2.Physiology
The measurement of aerobic and anaerobic system i.e speed with and without the ball, Beep Test, ISRT(Interval Shuttle Run Test)
Researches done in hockey had shown that the ability to change direction while maintaining balance without loss of speed is a key physical component necessary for world-class hockey player i.e agility.
Malaysian players' main strength in physiology is speed and agility, we must not lose this key physical component. Endurance is another area we need to improve.
All Sport and Project schools must have a full-time Physical Trainer to monitor and measure the players' progress.
3.Technical
The measurement of dribbling skills with speed and other basics skills i.e hitting, pushing, slap hit, etc
Dutch coaches consider these technical skills are one of the most important factor's affecting the performance of top level hockey players. Other technical skills that are key in the field are being able to dribble without losing speed and good vision.
Coaches must be equipped with portable video camera i.e handphone or tab to video players technique in training and on the field, itself show the video and correct the players' technique. With excellent technical skills, players will learn other specialized skills i.e drag flick, injector, and trapper with ease.
Basic stance in dribbling that the Dutch coaches emphasized, "Vision Dribble" must be imbued to all our young players.
4.Tactical
The measurement of tactical or game intelligent i.e positioning & deciding, knowing ball actions, acting in changing situation and knowing about others.
A player will get a proper understanding of the game when he is good at reading the game, right action at the right moment and the outcome is successful.
Coaches must create many mini-games that will stimulate the player's brain and show videos of high-quality international matches.
5.Psychology
The measurement of motivation, confidence, anxiety control, mental preparation, team emphasis and concentration.
Excellent psychological skills play a decisive role in an important match.
All sports school and project schools must have a fulltime sport psychologist to guide the players.
Below every component, I have put the sentence "The measurement" is for coaches to measure the players progress and with the results to guide the coach and player.
Another area of concern to me is " SAFETY", "Excellent" in your development program start with attire and please make it compulsory for all youth hockey players in Sports Schools, Project Schools and in 1 MAS Development program to wear mouth guard.
Now we will move to the key people behind a successful athlete in the final part.
Let's move on to what are the components in Developing players and my thoughts are in blue,
1.Anthropometric
The measurement of the size and proportions of the human body.
From the talent detection stage, we must look for youths who are not involved in hockey but have the anthropometric to be a world-class hockey player as speed is the prerequisite to be one. Look for youths from the outskirt of Pahang(Felda Settlement), Perak(Trolak) and Sabah, as the environment they are in as played a role in developing their neuromuscular, cardiovascular and energy system, the much needed multilateral development before we move to specialize a sport.
2.Physiology
The measurement of aerobic and anaerobic system i.e speed with and without the ball, Beep Test, ISRT(Interval Shuttle Run Test)
Researches done in hockey had shown that the ability to change direction while maintaining balance without loss of speed is a key physical component necessary for world-class hockey player i.e agility.
Malaysian players' main strength in physiology is speed and agility, we must not lose this key physical component. Endurance is another area we need to improve.
All Sport and Project schools must have a full-time Physical Trainer to monitor and measure the players' progress.
3.Technical
The measurement of dribbling skills with speed and other basics skills i.e hitting, pushing, slap hit, etc
Dutch coaches consider these technical skills are one of the most important factor's affecting the performance of top level hockey players. Other technical skills that are key in the field are being able to dribble without losing speed and good vision.
Coaches must be equipped with portable video camera i.e handphone or tab to video players technique in training and on the field, itself show the video and correct the players' technique. With excellent technical skills, players will learn other specialized skills i.e drag flick, injector, and trapper with ease.
Basic stance in dribbling that the Dutch coaches emphasized, "Vision Dribble" must be imbued to all our young players.
4.Tactical
The measurement of tactical or game intelligent i.e positioning & deciding, knowing ball actions, acting in changing situation and knowing about others.
A player will get a proper understanding of the game when he is good at reading the game, right action at the right moment and the outcome is successful.
Coaches must create many mini-games that will stimulate the player's brain and show videos of high-quality international matches.
5.Psychology
The measurement of motivation, confidence, anxiety control, mental preparation, team emphasis and concentration.
Excellent psychological skills play a decisive role in an important match.
All sports school and project schools must have a fulltime sport psychologist to guide the players.
Below every component, I have put the sentence "The measurement" is for coaches to measure the players progress and with the results to guide the coach and player.
Another area of concern to me is " SAFETY", "Excellent" in your development program start with attire and please make it compulsory for all youth hockey players in Sports Schools, Project Schools and in 1 MAS Development program to wear mouth guard.
Now we will move to the key people behind a successful athlete in the final part.
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