Adam Mooney

“Most people get excited about games, but I’ve got to be excited about practice, because that’s my classroom.” Pat Summitt, Basketball I was introduced to a new idea on coaching surrounding coaching techniques which suggested that coaches revolve their sessions around video games. In a world revolving more and more around game-based technologies, with the…

When going looking deeper into coaching, I realized that it as essential for coaches to have the ability to analyse performance of athletes and then incorporate weaknesses seen through video analysis into their sessions, in order for athletes to develop and improve. During my second academic year I come to realize the importance of video…

“Learners Learn, Coaches only help the process sometimes”. Rod Thorpe In last weeks session as a class, we were all given an interesting lecture about, “questioning as a coaching approach”, and looked at the idea of helping to learn, rather than teaching. As a coach it raises the question of, how do you know that…

This session had involved learning about Para Coaching and how to adapt to different disabilities but also how to use different communication methods to incorporate this into future sessions. I feel that it is very important to ensure that all players are included and feel comfortable in sessions and that future sessions are well adapted…

This placement update will look at what I did during and in the build up to a coaching session I lead this weekend. This week’s session I tried to incorporate a more tactical element to the participants skill set while making sure I incorporated the players skill development at the same time, all by using…

                    Having already written about this model previously, I have already gained some knowledge on how the different practices work. However instead of just putting a picture, I feel that it should have a small explanation of what each element of practice means. Blocked Practice:  …

  Since September I have been on a coaching placement as mentioned in my first blog.  Having had previous experience in coaching before my placement, I have found that this placement has tested me more as a coach by coaching a variety of different age groups, working with different abilities. However, despite the noticeable difference…

In the previous session at University, we discussed the importance of first impressions and what our participants expect from us as their coaches. How important are first impressions… Here is a short video of what first impressions count for.     (Skill Booster, 2019) A first impression can say everything! From how you speak to…

The coach as more capable other. “A lot of success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are.” ~ Bill Shankly Currently in Class we have been on the topic of how capable a coach compared to other around them! The theory of a ‘more…

For this post, I will be exploring the idea on the expertise of coaching. I will be looking at the difference between leading a sports session and being a sports coach. Coaching should be a cognitive skill that should be taught, not a behaviour approach to be copied by others… (Abraham, Collins, Martindale, 2006) Are…