Planning for the Season

Goal: Motivate: the coach to plan educational

objectives. The Benefit's of Planning

Shifting from conducting practice activities to obtaining desired outcomes

Instructional Objectives

After this module is completed, you should be able to State in your own words why planning is needed Develop a long-term plan for Judo, based upon

the importance of planning Identify, 8 Significant benefits of systematic planning

Develop long term plan for judo Using program objectives in each category of content

Intention

The intention of this part of the session is to consider the benefits of systematic planning for the season

Benefits of Systematic Planning

Benefits of Planning enables efficient use of limited practice

time includes season objectives that are most

essential enable appropriate sequencing of season

objectives

Benefits of Systematic Planning

match practice activities with season/session goals and objective

reduces total time required for planning/enhance preparation of the athlete for competition

improves ability to make day to day adjustment in practice objectives

provides a safe athletic experience, reducing the likelihood of successful liability lawsuits

Benefits of Systematic Planning

Which of the 3 are the MOST important to you?

Benefits of Planning enables efficient use of limited practice time includes season objectives that are most essential enable appropriate sequencing of season objectives match practice activities with season/session goals and objective reduces total time required for planning/enhance preparation of

the athlete for competition improves ability to make day to day adjustment in practice

objectives provides a safe athletic experience, reducing the likelihood of

successful liability lawsuits

4 Major Goals Areas of Coaching Young Athletes

To develop their Physical Skill To develop their knowledge of rules and

strategies To develop their sport related physical

fitness To develop sport-related personal and

social skills

Prerequisite

Effective season and practice planning is a prerequisite to maximizing the achievement of these goals.

Of course, another goal that cuts across all of these is that the athletes enjoy their experience.

Definition of Systematic Planning

a Process focused on obtaining desired outcomes

instead of simply focusing on conducting practice activities

move away from concentrating only on input (practice activities)

move toward desired outcomes (Goals)

Coaches can dramatically improve their coaching and the performance of their players.

Question: Where do you want to go? (Exercise 1)

Olympic/World Games/Team Trials Senior Nationals Jr. International Jr. Nationals State Games Local Tournaments Judo Experience

Vacation Idea! It is hard to know how to get to a vacation

destination if you don’t know where your are going or where you currently are.

Once the destination (outcome) is known

And the starting point is known

Alternative routes can be considered.

The Steps to Develop a Season Plan (Exercise 2)

Most important decisions: What objectives you want to teach?

When should they be taught and practice.

How much time should be spent in instruction and/or practice of each objective.

Steps in Planning for the Season

Define your audience. What type of students do you have?

Step 1, Identify objectives for the season What do you want the athlete to know

High priority Techniques: Nage-waza, how many? Techniques: Ne-waza Application of techniques, set-ups Strategies Grip Fighting Conditioning, strength

You can’t cover everything (Priority, appropriate level)

Choose wisely Failure to choose wisely exposes

players to the objectives of the sport

But, does not provide them with sufficient practice and feedback to develop competence on the selected objectives.

Steps in Planning for the Season Step 2 (6-12 weeks)

Sequence the competition/teaching season objectives (when do you want to cover these topics)

pre Conditioning, Strength Rules Strategies

early Application of techniques

Ne-Waza Tachi-Waza

mid Competition emphasis

and late portion Re-assessment, evaluation enjoyment

Steps in Planning for the Season

Step 3: Develop a competition season/teaching calendar Jrs./Int

Off Season August

Early Sept.-Dec

Mid Jan.-July

Seniors (Elite or Local) Off Season

Dec-Jan Early

Feb-March Mid

April-May

Steps in Planning for the Season (Exercise 3)

Teaching Beg. Judo Develop a teaching calendar

Steps in Planning for the Season

Define your audience. Male/Female, Older/Teen-age/Children, Ethnicity,

Inner City/Suburbs, etc.

What type of student/setting do you have? School/after school program, YMCA, local

Judo club, etc.

Steps in Planning for the Season Step 1 (handout)

What is the length of time for your session? 4-week, 6-week, 10-week, 12-week 1x per week, 2x per week, 3x per week, etc 1 hour, 1 1/2 hour, 2 hour, 45 min., etc

Identify objectives for the season

What do you want the athlete to know? High priority (list and in order of priority, 1-highest, 5-lowest)

Techniques: Nage-waza, how many? Techniques: Ne-waza Application of techniques, set-ups Strategies Grip Fighting Conditioning, strength etc…..

You can’t cover everything (Priority, appropriate level)

Choose wisely Failure to choose wisely exposes

players to the objectives of the sport

But, does not provide them with sufficient practice and feedback to develop competence on the selected objectives.

Steps in Planning for the Season Step 2 (6-12 weeks)

Sequence the competition season objectives into pre (example)

Conditioning, Strength Rules Strategies

early (start of season/session)

Application of techniques Ne-Waza, Tachi-Waza, Shime, Kansetsu, transitions, etc

mid (during the middle of competition season/session)

Competition emphasis or……….

and late portion Re-assessment, evaluation of program enjoyment??????????????

Steps in Planning for the Season Step 3

Develop/Define a competition season/teaching calendar Jrs./Int (school calendar)

Off Season August

Early Sept.-Dec

Mid Jan.-July

Seniors (Elite or Local) Off Season

Dec-Jan Early

Feb-March Mid

April-May

Planning

Planning is not a prefect process, but planning can reveal problems before they occur so that appropriate changes can be made.