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A look at the ‘C’ system and its application to coaching elite athletes

A look in depth at Connection; Competence and Creativity

Finding some more ‘C’s

Examining how to use external frameworks to help us

The ‘C’ system (Lerner)Connection

Helping Coaches and performers connect with each other, their chosen activity and all of its outcomes.

Confidence

Ensuring adults understand how to define success and knowing (at the appropriate level) how to improve and how long it might take.

Competence

Coaching for the level of competence identified by the performer and coach, and any external standards.

The ‘C’ system (Lerner) contd.

Creativity

Encouraging adults to find their own ways to practise. play and perform in the whole continuum of practice to performance.

Character

Respecting the codes of sport. Having standards for correct behaviour, a sense of right and wrong and integrity.

Caring and Compassion

A sense of sympathy and empathy for others.

ConnectionCoach

Performer

Sessions

Jointly set goals

Sport

Goleman Emotional and social intelligence

Self- awareness

Self- management

Social- awareness

Social facility•Synchrony•Self-presentation•Influence•Concern

Goleman Emotional and social intelligence

Self- awareness•Emotional self-awareness•Accurate self assessment•Self confidence

Self- management•Self control•Transparency•Adaptability•Achievement•Initiative•Optimism

Social- awareness•Primal empathy•Empathic accuracy•Listening•Social cognition

Relationship management•Inspiration•Influence•Developing others•Change catalyst•Conflict management•Teamwork and collaboration

Social awareness Primal empathy

feeling with others sensing non-verbal emotional signals

Attunement listening with full receptivity attuning to a person

Empathic accuracy understanding another person’s thoughts, feelings and

intentions

Social cognition knowing how the social world works

Relationship management Synchrony

interacting smoothly at the non-verbal level

Self-presentation presenting ourselves effectively

Influence shaping the outcome of social interactions

Concern caring about others’ needs and acting accordingly

How does your athlete connect?

Myers BriggsDoes your athlete prefer to focus on the outer

world or on their own inner world? This is called Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I).

Information: Does your athlete prefer to focus on the basic information you offer or do they prefer to interpret and add meaning? This is called Sensing (S) or Intuition (N).

Myers BriggsDecisions: When making decisions, does your

athlete look at logic and consistency or first look at the people and special circumstances? This is called Thinking (T) or Feeling (F).

Structure: In dealing with the outside world, does your athlete prefer to get things decided or prefer to stay open to new information and options? This is called Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).

The body, you and your athlete

Is there a sense of joint ownership / connection with the Athlete’s body?

What’s the proportion?

During training sessions

Injury

When writing / devising the training schedule

Sticking to a diet

Monitoring body changes

CompetenceA jointly owned agenda

Timed progression

Sense of achievement

A mixture of knowledge and ignorance

Unfamiliarcontext

Unfamiliarproblems

Familiarcontext

Familiarproblems

Z

Y

Position YKnowledge management

Position ZIgnorance management

Rebranding competence

Unfamiliarcontext

Unfamiliarproblems

Familiarcontext

Familiarproblems

Conscious competence

The competence and ignorance journey

Conscious incompetence

Unconscious competence

Unconscious incompetence

Conscious competence

CreativityThe team player

The experimenter

The cross-pollinator

The hurdler

The collaborator

The director

The designer

What kind of creativity and where?

ConfidenceSelf-worth

Self- efficacy

Differentiation

Character Do you have a code of conduct for coaches, officials and players?

Do you teach your players how to thank opponents after a game?

Do you teach your players how to talk with each other after a game?

Have you ever questioned an official: During a competition After a competition Face to face aggressively

Have you ever suspended a player for misconduct

Have you ever manipulated the rules of a competition

Have you ever shouted at a player for poor performance

Caring and CompassionSupportive

Allow for individual differences

More Cs• Courage

• Consistency

Clarity

Commitment

Capacity

Coordination

Choking

Coping

Challenge

Communication

Control

Concentration

The booksCoaching the whole child: Positive development through sport

How to deliver engaging sessions: Developing adults and young people through sport

Both available from Coachwise www.coachwise.ltd.uk

Social intelligence 2007 Daniel Goleman

The New Leaders 2002 Goleman; Boyatzis; McKee

The Art of Innovation 2004 Tom Kelley

Ten Faces of Innovation 2008 Tom Kelley and Jonathan Littman