- Player Communities - new bowler, club competitive
player, Talent Development and Elite player
- Traditional Attitudes - how to deal with change
- Coaching styles - Directive Instructional etc vs
Athlete knowledge, Questioning, empowering approach (The latter Coach Approach adopted by most NZ sports now.)
- NZ Coach Approach promotes LEARNING through
OWNERSHIP. AWARENESS and RESPONSIBILITY
- It raises awareness, builds responsibility and self
belief
- There was a chapter on EFFECTIVE
QUESTIONING
- Good listening techniques - non judgemental and
no predetermined answers
- Effective feedback
- VARK - different learning styles
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- Biomechanical Efficiency
- Bowls Basics holding the bowl, preshot routine,
establishing the correct line, address on the mat.
- Common faults
- Bowls is for everyone - players with disabilities etc
- Coaching Adolescents
- Principles of Fair Play, Laws, Etiquette, Sportsmanship
- Sport Safety
- Session planning, keeping records at training, making
training fun
- Shots - draw, controlled forcing, firm forcing drive
- TGFU - training games for understanding
- learning tactics in context- team play, team cohesion+
- Building blocks of Sport Sciences - mental skills
development, Understanding skills and correcting faults, Fitness for bowls, Nutrition for bowls.
- Game plans
- GROW - Goal- Reality - Options - Will
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