Coaching

Question 1

What is the acronym used to tell you what to do when coaching?

Answer 1

SOLVER

Question 2

What does SOLVER stand for?

Answer 2

Squarely face student
Open stance
leant in slightly
Verbal comments relevant
Eye contact
Relaxed

Question 3

KP meaning

Answer 3

Knowledge of Performance.

Question 4

What is KP

Answer 4

Ones knowledge on their technique.

Question 5

KR meaning

Answer 5

Knowledge of Results.

Question 6

What is KR

Answer 6

Ones knowledge on their score, e.g. 7/10.

Question 7

What are the different styles of coaches?

Answer 7

Authoritarian.
Business like.
Democratic.
Intense.
Casual.

Question 8

What is an Authoritarian coach?

Answer 8

A coach who is strict, demanding, disciplined and is the only decision-maker in the team.

Question 9

What is a Business-like coach?

Answer 9

A coach who is very organised, detailed and outcome-focused.

Question 10

What is a Democratic coach

Answer 10

A cooperative coach who adopts a flexible style that allows players to be involved in the decision-making process.

Question 11

What is an Intense coach?

Answer 11

A coach who places high expectations on players, is often anxious, not overly concerned with player welfare and can appear to have a temper.

Question 12

What is a Casual coach?

Answer 12

An easy-going coaching style that is relaxed and can look disorganised and uncommitted.

Question 13

What are the different styles of coaching

Answer 13

Constraint-based Coaching.

Direct-based Coaching.

Question 14

What is Direct-Based Coaching?

Answer 14

Using activities that focus on specific skills without involving game-like situational factors.

Question 15

What is Constraint-Based Coaching?

Answer 15

Using activities that incorporate game-like activities to improve performance.

Question 16

What is Handicapping?

Answer 16

A race or contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.

Question 17

What is Seeding?

Answer 17

To arrange the drawings for positions in a tournament so that ranking players or teams will not meet in the early rounds of play.

Question 18

What are the different types of movement skills?

Answer 18

Gross-Motor Skills.
Fine-Motor Skills.
Open Skill.
Closed Skill.
Discrete Skill.
Serial Skill.

Question 19

Difference between Gross and Fine-Motor Skills.

Answer 19

A Gross-Motor Skill using large muscle movements whereas Fine uses very small movements.