Having been involved in pre seasons as a coach for forty years, this year I got to be involved with 3 different programs. At each program I got to partner with good coaches striving to be better and willing players wanting to help their team reach its ceiling. Now we have reached that time of year where adjustments are needed in order to achieve the highest possible level of success.
So I am borrowing an idea from Glen Fisher at Peripheral Vision in which he uses the term AIR to help athletes recover from mistakes or stress or challenges. AIR meaning A to acknowledge, I to interrupt and R to reframe to lead an individual to better performance. For more info on this go to http://www.peripheralvision.net .
At BDE we are suggesting using this idea for your team as we head into the last half or third of the season as you should have a good idea of your current performance level and where you want the team to be. So do this for your team and it will help you to see the path to success for the rest of the season. If nothing else, it will help you to see how to be better to finish this season.
A – acknowledge the status of the level of the team right now. Answer these questions; What is working well? What is not working? What are the team’s strengths? Weaknesses? This is the evaluation of what has occurred with the team up until this point of the season. This is difficult to be on target with because it requires a keen eye to be honest about where the team is regardless of results but this is essential to becoming better.
I- interrupt those areas that need to be improved. So after the evaluation the need is to look at those areas to change the status quo. Moving along on the same path and expecting change that has not yet occurred, is accepting failure as an option that is ok for your program. So the question to be answered here is; what to change?
R- reframe as to how the team is going to change. How the team with the changes is going to move on to be a better team and make this a better program. The reframe changes the team for the better by making those changes deemed necessary by the evaluation and choices about what to change to improve those areas that can make the team better for what is left of this season. These changes can make the team and program better for the future seasons as well. The changes the reframe asks for will cause players and coaches to continue to better their performances.
Thanks to Fish for the idea and give it a try with your team. I know I will and hope we can with the Purple Bears, Otters and Generals.
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Nice work dawg… very nice. Hope you and the family are bracing yourselves for the impending cold while we bask in the glory that is spring. Love ya work.
// Kind Regards
Glen Fisher Chief Performance Officer PERIPHERALVISION +61 410 42 42 43
CHECK OUT // http://www.peripheralvision.net SUSTAINABLE HUMAN PERFORMANCE
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Just thinking…
an idea for another blog for you. ‘How’ do you get some AIR – Acknowledge – Interrupt Reframe – quickly and effectively during a game?
The Habit / Deliberate Practice of moving from ‘Red Head to a Blue Head.’ [ All Blacks use this language ] What is a Red Head? Red Head – where you aren’t typically in control of your thoughts and actions – triggered by a bad call from the ref – a disagreement with the coach – frustration in the game or an aspect of the game- being pulled from the field – being told to do something that you don’t want to do but it is best for the team – being individualistic – someone else being a hog/not passing – the other team score again – a disrespectful fan or media personality having a crack at your play… you get the idea.
What is a Blue Head? Blue Head – [ controlled aggression that is in alignment with the team’s character, our game plan and the way we play best as a team. feel Each player defines what triggers their Red Head to emerge – what it looks like / sounds like / feels like. They share this at training to raise the awareness of the mates. They enrolled them to support and help them move to Blue Head.
For Blue Head to work in the real world – one must rehearse what that looks like /sounds like / looks like / feels like for me personally and the team as a collective [ the bench included ] Practices like Mental imagery – high pressure/high frustration moments simulated at training…. over and over – when the team are fatigued in particular. Debrief these moments and establish what Blue Head is and what it isn’t. Personal simulations off the ball – to develop the capacity to better Interrupt and reframe.
During a game – use the language [eg Bring a Blue Head Girls ] to stimulate the mindset for the next play… then execute in the character that is the spirit of BDE. Boom!
hope this is useful and not a pain bro.
// Kind Regards
Glen Fisher Chief Performance Officer PERIPHERALVISION +61 410 42 42 43
CHECK OUT // http://www.peripheralvision.net SUSTAINABLE HUMAN PERFORMANCE
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