PART 1 - Introduction to the module
A link to the - TDEVA - mLE
We talked about Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD).
We talked about the first assignment which is a group presentation. We have a group already which is myself, Chris Cornford, Denzil Francis and Dean Lewis. We will need to do rehearsals and provide redundancy. The assignment is to be presented in-class after reading week (4 groups per week), the first presentation is on 23/02/10 and they go on for 4 weeks. There is a max. of 4 students per group and it is a 20 minute presentation that addresses “How children learn and develop sports skills”
We talked about child development. The fact that some sports bodies some countries even implement weight bands rather than age bands.
Long Term - Technique v Strength.
Motor Development.
We discussed KM Newell's (1986) Model of constraints - there was a slide on this and it is also covered in chapter one of: Haywood. K,M, & Getchell. N, (2005). Life Span Motor Development (4th Edn). Champaign,IL: Human Kinetics.
We had 4 questions to read about, discuss and answer, that is -
What is the fundamental developmental perspective that separates the study of motor development from other sub-disciplines of the movement sciences?
I would say it is specifically continuous and age related
What is the difference between physical growth and physiological maturation?
I would say physical growth continues after physiological maturation
Why might a person planning a career teaching children study older adults?
I would say that changes occur throughout the lifespan at different age times for different individuals and also that there may be opportunities for children to train and compete with adults and consideration must be given to whether it is appropriate in the circumstances. This also leads on to question 4 ...
What is a developmental perspective? What does developmentally appropriate mean?
where we discussed "Talent 2012" "Talent 2016" and other initiatives like 7 year gap TV programmes.
PART 2 - Child Growth and Development in Sport
Tom A as an example - what does he like about training?
Age 5 -7 teach Right Hand and Left Hand
8 - 11/13 physiological improvements due to growth in lung size but mobility affected by bone growth.
reference to DICK (1997) - "Growth cannot be seen as an increase in height and weight but as a gentle ebb and flow of differentiating and integrating forms and functions"
we discussed the different growth rates of children. We saw some charts on young peoples weights and heights showing different growth rates
we saw motor learning progression information - information about attitudes to children in sport which might impact on enjoyment and also touched on legislation - the childrens act 1989 for example.
height and weight assesments and early selection (as young as 3-4 years old!) as a result - is it right?
Suggested Reading - a slide in the Child Growth and Development in Sport presentation gives the following suggested reading list:
Lee, M. (2002). Coaching Children in Sport. London: Routledge
Dick, F.W. (1997). Sports Training Principles. London: A&C Black
Chan, K. & Micheli, L.J. (1998). Sports & Children. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics
What went well?
Attendance - it's good to maintain 100%
What could I have done differently?
More/better notes for part 2?
Keep the focus!
What did I learn?
I found the questions quite hard. This is not going to be easy!
What still puzzles me?
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