BCU Coaching the Mind, Foundation Module
This is ideal for Level 1 and 2 Coaches and anyone following a CPD programme in Paddlesport.
3 hours
Course Dates –
13th January 2011, 6.30 – 9.30 pm.
16th July 2011, 9.30am – 12.30pm (see special offer package here).
Cost – £30 Course Fee plus BCU Certification Fee (£5 members, £10 non members).
Come and join us for this BCU Foundation Module. During this course you will learn practical ways to use sports psychology within your coaching and to improve your own paddling.
The course counts as a pre-requisite for those going to their BCU/UKCC Level 2 coach assessment.
INTERMEDIATE MODULE (6 HOURS) IS ALSO AVAILABLE
BACKGROUND / AIMS:
To introduce paddlers to the role of mental skills in paddlesport development and performance and To relate the area of mental skills training to coaching and paddler development and provide some working definitions.
• Introduce the concept of mental skills training to coaches in the
paddlesport environment.
• Introduce the basic concepts of imagery training
• Introduce the basic concepts of concentration training and styles.
• Introduce the basic concepts of optimal arousal and arousal control
strategies.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this module participants should be able to:
• Paddlers should understand the place and value of mental skills training in
paddlesport
• Paddlers should understand processes and practices necessary to develop
mental skills
• Describe applications of imagery in paddlesport training and performance
arenas.
• Understand multi sensory nature of imagery & internal/external
perspectives
• Experience exercises in imagery training.
• Understand the various styles of attentional focus and the appropriateness
to paddlesport situations.
• Experience exercises in concentration training.
• Understand the concept of optimal arousal and its application within
paddlesport.
• Explore strategies for lowering arousal and practice a basic relaxation
technique.
• Explore strategies for raising arousal and practice a basic ‘psyching up’
technique
