Vad är en träningsplan till för?

2013-08-06

Dagens stora fråga: Är det för mycket resultatkrav på träningar?

Träningsplanen är enligt mig följande: En plats att öva på! Här ska man få utrycka sig själv, testa en ny fint, våga hålla i boll, testa någon lite svårare sak, försöka göra en extra dribbling. Man måste våga göra fel och begå misstag!

När man vågar begå misstag och göra fel så vågar man också göra fler saker på träningar, och vågar man testa fler saker så utvecklas man mer? För mig är det den ekvationen som känns mest logisk!

Men tyvärr ställer vi allt för stora krav på våra träningar att vi ska lyckas på dem. Spelarna måste ibland prestera på träningar för att få vara med kommande match. Allt detta prestationskrav på spelarna samt krav att lyckas gör en sak: De tar det säkraste alternativet och försöker minimera misstag.

Så fort en spelare börjar försöka minimera misstag på träningar kommer hans utveckling att bli begränsad!

Så vi måste sluta titta på vad de lyckas på träningar när vi tar ut våra lag för kommande match.  Nu är det givetvis skillnad på seniorfotboll där det är resultatkrav och ungdomsfotboll där det är fokus på utveckling.

Så för att sammanfatta: När en spelare kliver ut på en träningsplan för att träna istället för att bli bedömd så kommer högre utveckling att ske. Men ja, självklart är det skillnad på en spelare som begår misstag på grund av att han inte gör sitt bästa och en som försöker till 110%.

Om ni kan engelska, bör ni läsa denna story av Jared Mathes som är coach för ett F14-lag i Volleyball.

The one problem I have on my team is having the athletes get over the fear of making a mistake.  We do great in practice, but during a tournament, the more “important” the game, the more they regress to predictable, safe playing.

To overcome this, we discussed as a team a few weeks ago that the March 17 tournament would be a “throw-away”.  We didn’t care about the outcome. If players played aggressive they would never be in danger of being subbed off, no matter how many mistakes they made.  Everyone bought into the system and was willing to give it a try, except for about half of my parent group.  They had a hard time accepting the fact that we were going to let the girls figure it out and let them “go for it” on every ball regardless of the score or the stakes.

As we started the day, we had serves going out and wide. But the team was relaxed and having fun.  If they didn’t get a great spike in one rally, they tried even harder the next time.  They saw that by making positive errors, often the other team would still go for the ball and touch it, giving us a point.  As the day progressed, they were becoming more confident.  I had athletes who had never attempted jump serving, trying it and succeeding.  Our play was getting more aggressive as the day went on and we were constantly winning.

We made it to the semi-finals and all of my doubting parents were congratulating me on  the genius of the approach to the tournament.  They couldn’t believe how well their daughters were playing, and it was just getting better.  I cautioned them and reminded them that the focus has to be on the process, not the outcome, and that even if we were in last place, it would still have been a worthy strategy for all the teaching it provided. We played with the most aggression and intelligence we have ever done. We hit from everywhere on the court.   It was beautiful to watch.

In the second game of the finals, we were behind 23-19. My athlete who was up to serve was one who had discovered her jump serve throughout the day.  In the past, she would have regressed and underhand served because she had no confidence in her overhand serve during a critical time in the match.  However, with no fear of messing up, and having the entire bench and coaching staff cheering her on to “go for it!”, she let fly an amazing jump serve.  Ace!  The score is now 23-21 for them.  She goes up to do it again.  I look over and her mother is covering her eyes.  This player has never served 2 jump serves in a row and her mother can’t watch.  We’re all cheering her to go for it.  Again, Ace!.  Score is 23-22 for them.  Confidently, she goes back to serve again.  She ends up serving 3 more aces, all off of her newly found jump serve and we win the tournament.  The bench is going crazy and the parents are ecstatic.  I think her mother suffered a minor heart attack.

After we clear the court I gather the team around and ask her in front of all the players how it felt to “go for it!” when we were down by 5 and ended up winning the match and the tournament!  With tears in her eyes, all she could say was “It was awesome!”

Sincerely,

Jared Mathes

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I morgon är det återigen dags för träning efter två dagars ledighet. Resten av veckan ser ut enligt följande:
Träning onsdag, träning torsdag, träning lördag och sen match söndag. Det blir fortsatt fokus på utveckling och inte enskilda matcher. I helgen är det match i både P15:1 och i P15 Regional. Vårt mål? Inte att vinna tre poäng, utan att vinna kunskap och erfarenhet – att bli bättre!

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I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Michael Jordan

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