Sports Coaching Pedagogy - Week 2

 It has been an interesting start to my final Semester at the University of Canberra. I have started this year with the intention of finishing my Bachelor of Education in May. Though I think I may have gotten ahead of myself. I have tunnel vision, my mind is firmly fixated on the task of finishing. I seem to have forgotten how much learning I still have to do. 

Sport Coaching Pedagogy has already provided me with the opportunity to learn and broaden my perspective on teaching. While I am keen to finish I am also intrigued by learning. I have realised that I need to stop looking forward and start living in this moment. 

After the first tutorial I went home only to rave to anyone that would listen about how much I enjoyed my first class. While I couldn't fully participate I was given a role within the practical lesson. I was given a role that made me feel involved and responsible. People asked me for direction. Immediately I admired and noted the importance of doing something small and quite simple in both a coaching and teaching environment. Students in particular thrive on responsibility. They flourish when they are given opportunity and guided through their own learning experience. Something as small as this makes a big difference. 

The other detail that I noted from our first lesson was the use of 'Icebreaker' games as a way of introducing students to one another. 


While I have always recognised the importance of this at a new school or with a group of new students, I had forgotten about the importance of this at any level. It makes people get to know one another. It forces them to interact help one another. It gives them a sense of belonging and pushes people outside of their comfort zone. Immediately they are companions. After the tutorial last week we had a lecture and I found it interesting that I found myself talking to a number of classmates who I had only met that morning. We were laughing and chatting like old friends, yet we had only known each other for a couple of hours. 


 
My opinion and outlook of this semester has already been changed. I am now looking forward to the learning opportunities that I still have, rather than having my mind fixated on the finale. Mind you, the finish line is still in sight and I am looking forward to that as a reward at the end. 


 

 

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