Choose a team sport you are interested in participating in or coaching, design a practice session, and answer the questions below.
Team Sport:
1. What skills are needed to excel in the sport?
2. Who are some of the successful coaches in the sport? What makes them successful? What are some of their techniques?
3. Design your own two-hour long practice session based on the necessary skills and exercises for the sport. Be sure to include a warm-up and cool-down routine, strategy planning, and other applicable exercises for the sport.
Warm-up routine:
Strategy plays:
Other exercises:
Cool-down routine:
1. What challenges did you face when planning a practice session?
2. How can planning practice sessions help you improve on your own team sport skills?
3. After doing this exercise, is coaching a sport something you might be interested in doing? Why or why not?
