The international training camp
Value, vision, terms & personal diary
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Vision, goals and conditions The mission of the camp: To create a deeper understanding for oneself through the power of working together. The vision of the camp: To gather coaches from the whole world to create ”Best Practice”. To create synergy through dialogue, cooperation and increased understanding for one another. To spread the message around the world about the camps’ concept is combining World Class with the ”Human Factor” The players recognize that their effort is an essential prerequisite for their own development The goals of the camp: To increase players’ self-knowledge and to ”take home” specific knowledge, which the player can use to further develop both as an athlete and as a human being To help players understand the link between own effort, colaboration and level of performance To help coaches to experience this camp as a source for inspiration and knowledge The conditions of the camp: The camp’s values 2
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The camp’s pedagogical values Trust is fundamental for mutual progress and development. Therefore, the coaches tasks are to emphasize that their relationship with the players is essential to build trust. The players chose to participate in the camp and therefore we meet the player with the expectation that the player wishes to test his/her unique boundaries We encourage and emphasize a wholehearted effort, no matter who is performing the task and/or on what level. Dialogue and presence are the most important pedagogical tools. The use of punishment is unthinkable as a pedagogical method on the camp. During our work we emphasize the essence of players effort. Help players to realize by reinforcing what parts of their game is working well and areas that may need further improvements.
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It is my own effort that realizes my talent! Our work is characterized by the concept ”player-centered”. We invite the player to take responsability and ownership to become active in his/her own development as a table tennis player. When we speak to our players, keep in mind to create conditions where everyone can see each other. Place them therefore in a way where they can look each other in their eyes. Our approach and cooperation shall influence the player to think: ”It is my own effort that develops my talent!” Motivation comes from the inside. Attitude and potential goes hand in hand.
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Simple ground rules for our meetings! We brought coaches together from different continents, with the idea to stimulate coaches to think together, to listen to one another and thereby to get inspired by each other. Our common language is English. In every meeting one person take the task to facilitate and ensures that: Everyone is involved. Everyone listens without taking the word from the person who is speaking. No one is forced to argue for their own thoughts and assumptions. It is all about understanding and emphasizing different points of view, without highlighting one standpoint as one truth. Through using the techniques of mirroring, drawing people out and paraphrasing the facilitator ensure that the speaker understand one selves and are understood by all others.
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A positive and trustful spirit Establishing a positive and trustful relationship is fundamental for the camp. When trust is built, people are able to receive feedback. It wont help the coach to have more knowledge than the player if the player can not receive the feedback. That the coach also creates openness and mutual consideration among the players are essential conditions to create a positive and trustful spirit at the camp. We all keep in mind and consider how we express ourselves. We speak positively to and about each other, indifferent whether the person is present or not. The coaches are responsible to ensure that every conversation on the camp ends in a positive light. One of the tools are the Sandwich feedback rules.
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Cooperation, feedback and documentation 16 players share three coaches. The 16 players are divided into two groups of 8. Lars Rokkjær has elected one of the coaches as the facilitator. But the coaches are meant to respect each other on an equal level. The camp expect them to cooperate, support and learn from each other. The three coaches will meet every day to coordinate. The groups has to tell Lars where and when they meet, so that he can participate if it is possible. The purpose of these conversations within these groups is sharing knowledge and experience about their players and through the knowledge make collaborative plans for the coming sessions. On the camp’s first day from 10.00 to 12.00 all 16 players will play together so that all three coaches can observe them at the same time. Between 12.00 and 15.00 the three coaches meet and plan the next two sessions.
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Check-in and Check-out During check-in (start) (5 min), Every player will be asked: What will your focus be to day or What goals do you have for your practice to day? The coaches will meet his/her players thoughts briefly and inform about the practice (content and structure of the practice. Reminders, injuries, questions etc) During check-out (15 min) The coaches and the other players will provide individual feedback to every player with the aim to acknowledge unique qualities of the players such as motivation, self-confidence, personal effort and learning (see the suggestions for a good feedback). During the week when trust is established in the group the feedback will develop into also containing challenging questions and comments form the coach and the other players.
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Check-out 15-20 min. Because of the pedagogy of the camp, we want the players involved in the understanding of their own learning process. Therefore we want them to take part in a dialogue and take notes in their personal diary. Every coach has read the replies sent in by the player. It is of great importance that conversations becomes a dialogue and not a one-way communication and it is important to involve the other players in the dialogue, which is done primarily in the longer feedback sessions. The coach uses The Sandwich model: When the coach are through the three layers in the model, the coach ask the player: ”Do you have any thought’s?” The coach encourage the players to write down key points in their diary after every Check-out.
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Day 3:
Time for a longer group feedback. Between 19.00 and 21.00 Question to the player: “Please share your thoughts about your practice and your game in the three days that have passed”! ”We also want to know what progression the practice and choaching has led to for you”! The coach uses Mirroring, Drawing out and paraphrasing to create a dialogue leading to an understanding of the players thoughts. When the conversation is over between the coach and the player, the coach invites the other players to tell about their thought’s. Some of them has played matches against and practiced with the player. What did they experience? Ask all the other players one by one. As a conclusion to the conversation the coach briefly conclude the most important from the conversation.. The player writes down guidelines for the last two day’s of practice in the diary. The coach get’s the diary and look at the guidelines. In the next mornings checkin the players expres the guidelines and the choach responds.
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What knowledge can you bring home? What time: Between 16.00 and 17.00 for the players leaving the camp and between 19.00 and 20.00 for the players who are staying at the camp. Questions: What worked for you in the camp? What did you improve? What did not work in relation to your expectations? Write down the three most important things that you want to bring home or take into the next week of the camp. For you who stays at the camp we expect the coaches to use your result of this week as a starting point for the next! The player writes down key points in the diary! The players who are staying at the camp, pas the diary to the next week coaches.
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Simple feedback rules Provide feedback to let the other grow (intention). Feedback does not condemn but is an addition in the direction of improvement. Short, specific feedback is much more effective and powerful than long general feedback. Feedback should be given in the direction of actions, so that the recipient can use it concretely. Use the feedback sandwich model. Start by describing specific ,three things that went well. “What you did very well, is ....” Identify what improvements can (should) be. “ I believe you can improve … ...” Finally your general positive summary. “In general I found it a good ...” “If you integrate this feedback then ...” The receiver listens and takes the feedback to themselves and ends with “Thank you” and write down in the diary. The next day the players are more than welcome to use the feedback as part of her/his own reflection.
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The same rules for the coach When giving feedback: At the end of Check-out and at the longer feedback the coach ask for feedback from the group. Ask for it by using the players name! A direct question get’s a direct answer. The players are to learn the Sandwich method and give feedback after these rules.
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