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Early teenagers (13-16)
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Complex motor skills, strength, energy systems, understanding warm-up, progressive activities, different growth rates, TGfU.
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Enjoyment, peer acceptance, rotation of roles, cooperative work, encouraging independence through ownership and responsibility, leadership, fair play and ethical values, shared expectations, team culture, use of role models.
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Leadership skills, use of analogies in explanation, decision-making and complex problem solving, individual identify, social comparison, use of peer slang, understanding teen culture, moral decision making.
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Positive, caring environment, de-emphasis on body image, praise and encouragement, independence, less use of parents, use of role models, constructive feedback, external pressures to conform, feeling of self-worth, mood swings.
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All individuals are different and respond in totally different ways to different situations at different times. Successful coaches tend to be those who read the signals (empathy) and adapt their approach to best meet both the collective and individual needs of the athletes they coach.
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Late teenagers (17-19)
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Social |
Cognitive |
Emotional |
Advanced levels of complex motor skills, strength, energy systems, importance of warm-up, progressive activities, different growth rates, TGfU, position specialisation.
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Enjoyment, peer acceptance, encouraging independence through ownership and responsibility, group belonging and identity, leadership, fair play and ethical values, shared expectations, team culture, career and lifestyle decisions, risk taking.
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Understanding self, leadership skills, use of analogies in explanation, application of new concepts, decision-making and advanced problem solving, complex analysis, social comparison, use of peer slang, moral decision making, self-evaluation,
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Positive, caring environment, praise and encouragement, self-identity, little influence of parents, constructive feedback, external pressures to conform, responsibility and ownership, feeling of self-worth, outside pressures (church, family, education), expect to be treated like adults.
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All individuals are different and respond in totally different ways to different situations at different times. Successful coaches tend to be those who read the signals (empathy) and adapt their approach to best meet both the collective and individual needs of the athletes they coach.
Secondary School Sport - for news and resources
Secondary School Events - for an events Calendar
Available Resources
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