METHODS OF TEACHING AND TRAINING
The following 3 principles summarise the teaching and training methods employed in VNZ High Performance programmes.
1. Athletes learn skills best through doing.
2. Athletes learn best when they:
a) Have a clear goal of what the skill is trying to achieve and,
b) Understand the principles and performance keys for each skill
c) Receive feedback on performance
3. Specificity is an underlying principle for learning motor skills, i.e. “The game teaches the game”. If we want to get good at playing volleyball then we should play volleyball!!!
Volleyball New Zealand’s philosophy of teaching and training can be summarised by;
1. Opportunities to Respond:
- Players are given maximum number opportunities to perform repetitions of the skill
2. Game like Drills:
- Drills should recreate aspects of the game
3. Information Feedback:
- Players should receive specific feedback via knowledge of performance and
- Players should receive specific feedback via knowledge of results
Opportunities to Respond, Game like Drills, and Information Feedback are the building blocks to designing excellent drills and games in improving skill.
