Whole Part Whole:

Whole Part Whole:

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Whole-Part-Whole: `The coach presents the whole practice, then the practise is broken down into its Foundations of Sports Coaching component parts, then the whole is practised again`.

Robinson (2010)

Whole part whole was a fairly new concept to myself at the beginning of the academic year, in which I tended to coach the traditional way consisting of:

• Warm-up
• Starter activity
• Main activity
• Match
• Cool down

I realise although the traditional way can be effective, I now accept it’s a very one dimensional approach that has been pre-determined for the participants prior to session and does not cater for the group or individuals within the group. So now I tend to use the whole, part, whole coaching concept (shown in the above diagram) as it allows me to learn significant information about the group such as skill, personality, experience and area’s to improve for the individuals and the group.

 This is because you throw the participants straight into the deep end and see them in action and can extract a vast amount of information; which allows the coach to determine what needs working on and how split the session up into sections which can be placed into the whole (game) at the end, where you will usually see more competent performers with the attributes learned. This method allows you to visually see if the coaching has been effective.

 Paul. E. Robinson (2010) Foundations of Sports Coaching P.69