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[hockeygod]

John and I did a dryland Game Intelligence session for my BVHS today. We were expecting 34 kids, but as it was the last day of school, we ended up with 15 able-bodied and a couple with injuries. So we had to modify our plan. We had 50 minutes to play three games: One End Zone; End to End; Team Scoring Tournament (3 vs 3 with 5 teams). The last two games focus on the successful, strategic application of transition through the use of support. It went well, but we wished we would have had more kids as we wanted to run the Time Machine – but we need at least 18 kids for that!

We had Theresa Maxwell and her husband, Don, out to watch and provide us with feedback. Theresa is a retired U of Calgary Kinesiology professor who heavily promoted Teaching Games for Understanding during her teaching tenure and her husband taught public school, coached football (among other sports) and oversaw the Calgary High School Athletic System for both public and Catholic Boards. Another coach I have evaluated and mentored (now coaching Junior B in BC) came to watch and to gain further insights on our Game Intelligence methodology.

We discussed the session for a couple of hours afterward and learned a lot from Theresa and Don. I took four pages of notes; as did John! We learned a lot of ways to further fine-tune our approach! Theresa and Don have over 50 years of teaching and coaching experience EACH; one can't help but learn from such wonderful mentors! Thanks to both of them for coming out to watch and share their insights… boy was it a privilege!

I will be meeting with my Junior B coach after Christmas as a followup to today's session and to discuss any planning concerns he may have for the last third of his season. Should be fun!

Dean
M.Ed (Coaching)
Ch.P.C. (Chartered Professional Coach)
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