Millfield Sport
Millfield Pathway
COACHING THE WHOLE CHILD
Competence - Confidence - Connection - Character - Creativity
SENIORS
Increasing specialisation in performance and opportunity in participation
More emphasis on specialisation, sport specific and physical development
Physical Competence: Strong and healthy, long term engendering, sport specific energy systems
Technical Competence: Position specific and advanced skills, adaptive, competition-specific skills
Confidence & Character: Self-awareness and self-comfort, personal performance, mental agility, decision making
Social Connection: Leadership development, committed or social athlete (use of own time), preparation for next step (inc University),
Competition: Calmness, routines (programmed), specific to individuals, skills of winning
INTERMEDIATES
Physical Competence: Cope with maturation (e.g. loss of coordination), introductory strength & stamina, flexibility, speed
Technical Competence: Disciplined (deliberate) practise, stable skills away from poor habits, perform under pressure (competition), game understanding
Confidence & Character: Resilience and confidence, fight, goal setting, coachability
Social Connection: Leadership opportunity, contributor to society, judicial choice, self understanding through sport, self responsibility
Competition: Experiential learning, introduce competitiveness, learn skills of competition
JUNIORS
Controlled choice, exposure and (team-based) socialisation
Emphasis on learning, technique and variety
Physical Competence: Core / gymnastic competencies, body weight / core, motor patterning / coordination, flexibility, healthy lifestyle
Technical Competence: Introduce skills, basics / fundamentals, skill acquisition, critical development phase
Confidence & Character: Robustness / determined, confidence, knowledge, coachability (take instruction), openness, enjoyment
Social Connection: Inclusivity, team / peer group cohesion, appreciating and respecting others, equity and fair play
Competition: Opportunity for all, variety / range, exposure, win and lose