Professor Keith Davids: the coaching principles that apply to all age-groups and levels of the game

Coach | Approach | Keith Davids | 14.7.22

Coaches can adopt similar coaching principles regardless of the age or level of player they are working with, believes Keith Davids, Professor of skill acquisition at Sheffield Hallam University. Image: Alistair Berg/Getty Images

Learning:

-  The overarching coaching principles applicable at all levels of the game

-       How to make small ‘adjustments’ to your coaching approach depending on context and circumstance

-       Why fun and learning have a key part to play at senior elite level

Coaches can adopt similar coaching principles regardless of the age or level of player they are working with, believes Keith Davids, Professor of skill acquisition at Sheffield Hallam University.

Davids admits that some small ‘adjustments’ may need to be made between ‘performance’ and ‘development’ levels of the game, however, the overarching ideas of learning, problem-solving, decision-making and setting individual player challenges can stay the same.