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APPLIED COACHING RESEARCH JOURNAL 2018, Vol. 2
LWNM profiling template
Following the illustration of specific developmental
activities within the environmental section that
surround the LWNM, coaches and support staff
are encouraged to identify a player’s potential
developmental strengths and weaknesses inside
the LWNM. This is completed through marking an
individual’s potential within each discipline on a
Likert scale (1 = poor to 10 = excellent), that can
be supported using both subjective and objective
measures (Figure 4). Once these characteristics
have been identified, through applying supporting
research driven factors (Figure 1), they can get
drawn together to identify the player’s ‘locking
wheel nut’ to illustrate their profile (Figure 2) to
support an interdisciplinary approach to talent
identification (Figure 3). Space for notational
comments are also available within the model to
provide relevant feedback (Figure 4).
Figure 4: The Locking Wheel Nut Model – a player profile template
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