Great Britain Hockey 93026 GBH Talent Development Framework Booklet | Page 21

“
Development
Themes
have been
established
to provide
the focus of
any session
”
creates a problem players
can become stuck. With a
wide path developed through
creativity and variability players
have options. To support this
coaches are required to deliver
inspiring learning environments
through effective practice
design.
These environments will offer/
invite/encourage players to
explore the opportunities for
action related the Principle of
the Game they wish to focus
on.
Decisions to execute a skill will
come from triggers and cues
in the environment. Practice will
look something like the game
to ensure that what the players
are seeing and feeling is in
context.
Lots of decisions will be needed
in this learning environment
whilst still ensuring to bring
about lots of random variation
in the types of decisions being
made.
Players will constantly self
organise against instabilities.
Not enough instability – players
have nothing to organise
against. Whereas, too
much instability – players will
not effectively process the
environment and select that
right skillful action.
To support coaches with
effective practice design,
Development Themes have
been established to provide the
focus of any session, linked to
the overarching principle.
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