Visualization Tool

Situation I am a digital designer and animation artist however I am focusing on this tool in my capacity also  as a youth football coach/Manager in my local grassroots football club, I have in the been a coach/ Manager in other clubs and in some I have been a support to the main coach however at this  moment I run my own team and we are relatively new to the league we play in. I have come to realise that while everyone including licensed coaches like myself appear to  understand something they think would be the solution to their team performance or individual  player performance, it is not just a one way traffic, there has to be a starting point and a intentional  plan for progress otherwise we generate a lot of activities but little progress in the real sense of it.

Challenge Particularly speaking of my new team, I understand we already play in a league but it will be a  challenge to expect to compete at the same level with those who have been together for a while now therefore I have to start from the beginning. I have to be able to know these players and so I can  understand how to tailor my sessions towards their ultimate development, I am not their parents but  I have to try to not be their parents but like a coaching parent to children I only spend 1hours a  week with  before the games. There is a big gap between the skilled and the less skilled players and therefore one hour will never  be enough to deal with both ends of the spectrum of players and still have a fruitful development  process without me falling short of the ‘parental’ and club expectations of me.

Application My mode of visualization comes handy in an attempt at knowing the players more. I can do this with a combination of visual written and drawn template ideas to help ascertain what,  where and how.

I use Player Profiling as seen below , it helps me understanding them and how they fare under  certain 4 categories or developmental corners,

they also get to rate themselves before I come to finalize things and then I can generate a  Performance Monitor for myself and the club for example

Perhaps the most important application of visualization going forward is developing a Session Plan like this below.

This helps me plan my session based on what developmental corner I see is lacking in certain  players or what situation they as a team are not handling properly, sometimes development is not  just about focusing on weaknesses but could also be to strengthen areas of excellence even more.

Insight As can be seen from the above, I am above to generate a performance monitor and now have an  opportunity to know my players even more and their general aeas of need as individuals and as a  team. What this is helping me with is that we have had visible improvement over time, we have started  with looses and it looked like nothing will change but towards the end of the first part of the season

we had a draw and then we nearly beat a team that had 3-4 substitutes when we had none, now in  the start of the new season, we have actually won 2 games already. There has been a noticeable  increased interest in both the players and their parents, the club has sent me a well done note  because they knew how we started and now I can relate to players better since I know what they  fare at and how well, in addition players are beginning to relate their training to their own  performances and recently a player had suggested to me a way to help them gain improvement in  areas they are lacking in, this is because they can see the pattern I am following and they  themselves are beginning to gain personal insights.

Approach Visualization seem to me a brilliant tool that can be deployed not just at the start of a process but at  any stage or period of the process, initially it can be to gather thoughts and tabulate ideas, it can be  in any visual form but this soon links up with the methodology and approach to progress with. At  the end one is able to also visualise the previous processes and see what had allowed for the  successes recorded if any or at least what to avoid next time. This can also be used to summarise the process for others to learn from without going into too much details. In addition to visualization tools, I would also like to consider StoryTelling tool to in a case where I  am trying to tell others coaches and managers how to overcome similar challenges and how I have  adopted Visualization as a tool to solve mine.


Visualization Tool Situation I am a digital designer and animation artist however I am focusing on this tool in my capacity also as a youth football coach / Manager in my local grassroots football club , I have in the been a coach/ Manager in other clubs and in some I have been a support to the main coach however at this moment I run my own team and we are relatively new to the league we play in . I have come to realise that while everyone including licensed coaches like myself appear to understand something they think would be the solution to their team performance or individual player performance , it is not just a one way traffic , there has to be a starting point and a intentional plan for progress otherwise we generate a lot of activities but little progress in the real sense of it . Challenge Particularly speaking of my new team , I understand we already play in a league but it will be a challenge to expect to compete at the same level with those who have been together for a while now therefore I have to start from the beginning . I have to be able to know these players and so I can understand how to tailor my sessions towards their ultimate development , I am not their parents but I have to try to not be their parents but like a coaching parent to children I only spend 1hours a week with before the games . There is a big gap between the skilled and the less skilled players and therefore one hour will never be enough to deal with both ends of the spectrum of players and still have a fruitful development process without me falling short of the ‘ parental ’ and club expectations of me . Application My mode of visualization comes handy in an attempt at knowing the players more . I can do this with a combination of visual written and drawn template ideas to help ascertain what , where and how . I use Player Profiling as seen below , it helps me understanding them and how they fare under certain 4 categories or developmental corners , they also get to rate themselves before I come to finalize things and then I can generate a Performance Monitor for myself and the club for example Perhaps the most important application of visualization going forward is developing a Session Plan like this below . This helps me plan my session based on what developmental corner I see is lacking in certain players or what situation they as a team are not handling properly , sometimes development is not just about focusing on weaknesses but could also be to strengthen areas of excellence even more . Insight As can be seen from the above , I am above to generate a performance monitor and now have an opportunity to know my players even more and their general aeas of need as individuals and as a team . What this is helping me with is that we have had visible improvement over time , we have started with looses and it looked like nothing will change but towards the end of the first part of the season we had a draw and then we nearly beat a team that had 3 - 4 substitutes when we had none , now in the start of the new season , we have actually won 2 games already . There has been a noticeable increased interest in both the players and their parents , the club has sent me a well done note because they knew how we started and now I can relate to players better since I know what they fare at and how well , in addition players are beginning to relate their training to their own performances and recently a player had suggested to me a way to help them gain improvement in areas they are lacking in , this is because they can see the pattern I am following and they themselves are beginning to gain personal insights . Approach Visualization seem to me a brilliant tool that can be deployed not just at the start of a process but at any stage or period of the process , initially it can be to gather thoughts and tabulate ideas , it can be in any visual form but this soon links up with the methodology and approach to progress with . At the end one is able to also visualise the previous processes and see what had allowed for the successes recorded if any or at least what to avoid next time . This can also be used to summarise the process for others to learn from without going into too much details . In addition to visualization tools , I would also like to consider StoryTelling tool to in a case where I am trying to tell others coaches and managers how to overcome similar challenges and how I have adopted Visualization as a tool to solve mine .