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| Tuesday, 02 March 2010 20:12 |
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Laurie Clifton - RLCM Yearbook Extract Assessment of skill - ...the assessment of skills should be an ongoing process from junior through to first grade levels. "In a full time environment, this area of performance should be assessed on a weekly basis, and should be continually reviewed. Players that are struggling in a certain area are expected to do additional sessions," stresses Clifton.
Skills should be recorded and assessed throughout the year in order to see if players have improved. However, at the club and junior representative level, skills don't get assessed enough, if at all, and a lack of time is often to blame. Clifton, however, believes this is no excuse. The assessment of skills is required at all levels and is achievable. How? Time management! Clifton shares that the warm-up can be efficiently used to assess skills by structuring it according to the specific skill you want to look at. The simplest way to score skill performance, Clifton has found, is by using numbers on the stat sheet. Clifton's final advice highlights the importance of tackling head on any skill weaknesses. "If you want to develop a footballer and help them go further in the game, and he's got a problem performing a particular skill, address it. If you don't, it may cost them the opportunity to play at a higher level..........More RLCM Extracts read |