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Vi riporto un, a mio parere, interessante articolo relativo all'introduzione della fase “play” nell'allenamento giovanile.

L'articolo è in inglese, comunque con poca fatica (internet) sarà possibile per chiunque fare la traduzione. 

Play is to the child what thinking, planning, and blueprinting are to the adult, a trial universe in which conditions are simplified and methods exploratory, so that past failures can be thought through, expectations tested.” Erik Erikson, 1902-1994

If we set up an environment where exploration and progression are embedded into each practice, away from the stress of winning and losing, we would improve the way young athletes move and perform foundational skills.
Confidence, fitness and enjoyment of sport would improve dramatically and the winning would take care of itself.

The following is from a 2004 Hedstrom and Gould white paper report on youth sports.

“Researchers have discovered that there are deeper motives for youth sport participation (Gould & Petlichkoff, 1988).

Chief among these are young athletes' perceptions of competence or ability.

Children who feel competent about their physical abilities have been found to more often participate and persist in physical activity whereas children who do not have that sense of competence are more likely to not become involved or to discontinue involvement (see Weiss & Ferrer-Caja, 2002 for a detailed review).”

So this being said, what are we doing to promote motor development, coordination, rhythm, etc at a young age?

Do motor skills really have that much to do with this?

Motor proficiency is positively associated with physical activity. (Wrotniak, et al - Pediatrics Vol 118 No. 6 December 2006).

Strategies that improve movement skills in childhood could improve physical activity and health in youth.

(Wrotniak, et al - Pediatrics Vol 118 No. 6 December 2006). 8 to 10 year olds who have better motor abilities are more physically active and less likely to be sedentary than children with poorer coordination. (University of Buffalo Study 2006)

Professionally guided programs of physical education in the primary school lead to significant progresses in the development of conditional and coordinative abilities. (Chiodera, et al – Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, May 2007)

Take all of this, digest it and we come up with the fact that we need to have youth programs centered around developing motor skills not fine tuning tactics.

If they feel better about the way they move, they will have more confidence and therefore be more likely to participate in sport and fitness activities.

From there it snowballs in a positive direction.

As for the drills that they could do in practice that would be less competitive.

This is what needs to expanded on.

We need to put the young athletes in an environment where we slowly progress from one developmental aspect to another and introduce new stimuli that bridge the gap to other skill along the way.

Il trafiletto seguente è molto interessante.

Fornisce un esempio di progressione di allenamento del calcio per i ragazzi; potrebbe essere interessante “adattarlo” anche per il volley.

Here is an example: If you start with ladder drills and progress to dribbling drills with a ball (soccer dribbling) which is very similar, but adding a sport specific feel.

Then add agility drills were they are reacting to another player (mirror drills, passive defense, etc).

Next put in quick feet speed drills with a ball, and then introduce speed drills with a ball against another player (passive defense).

All of these drills are similar in nature (footwork and reaction) but you are having to react to stationary items (controlling your own body), moving items (controlling the ball), adjusting to other players (offensively and defensively) and making decisions quickly with a ball and acting on them instinctively.

We have used this in the past with great success, and it is a soccer specific example, but I think it applies to all drills.

Lastly, lose the cones and ladders in these drills as soon as possible.

Let the players decide when to move, turn, adjust, etc.

Commenti?

Aggiungo… e per la competitività? Un'idea potrebbe essere una gara 1 vs 1 con obbligo di alcuni spostamenti dopo aver mandato la palla nell'altro campo… ma quali spostamenti e a che velocità?

Una gara di pallavolo in quadrupedia? Non è un po' impossibile?

Ahahaha infatti lo dicevo che era un po' impossibile!

Mi interessa molto la questione del lavoro in quadrupedia per la correzione con stacco rovesciato. Hai qualche documento o materiale che ne parli più specificatamente?

Cio non toglie che potresti comunque fare una bella tesina sull'argomento ……

Che detta così sembra che usi gli atleti come cavie, va beh, spero che in realtà si sia capito il vero significato!

Per l'appunto. Il concetto finale è che comunque io non posso attuare niente di pratico quest'anno

Però intanto si può inziiare con la fase teorica e metodologica, potrebbe risultare interessante per lavori in futuro…