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Ultimate Canada Conference 2015 - Halifax 1November 15, 2015

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN COACHING


CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

•Attending this conference is an active action of Continuous Improvement

• Interaction at events like this expands your thinking and generates new ideas

• This will lead to improvements in your approach to challenges



• Is an ongoing effort to improve products, services or processes. These efforts can seek “incremental” improvement over time or “breakthrough” improvement all at once

• Simple approach to making things better

• A process to deal with the things you don’t get right in the original plan



• Engineering Manager at Liburdi Turbine Services (LTS)

• LTS – repairs gas turbine components using processes including welding, machining and coating



•Plan Do Check Act


Real Life Example

•2014 Toronto RUSH• May 9th Game Versus New York Empire• The RUSH won 28-25• Post game break down• Seared into my mind was the picture of

the Empire handlers launching discs at will


Real Life Example

•Player 1• Left handed handler• Interesting throwing style• Holds the disc out wide and then launches

it from there• And Launch he did• Highlighted Limitation


Plan - Problem

• Toronto RUSH players were not applying sufficient pressure to open side throws


Plan - Data

• Statistics – Ultianalytics

• Empire Goals scored = 25

Name Assists CompletionsTurn

OversPassing

Percentage+/-

Player 1 5 27 2 93 5

Player 2 5 38 3 93 3


Video Data


Plan – Identify Root Causes

•We do lots of drills where marking is a key component but we haven’t taught all of the specifics of marking• Rookies don’t necessarily know• Veterans may have forgotten all the drills

we did the last fall where we highlighted influencing open throws or at least are not demonstrating good technique



•RUSH and GOAT use a lot of around backhands so we are programmed to set up to stop these throws in practice



• In the AUDL teams are confined to certain areas of the field (typically one sideline, in a 20 yard area) • Markers cannot rely on feedback from the

sidelines (right, left, close, no huck)• Assistance that they have grown to rely on

is not necessarily available


Plan – Brainstorm Solutions

•Review literature to see what is available to teach better marking• Looked at previous ultimate conferences

for resources• Remembered last years UCC in Toronto

and the presentation by Mario O’Brien from Rise UP

• Checked through their resources and found – Marking – The Triangle Progression



• Smart experienced players but also teachers



Used with permission from www.riseupultimate.com


Plan – Develop Solution Plan

•Use techniques and terminology from RISE UP to teach specific approach to marking• Stop the Shown Throw• Triangle marking Progression



Stopped by the Marker

TYPICAL MARKING

FORCE

OPEN Side




Open sideBut also no Influence on the throw

MARKING SEEN IN VIDEO

FORCE




Stop the Shown Throw

Influence the Open Huck

Force Pivoting

MARKING WE WANT TO INSTILL

FORCE OPEN SIDEBut we caninfluence




Step across to stop the pivot


FORCE OPEN SIDE




Step back to give angle to stop the break


FORCE




Regain position to stop the Shown Throw


FORCE OPEN SIDEBut we caninfluence



• Introduce Triangle Marking• Improve Marking versus Inside Breaks• Stop Show Throw• Influence hucks

• Create need to pivot to open up space

• Eliminate stand, survey and fire



• Improve Marking Movement• Add drills that facilitate this movement

• Show entire team movement patterns

•Bring in Strength and Conditioning Coach – Mike Haddock



• Improve Marking Movement

• Short pop



• Improve Marking Movement

• Shuffle


Do – Implement Plan

•Run drills from RISE UP•No Pivot – Stop the Shown Throw•One Pivot – Stop the Pivot• Full Triangle

• Stop the Shown Throw• Stop the Pivot• Step Back to Create Angle• Regain Position



•Add Full Triangle marking to drills we already had in our repertoire

•Add Full Triangle marking to our warm up



•Add Marking movement to post practice work• Short Pop• Shuffle



•Verify outcome is good in drills

•Verify outcome is good in Scrimmage

• Time to demonstrate in a game


Check - Data


CHECK - Data

• Statistics – After

• Empire Goals scored = 16


OversPassing

Percentage+/-

Player 1 0 22 5 81 -3

Player 2 3 33 4 89 2


CHECK - Data

• Statistics – Improvement

• Empire Goals scored = -9


OversPassing

Percentage+/-

Player 1 -5 -5 +3 -12 -8

Player 2 -2 -5 +1 -4 -1


Act - Standardize

•Add drill and terminology to practices

•Continue to look for and encourage strong marking during subsequent games


Act – Standardize – a little later

•Realized that we didn’t run this drill enough down the fall stretch

•We will run this drill set and refresh this concept before the season even starts so that we don’t regress


Summary

• Even experienced teams have challenges - even with fundamentals•Continuous Improvement using PDCA

tools can eliminate problems leading to better results•Absorb everything you can• You don’t have to know everything just

be confident enough to ask for help


Summary

Questions?

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