{"id":2436,"date":"2020-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/vlogs\/virtual-leaders-meet-exploring-the-art-of-mastering-craft-in-sport\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T05:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T05:20:07","slug":"virtual-leaders-meet-exploring-the-art-of-mastering-craft-in-sport","status":"publish","type":"vlog","link":"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-exploring-the-art-of-mastering-craft-in-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Leaders Meet: Exploring the Art of Mastering Craft in Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- blocks\/hero-editorial -->\n<!-- inc\/hero-editorial -->\n<div class=\"hero es-hero__editorial hero--var-1\" role=\"banner\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1211345064.jpg);\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero__overlay grad-overlay content-bottom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content\">\n                    \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__content__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t                            <p class=\"es-label es-label--md\">\n                                Apr 03, 2020                            <\/p>\n                        \t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\" class=\"theme-dark hero__back-link back-link es-label es-label--sm\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon--md icon--arrow-left\"><\/span>Videos<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"hero__title\">Virtual Leaders Meet: Exploring the Art of Mastering Craft in Sport<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n        \n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <section class=\"es-section theme-light hero__sidebar-wrapper container\">\n        <div class=\"hero__sidebar\">\n                            <div class=\"category-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Category<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/coaching-development-performance\/\" rel=\"tag\">Coaching &amp; Development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/category\/summit-session\/\" rel=\"tag\">Summit Session<\/a>                <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share-list\">\n                  <div class=\"es-label es-label--sm\">Share<\/div>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-exploring-the-art-of-mastering-craft-in-sport\/\">Facebook<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-exploring-the-art-of-mastering-craft-in-sport\/&#038;text=Virtual Leaders Meet: Exploring the Art of Mastering Craft in Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Here's a Leaders In Sport article for you &amp;body=Check out this article: Virtual Leaders Meet: Exploring the Art of Mastering Craft in Sport. https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-exploring-the-art-of-mastering-craft-in-sport\/\">Email<\/a>\n                  <a href=\"#copyLink\" id=\"copyButton\" class=\"copy-link-clipboard\">Copy Link<\/a>\n                  <div id=\"textToCopy\" class=\"font-hidden\">https:\/\/leadersinsport.com\/performance-institute\/videos\/virtual-leaders-meet-exploring-the-art-of-mastering-craft-in-sport\/<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<!-- blocks\/section -->\n<section\n  class=\"es-section flexible-section  text-only theme-light\"\n    >\n                <div class=\"container\">\n                                    <div class=\"bg-striped-pattern__inner section-padding-top section-padding-bottom\">\n                <div class=\"es-section__inner col-parent col-parent--stack-sm\">\n                                            <div class=\"es-section__sidebar es-section__sidebar--sticky col col--12 \">\n                            \n                                                                <div class=\"video video__inline\">\n                                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/402609498\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\n                                    <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                                                            <div class=\"es-section__text content-area\">\n                                    <p><h4>Next on the agenda was a unique session that focused on the art of mastering craft and skills-based coaching. We focused on developing your own craft as a coach, as well as developing the skills and craft of your athletes, creating experiential environments to support the development of craft and world-class feedback and communication.<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. \u201cThe title of this session is mastering the craft but I\u2019m a million miles away from that.\u201d Borthwick learnt quickly that simply coach from his experience as a player would leave him redundant. He said: \u201cMy coaching developed into one of trying to always understand the game; and the best coaches are the best players. I want to learn from them, observe them, see how they go about things; posing challenges to them and then observing how they deal with those challenges. How can I make some suggestions that help? How can I get players to learn from other players and what other coaches are around that I can learn from? The more you coach, the more you learn, the more you realise what you don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2. A practice session has limited value if you haven\u2019t made clear the principle that you\u2019re working on or the context in which you\u2019re trying to do it. \u201cWith England, in practice, we work off a checklist of things that ensure the context is clear,\u201d says Borthwick. \u201cAm I making that clear to the players? Am I putting them in situations that are game-relevant and am I asking them to adapt to situations that develops their skill and enables them to coach each other? Be very clear about the endpoint that you\u2019re working towards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3. A coach must be able to spot the gaps in their knowledge and skillsets and work to bridge those gaps. \u201cI think there\u2019s a big gap in my coaching background around teaching. When you\u2019re a teacher trying to engage people who don\u2019t want to be engaged, by comparison, I\u2019ve got it easy, working with elite rugby players; I see that gap and I\u2019m trying to educate myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>4. \u201cHow do you get a message to a player and get the best out of them? Everyone is different,\u201d explains Borthwick. \u201cThere is a time and place for absolutely everything; the skill of the coach is knowing when you recognise the right approach at any point in time. You\u2019ve got to be absolutely clear what standards are expected, what your key objective is within any one session, and then understanding how you get the best out of each of the players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>5. Self-reflection is key. \u201cHow do you reflect at the end of each day or each session? Do you write it down? Do you have it on your computer? Do you have a journal or a diary?\u201d asks Borthwick. \u201cWe all make mistakes but it\u2019s how do we learn from them? You\u2019ve got to continue to learn, understand the context of the day, that period in the season, that player and their life, and get the best out of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Thinking Points<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Self-reflection is a learned skill and it\u2019s not something we should take for granted; it needs to be taught and it needs to be practised. Real learning and behavioural change take much longer and require a more driven and carefully supported approach.<\/p>\n<p>2. Commonality of language is crucial in this process. We all collate tonnes of quantitative data, but it\u2019s the qualitative data that can muddy the waters \u2013 so alignment and clarity of language is key to making this process more efficient.<\/p>\n<p>3. When it comes to skill development, is there genuine clarity around what we are trying to achieve? If you have that clarity, it puts coaches and the players on the same wavelength.<\/p>\n<p>4. Empowerment of the athlete is key in their own development, and getting them to assess and monitor that development.<\/p>\n<p>5. A skills-based coach\u2019s focus is on coaching to make good decisions. First, it\u2019s key to understand and address what gets in the way. With this insight, then be creative with techniques in how to hone in on mastering specific elements of that craft.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            \n                            \n                            \n                                                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"col visibly-hidden col--flex-align-right\">\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":2437,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[22,33],"pathway":[],"topic":[],"sport":[],"class_list":["post-2436","vlog","type-vlog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaching-development-performance","category-summit-session"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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