ANALYSIS OF COACHING METHODS IN A MINIBASKET TEAM AND THE TRAINING PROGRAM'S INFLUENCE ON THE COACH. A CASE STUDY

The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of a training program, orientated by understanding methodology, on a novice basketball coach, measured throughout the coaching tasks. To do so, we have analyzed the pedagogical variables of the coaching tasks, in particular the means of training and its relationship with the other educational variables. We analyzed all the training tasks performed by a novice basketball team during two seasons (n=846). Training sessions were categorized in the PYC-Basket program 2.0. An initial descriptive analysis of the results and an inferential analysis to know the coaching differences between the two seasons were carried out. Results show a change in the choice of coaching methods employed during the two seasons, and the increasing use of play as a main coaching method. There is a progressively increase the complexity of the proposals in order to promote learning. Evidence show an evolution towards a learning for understanding model based on a constructivist methodology for basketball teaching according to the characteristics of the players of these stages.