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Author: Jamie Birch🔥 Date: Category: Likes: 0 URL: https://www.skool.com/coachingacademy/what-is-your-coaching-intervention-style
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Brian Willis
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Brian Willis • Oct 29No “all of the above option”? 😆 I mostly use full group interventions, but do also pull players aside.3Reply
Brian Willis
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Brian Willis • Oct 29No “all of the above option”? 😆 I mostly use full group interventions, but do also pull players aside.3Reply
Brian Willis
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Brian Willis • Oct 29No “all of the above option”? 😆 I mostly use full group interventions, but do also pull players aside.3Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Oct 29@Brian Willis agree we’re probably all a hybrid of all 3. How often do you do the full group interventions Brian? Say you were running a SSG, how often would you feel comfortable stepping in and stopping play?0Reply
Brian Willis
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Brian Willis • Oct 29@Jamie Birch Too often is the honest answer, but I do try to limit it to address something that keeps happening multiple times. I did use it last night to praise something I saw and have the player show the whole team what he did. Praise is usually drive by and pauses are to correct or guide play, but I’m trying to emphasize good things too during pauses lately.1Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Oct 29 (edited)I’ve voted 1-2-1 but I would probably only do that during breaks in play1Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Oct 29@Kevin Middleton water breaks for the win1Reply
Ross Whitehead🔥
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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Oct 29Most impact is probably 1-2-13Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Oct 29@Ross Whitehead agree, i quite like that it creates a short term overload if in a SSG as well as it’s a new problem for the teams to think about3Reply
Ross Whitehead🔥
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Ross Whitehead🔥 • Oct 29@Jamie Birch That’s an added learning bonus for the other kids too. Wins all round 👍3Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Oct 29My thoughts:Whole Group Interventions. This is when you stop the game or exercise and bring everyone in to make a key coaching point.✅ Pros:
- Ensures everyone gets the same message.
- Perfect for team-wide themes (pressing shape, compactness, transitions).
- Lets you reset structure and intensity.
❌ Cons:
- Disrupts rhythm and realism.
- Can lead to “lecture mode” if not concise.
- Risk of players switching off if overused.
Best used when: A collective tactical issue needs addressing e.g. your back four aren’t hol… See more5Reply
Brian Willis
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Brian Willis • Oct 29@Jamie Birch Consise is the part I need to work on.3Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Oct 29@Brian Willis especially now it’s getting colder! Don’t want them stood around for too long. Get in and get out.1Reply
Trevor Charlie
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Trevor Charlie • Oct 31I’m always reflecting on how I get my coaching points in. Group is my preferred. I usually do a quick brief at the start of the session on theme and what we’re looking to try an achieve. Then any intervention is during a break in play or drinks in between each practice. 1-2-1 has the greater impact. I try and drop in 30-60 secs no more and field questions at the end of session. I do think I could be more effective with a better approach. Group can sometimes spiral and slow things down. Conversations can go off at tangents etc3Reply
Stephen Kavanagh
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Stephen Kavanagh • Oct 31@Trevor Charlie I try to use drinks breaks or rests between practices while we swap bibs over or whatever. You hae to go with the mood of the group a bit too - sometimes you can do a bit less depending…2Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Oct 31More great feedback in this thread, that really makes you think. I like Stephens comment about going with the mood1Reply
Sean Ancheta
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Sean Ancheta • Nov 2I do full interventions the most. Mostly because many on the team have a low football IQ. I will try to relate points from other sports because many play 2 or 3 sports throughout the year. I try to keep points to less than 30 seconds per Doug Lemov’s advice.I’ve done the drive by spontaneously but could be more thoughtful about it.1 v 1 I don’t do as much, but I recognize which players respond better to that type of feedback.2Reply
Jamie Birch🔥
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Jamie Birch🔥 • Nov 2@Sean Ancheta great, how often would you say you feel the need to intervene in say a 15 mins small sided game on average?0Reply
Sean Ancheta
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Sean Ancheta • Nov 2@Jamie Birch In a 15 minutes SSG I will try and only intervene once. I will let the players know before the SSG what the focus is for the next 15 minutes. I may intervene around the 7 or 8 minute mark. When I see a player do what the focus is, I positively reinforce it. If players are struggling with the game, I may adjust field parameters or number of players first to see if that helps solve the issue. So can I adjust things without stopping the flow of the game first.I will say how I coach now… See more1Reply
Jess Knox
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Jess Knox • Nov 2This is such a complicated question, I try to chart many of the full group ones out outside of training. I’ve also practiced interventions on my other kids (poor things) but I’m continuing to hone the on the fly interventions techniques. I enjoy Doug Lemov’s research on this in his three books (coaches guide to teach, practice perfect and I think the other is teaching to win?)2Reply
Kevin Middleton⭐🔥
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Kevin Middleton⭐🔥 • Nov 2 (edited)@Jess Knox I’ve only read one, Jess!But I do like a complicated question. Helps us all learn, and realise that no one person knows all the answers{Edited the rest of this comment as I replied to the wrong thread!}1Reply