Assessment practical

A few weeks ago we ran a session for some of our fellow class mates , the session was in order for us to analyse ourselves on our coaching approach and methods.
Our session was a looking at some of the basic fundamental skills of sport , we used throwing and catching activities without definite guidelines which would allow participants to create their own styles of throwing and catching. Of course the participants we were working with already have the skills , but this session was designed for a younger group who were beginning to learn basic motion skills. Learning skills such as catching are something we take for granted at an older age , but they have been developed through a constant process of learning , using skills such a hand eye co-ordination skills and with some of the games we all so introduced all so developing spacial awareness aspects of peoples game , which again is something that cant really be taught directly but instead is something that when given the opportunity people will begin to develop on their own.
Our session went well , we used eight participants for a twenty minute session , in which we gave them the freedom to express their own passing skills at many opportunities with out giving them a set way in which we expected them to perform. We started with a basic warm up exercise , with them in pairs , using a bit of a directive approach to organizing the participants so that they were attentive and could be informed of the session ahead. We supported the participants during the warm up if they had any problems or questions as well as reminding them to try and vary their passing. Then we progressed on to our activity which was a game situation using numerous types of ball again to encourage variety in the throwing motion. It was a invasion based game where participants had to pass the ball to a partner player within a certain boundary. At many times during the session we stooped the game and did a lot of question and answers as to why the certain things happened during the game , giving advice and suggesting solutions to the players game , before letting them continue with play. Overall the session went well and by giving them a few pointers we could soon see them consciously looking for space and attempting more advanced passes rather than the basic under / over arm. The session was run with older participants but the whole group agreed it would work well with a much younger age group as the progression was down to the participants rather than the coach.