Requirements for a world class system

Jukka Tiikkaja
Head of Campus, Haaga-Helia UAS | Development Manager, FIHA
Personal introduction

Jukka Tiikkaja
Married, three daughters (Elli 13 yrs., Siiri 11 yrs. & Salli 2yrs.)

Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Head of Campus

Finnish Ice Hockey Association, Development Manager

M.Sc. (Exercise phys.) & PhD studies in industrial management

(innovation systems)

Specialized in paradigm change in coaching, education and

leadership. Long experience in sport development including being
responsible for international Bachelors programme and working
as the Head of Coach Education and Development Manager for
FIHA and Asian Development Manager for IIHF. Also, worked in
coaching from junior to elite level.

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Content for the presentation

1. Objectives for the system (performance vs. result)

Individual development What it takes to become your best?
Team development What it takes to become a winning team?
2. Environmental demands in line with the objectives
Past vs. present What should be changed?
Requirements for early years
Requirements for investment years
Requirements for senior years

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What if

players would be actively involved in assessing their

performance and defining the content for training?
the daily program would not automatically come from the
coaching or management staff?
the player would be responsible for his/her own development
plan?
the head coach would not give any pep talks before the
game?
...players cohesion and love for the game would be outlined as
the desired outcomes for the coaching?
one of the aims for the high-performance coaching would be
the development of better people?

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Hodge et. al. 2014. A Case Study of Excellence in Elite Sport:
Motivation Climate in a World Champion Team. The Sport Psychologist
What it takes to become your best?
Developing as a player
- sport performance -

Growing as a human
- pre-requisite for development -

Character
Motivation Values and
attitude

Spirit
The quality of the
coaching system
being assessed
based on the success
Developing as an athlete of helping the
athletes reach their
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full potential.
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To what extend current capacity
predicts future potential?

Junior success is a poor

indicator of long-term
senior success. Their
success at the age of 10
had a zero correlation with
structural fatigue
their success as a senior.
Same was true with their
success at 11-14, 15-18.
We have a zero
correlation. - Professor
Dr. Arne Gllich, 2016
Youth Athlete
Development Conference

15 20 25 30 Age

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What it takes to become a winning team?

Sport performance Team culture

Shared value base
Highly skilled individuals Peer-leadership
Balanced roster Strive for development
Creativity and co-operation Open and honest
in offensive game communication
Commitment and co- Role acceptance
operation in defensive game Performance-orientation
Excellent conditioning and and growth mindset
ability to recover Emotional control for
performance consistency

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Expected outcomes (objectives) for the system

Individual development Team development

Team play identity

Team culture (shared values)

The quality of the coaching system being The quality of the coaching system being
assessed based on the success of helping assessed based on the team
the athletes reach their full potential. performance (vs. success).

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Environmental demands with respect to
development objectives

Participation-orientation
Optimize
O ti i ththe Optimize the
balance between
level of
stress and
competition for
recovery for
continued continued
development development
1824 yrs.
Training Better life-
Coaching culture
environment to
to emphasize management to
optimize sport-
players ownership optimize recovery
specific individual
and engagement and development
and team
in the process development
p effects
1416 yrs.
Inspiring training
Low threshold for Daily dose of
Meaningful content for
participation unstructured free
games as close versatile skills
everyone should play to develop
as possible development -
be able to play physical literacy
deliberate play

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Coaching culture and motivation
(implemented from Richard Ryan 2015)
Conditions that facilitate Condititions that undermine
Autonomy-Relevant Autonomy-Relevant
Absence of pressure Pressure towards outcomes
Goal choice Punishment contingencies
Strategy choise Goal imposition
Task involvement Deadlines
Promotion of task interest Controlling rewards
Competence-Relevant Ego-involvement
Optimal challenge Surveillance
Pos. feedback Competence-Relevant
Non-controlling structure Non-optimal challenges
Informational rewards Negative feedback
Relatedness-Relevant Relatedness-Relevant
Empathy Cold interactions
Warmth Lack of positive involvement
Acknowledge emotions

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Environment
good things from the past
Longer coach- Immediate Family time, the Low cost low
athlete access, less role of the sport in threshold for
relationships
p travel communities p
participation
p
Less time in organized
Open practice activities allows
multiple sport
environment participation

Autonomy-
Unstructured supportive, player-
free play driven environment

Relatedness & Peer-learning A lot of

Heterogeneous
social (learning from more repetitions &
playing groups
interactions skillfull players) p
physical
y activityy

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 Environment present challenges Young
players hamster wheel?!?

Relatively simple, mechanistic tasks

(small emphasis on learning) Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
7:00-8:00 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast
8:00-9:00 Org. morning Org. morning Org. morning Breakfast Breakfast
Time at work = productivity (use of practice practice practice
9:00-10:00
time cards etc.)
10:00-11:00 Away game,
travel time 2
11:00-12:00 School School h/one-way

Job descriptions and working

12:00-13:00 Autonomy vs. control?
School School School
Home game,
meet 2 h
13:00-14:00
manuals essential in process
control 14:00-15:00 Sense of responsibility vs. obligation? before the
game

15:00-16:00
16:00-17:00
Engagement vs. spinning the wheel?
17:00-18:00
Organized Organized
18:00-19:00 team team
practice practice Organized Organized
19:00-20:00 team team
practice practice
20:00-21:00
21:00-22:00

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Requirements for early years

Club operations and Coaching behaviour and Training content and

competitions support operational principles

Low participation Positive interaction Safety

threshold; easy access, with the players Freedom of choice
Individual and team developemt

reasonable costs Encouragement/growt Optimal challenge

Balance between h mindset level > Inspiring
organized and Support for learning challenges
unorganized activities > Fairness Emphasis on open vs.
possibilities for Setting the example > closed drills (e.g. small
unstructured free play Walking the talk area games)
Support for multisport Optimal activity level
participation Versatility
Availability of idols and
peer-learning
Meaningful games as
close as possible

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Requirements for investment years
Club operations and
competitions
Competition system to
challenge the
Individual and team developemt
development
Groups to emphasize
peer-learning
Solutions to succesfully
combine education with
the increase in training
(academies etc.)
Facilities to support the
increased demands in
training
Talent screening and
selection
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Coaching behaviour and Training content and
support operational principles
Support for life skills More emphasis on
development sport-spesific
Access to recovery development
enhancement Systematic approach
(masseuse etc.) for to control training
optimal recovery process effectiveness
Access to specialist Individualized content
knowledge for optimal for optimal
individual and team development results
development Development of
Athlete engagement to working
build self-awareness habits/routines
and self-development
skills
Requirements for investment years
an example of weekly schedule (Basketball Academy)

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

8-9 School 8:30-9:30 Coaching culture

Game prep. to emphasize
9-10 9:00-11:30 9:00-11:30 9:00-12:00
Team Team Individual players ownership
10-11 School and engagement
11-12 in the process
LUNCH
Training
12-13 School
environment to
13-14 optimize sport-
14-15 specific individual
and team
15-16 15:15-18:00 15:15-17:30 15:15-17:30 15:15-18:00 development
p
Individual Individual Individual Individual
16-17

17-18 Better life-

18-19 Game management to
optimize recovery
19-20 and development
20- effects

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Requirements for senior years

Club operations and Coaching behaviour and Training content and

competitions support operational principles

Competition system to Optimal use of Optimization of

support the coaching resources individualized training
Individual and team developemt

development for individual and team content for

(national, development development results
international) Athlete engagement Optimal use of off-
Solutions to minize the for optimal individual season and other
effects of excess and team transition periods for
travel development individual
Facilities to support Optimal use of development
the optimization of technological aids in Recovery monitoring
training coaching and enhancement

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Thank you!
For more information, please contact:
jukka.tiikkaja@finhockey.fi
or jukka.tiikkaja@haaga-helia.fi

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Background information

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consensus statement on youth athletic development. British Journal
of Sports Medicine, 49.
Gllich, A. 2016. The efficacy of early TID programs in sport. 2016
Youth Athlete Development Conference.
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Lloyd R. S. et. al. 2015. Long-term athletic development, part 1: a
pathway for all youth. Journal of Strength and Conditioning
Research, 29 (5).
Lloyd R. S. et. al. 2015. Long-term athletic development, part 2:
barriers to success and potential solutions. Journal of Strength and
Conditioning Research, 29 (5).
Pyrdol, N. 2017. The Danish way of creating champions.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/danish-way-creating-champions-
nicklas-pyrdol

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