Practice evaluation package for on-ice coaching in ice hockey

Abstract

The purpose for developing and making this evaluation tool was to give helping tools for head of coaches and coaching instructors for coach evaluation. The main objective was to make a clear and easy to use form that would include all essential evaluation areas. The starting point was to look at what a head of coach or coaching instructor would want to see from the coaches they are evaluating. The evaluation package gives guidelines and a framework which to rely upon when evaluation. It is a tool to help evaluation and make it more effective. The coaching evaluation package consists of two, one-page forms, the practice evalua-tion form & the evaluation feedback form as well as a seven-page user guide. The prac-tice evaluation form is divided into four main evaluation areas, which are teaching techniques, feedback, organization and practice content. The evaluation feedback form consists of the same areas and they are divided into three feedback areas; strengths, weaknesses and recommendations. The user guide defines and explains the content in the two forms. The project was started in November of 2010 and finished in the spring of 2011. The coaching evaluation package is written in English so that it can be used internationally.