COACHING CLINIC Event Pada 7 – 8 Januari 2023

COACHING CLINIC

Event Report by Catherine Goutama

As the game of hockey is back following the pandemic break, the first ice hockey coaching clinic in Indonesia has been held in Tangerang. The event was led by Ronald Wijaya and Andianto Hie, both currently the senior coaches of Badax Indonesia Ice Hockey Club and training under the Indonesia National Team Development Program. Andi and Ronald compete in the country’s national league, championing of the last season which ended in October 2022. They have previously participated in various IIHF Trainings as coaches, Ronald’s being in Finland in 2017 and Korea in 2022 while Andi’s took place in Finland in 2019.

The coaching clinic aimed to equip new ice hockey coaches with knowledge that they need for their coaching career, as well as recruiting new candidates. It was attended by participants from various backgrounds, including:

The event contained both classroom and on-ice sessions, covering both psychological and technical aspects of coaching ice hockey. There are 10 parts in total:

1. Opening and introduction by Ronald Wijaya & Andianto Hie

Introduction of the trainers and the purpose of the event.

Ronald Wijaya welcoming the participants

2. “Plan of Action & Commitment” class by Indah Sulistyowati

Class session talking about the psychological aspect of coaching. The participants also discussed their vision, mission, goal, values, and priority for their future coaching career.

Participants listing down commitments
as an ice-hockey coach

3. “Setting Up Your Mind” class by Ronald Wijaya
4. “Skill and Players Development” class by Ronald Wijaya
5. “Development Program” class by Ronald Wijaya
6. On-ice session by Ronald Wijaya & Andianto Hie

The participants learned about the key-points to train and look for when coaching the players about a certain skill.

Ronald Wijaya giving an example of the correct weight shift

7. Leading on- ice practice session

Participants are assigned to conduct a 105-minute practice for players. It started with  announcement of the session to the participants on the end of the first day, allowing them time to prepare individually then later as a group. In the morning of the following day, the participants gathered back together to finalize the plan, then went to the ice to conduct the practice for the total 39 players. The trainers watched how the participants perform, measures their effectivity and efficiency.

Abraham Novendra explaining the drills

Closing on-ice session for the players

8. “Personality & Communication” class by Mada Shinta Dewi

Class session where the participants were taught about different personalities between individuals. They were encouraged to understand and identify their own personality according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, then how to communicate with others with different personalities to create an effective communication.

9. Evaluation of the on-ice practice by Ronald Wijaya & Andianto Hie

Participants were given feedback on their performance from the morning ice-time where they conducted a practice session.

10. Closing

Back-and-forth feedback both from the trainers’ side and the participants’ side.

Trainers and participants of coaching clinic

The clinic ended at 15:00 on the second day. A plan was brought up about another ice-time to be scheduled in the nearest future. The ice-time will allow the participants another chance to lead the players’ on-ice practice session, so they can improve after gaining the post-practice feedback from the instructor. (Catherine)

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