What would the engagement formats look like for net sports, I.e. volleyball? Would you adapt it for 1) open net, 2) vs block, 3) vs defense 4) vs full block and full defense.
Thank you Jordan for the spark to thinking :-) I think about engagement formats in two ways: 1) this is the Heat parameter, it can be felt as a player. Different from sweat, though. 2) this can be judged from a static drill setup diagram, I do not need to have a good understanding of how it plays out in practice.
This leads me to this first attempt on net sports:
E1 - no net (wall or partner)
E2 - over the net (no dedicated roles)
E3 - role-based (attacker, setter, ... and block, defense, ...)
E4 - role-fluid (adaptive, i.e. rally-based)
Please bear with me, I have never played a net sport and just occasionally watch it. But I would be very happy to co-create PATE for net sports. Would you like to collaborate more, Jordan?
I’m very new to the whole EcoD concept, so I’m afraid I may not be much help! I do think your first attempt is a good one though. Most of volleyball is ultimately role based, so a 6 on 6 scenario against a full defense and blockers may be E4, but what E3 would be I’m not sure. There is something to be said about “position less” volleyball, where specialization is taken away and every player assumes everyone depending on what position they have rotated to. So what you have described above may be a great place to start.
My thinking was that during a live rally offense and defense change all the time. That would require one player to switch between at least 2 roles. So role-fluidity is E4 for me. E3 in contrast would be any drill where this role switching does not happen due to the drill design. So for instance, any given player stays on defense for a couple of repetitions.
"Position-less" volleyball sounds fun and would land in the E4 category in my mind.
That totally makes sense! I was thinking of roles as positional roles instead of offense vs defense role switch. Thank you for your time with this. I appreciate your insight.
What would the engagement formats look like for net sports, I.e. volleyball? Would you adapt it for 1) open net, 2) vs block, 3) vs defense 4) vs full block and full defense.
I think everything else applies well!
Thank you Jordan for the spark to thinking :-) I think about engagement formats in two ways: 1) this is the Heat parameter, it can be felt as a player. Different from sweat, though. 2) this can be judged from a static drill setup diagram, I do not need to have a good understanding of how it plays out in practice.
This leads me to this first attempt on net sports:
E1 - no net (wall or partner)
E2 - over the net (no dedicated roles)
E3 - role-based (attacker, setter, ... and block, defense, ...)
E4 - role-fluid (adaptive, i.e. rally-based)
Please bear with me, I have never played a net sport and just occasionally watch it. But I would be very happy to co-create PATE for net sports. Would you like to collaborate more, Jordan?
I’m very new to the whole EcoD concept, so I’m afraid I may not be much help! I do think your first attempt is a good one though. Most of volleyball is ultimately role based, so a 6 on 6 scenario against a full defense and blockers may be E4, but what E3 would be I’m not sure. There is something to be said about “position less” volleyball, where specialization is taken away and every player assumes everyone depending on what position they have rotated to. So what you have described above may be a great place to start.
My thinking was that during a live rally offense and defense change all the time. That would require one player to switch between at least 2 roles. So role-fluidity is E4 for me. E3 in contrast would be any drill where this role switching does not happen due to the drill design. So for instance, any given player stays on defense for a couple of repetitions.
"Position-less" volleyball sounds fun and would land in the E4 category in my mind.
Does that make sense?
That totally makes sense! I was thinking of roles as positional roles instead of offense vs defense role switch. Thank you for your time with this. I appreciate your insight.