Last minute session plans - learning styles (kind of a rant)
I wanted to ask how common or uncommon is it, for it to just not be your personal style of receiving information last minute, on the field? I've been coaching for about 3 years now, but I'm not getting used to my academy director giving me a new practice to implement, minutes before the kids engulf me at the academy. I come prepared, with a practice plan on a paper in my pocket. But sometimes I'm just asked to scrap it pretty much, and implement something that he demonstrates (with very ineffective communication and demos), missing bits of information due to an accent/language barrier too. But he expects me to get it. Is it just me or am I right to expect these things should be delivered on pdfs and to be visualized beforehand.
I've been given a leading position for U12s, but then also micromanaged to the point I don't feel the freedom I need to actually guide the kids how I want to. This stuff is giving me anxiety to the point I now have an aversion to even preparing the session properly beforehand. Like I get down to planning it, but I'm intimidated and confused. Where I'm from, sports coaching is terribly underpaid so that doesn't help on the preparation motivation front either.