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Re:Problems in Coaching - 2006/08/23 03:09
they are probably still teaching the pivot and drop step on defense.
Bingo!
In addition, because most pro players are usually quite athletic they often are able to execute a movement or skill quite easily without really knowing how to break it down into elementary steps. They are just able to do it, but not necessarily able to instruct someone else how to do it.
This was part of my argument. If you watch what the players teach and what they do in a game, they are two different things. When I watched them when they were moving at game speed, they moved much like I was suggesting. However, it is different than the way they were teaching because it isn't what they were taught.
The body has a remarkable ability to move in the most efficient and/or quickest manner. However, we often attempt to teach a way we think is better.
I, like the players, was taught the way they were teaching. However, I have looked critically at the instruction and discovered a way that 1) makes a lot more sense and 2) is proven to be more effective.
And, again, this is my entire point. Sure, you can do things the way they have always been done because they have worked for some very successful players. However, isn't that also a very lazy way to coach? If you want to be a great coach, shouldn't you seek out the best methods and use your own mind to decipher the different methods of instructions?
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