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Problems in Coaching - 2006/08/21 14:49
I'm working at a couple clinics this week and I see a problem:
Today, there was some discussion about the way to teach individual defense. I was using some of Lee Taft's stuff and principles and some pro players working the clinic said it was wrong.
There rationale was that it ws not the way they were taught and they had never seen it taught that way before.
And, I hear this a lot. Why are coaches scared to try something new? How will coaching, playing and basketball improve if nothing ever changes from generation to generation and coaches simply teach everything exactly like their coach did, without any thought as to why they teach something or what the best method is?
Is, "that's what I was taught" really a good answer for teaching a skill in a particular manner?
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