Post by andrewyao on Sept 22, 2005 22:23:02 GMT -5
Teaching:
I think it's important to be effusive with positive feedback. I always try and give praise if I think someone is doing something well. It doesn't cost me anything and it makes them feel like they're making progress, which is critical for retention. Of course, it has to be sincere, you can't fake it.
If you are more advanced than someone, after you get them in a sub, teach them the escape or defense. For the rest of the match, continually go for the same move over and over. This will really help them learn the escape. It sticks in his memory much more if he is getting tapped with it over and over in live rolling, compared to if he learns the escape at the beginning of class and never thinks of it again. We all know that practicing technique and rolling are totally different, and you usually forget the moves you just learned when it comes time to roll.
This also helps you by forcing you to work on this one move and being able to get it, even when the other person knows you're going for it. So it helps both people.
Bonus points if the move is one you just showed in the same class, or the last class.
Class structure:
I like to always do some warmup at the beginning. A warmup doesn't mean stretching, it means doing some kind of light exercise, enough to break a sweat. The purpose is to lubricate your joints and prevent injuries. I like to do some kind of skill based warmup rather than pushups or something like that.
The techniques shown in the class should have some structure. There should be some kind of theme.
Some themes:
I DON'T like to just show some random assortment of moves from different positions. Moves you show must be linked in some way.
I think it's important to be effusive with positive feedback. I always try and give praise if I think someone is doing something well. It doesn't cost me anything and it makes them feel like they're making progress, which is critical for retention. Of course, it has to be sincere, you can't fake it.
If you are more advanced than someone, after you get them in a sub, teach them the escape or defense. For the rest of the match, continually go for the same move over and over. This will really help them learn the escape. It sticks in his memory much more if he is getting tapped with it over and over in live rolling, compared to if he learns the escape at the beginning of class and never thinks of it again. We all know that practicing technique and rolling are totally different, and you usually forget the moves you just learned when it comes time to roll.
This also helps you by forcing you to work on this one move and being able to get it, even when the other person knows you're going for it. So it helps both people.
Bonus points if the move is one you just showed in the same class, or the last class.
Class structure:
I like to always do some warmup at the beginning. A warmup doesn't mean stretching, it means doing some kind of light exercise, enough to break a sweat. The purpose is to lubricate your joints and prevent injuries. I like to do some kind of skill based warmup rather than pushups or something like that.
The techniques shown in the class should have some structure. There should be some kind of theme.
Some themes:
- some attack, the counter to the attack, and the counter to the counter.
- All about some position such as knee on stomach.
- All about some submission such as the kimura, or some sweep, or some escape.
- All about some fundamental movement, like shrimping.
I DON'T like to just show some random assortment of moves from different positions. Moves you show must be linked in some way.