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- Dec 13, 2019
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Pardon long read, but important!
It is an interesting thing that happens to be contacted by a family who has a daughter already goes to another instructor's catching workout/ lessons.
( they are NOT looking for new instructor, just assessment)
I ask
Would you like an assessment of what your daughter is being taught and how well she is applying it? aka: Is she doing what she's being taught correctly?
Or
Would you like an assessment of your daughter's performance as a catcher to include feedback of what I think she needs to work on to improve?
aka: things that may need to be changed to grow.
Parent replied,
We already have an instructor we just want to know how well she is doing.
Which brings a very important point I would like to make.
*** When you select a set of mechanics that you are going to work on. Whether that is catching hitting pitching fielding throwing
Those are the tools and the philosophy that goes with those mechanics that a player is trying to reproduce effectively and efficiently.
As far as productivity on the field~
You can either
1. Stay with that set of mechanics and philosophy that goes with it. Try and get better with it.
Or
2. Recognize that if the player overall performance is not getting better
(after say, *3 months of dedicated weekly application) that there may be something they are doing that needs to be changed.
Important to consider ~
* if you go from one instructor to another instructor or one coach to another coach and these separate people have different ideals of what they think is the right thing to do, they may inadvertently cause you the family player confusion because there are different sets of mechanics/ philosophies that people prefer.
*Feedback you received during the assessments can be confusing.
(Thankfully I recognize this scenario happens. Recognize to ask questions before just doing an assessment. Because I'm very familiar with certain other instructors and what they teach at their workouts. What I teach is different than what they are being taught.
and I would not want to inadvertently cause a player confusion. Makes goal of assessment important.)
***Bring this topic to dfp to point out this is a conundrum that can cause revolving door confusion for young players.
***For people to recognize that sometimes the more people coaches instructors people listen to can really open a can of worms.
I suggested weekly dedicated application of at least *3 months on mechanics that people are working on.
*That time May be different for different players.
Now to ask DFP for your wonderful responses...
Have you encountered the confusion of being told different things by different instructors/coaches?
How long do you think players should be working on a set of mechanics before they decide they may need to change the mechanics they've been trying to work on?
How and when to utilize new resources.
Your feedback can help others stay out of the revolving door of confusion!!!
GO DFP
It is an interesting thing that happens to be contacted by a family who has a daughter already goes to another instructor's catching workout/ lessons.
( they are NOT looking for new instructor, just assessment)
I ask
Would you like an assessment of what your daughter is being taught and how well she is applying it? aka: Is she doing what she's being taught correctly?
Or
Would you like an assessment of your daughter's performance as a catcher to include feedback of what I think she needs to work on to improve?
aka: things that may need to be changed to grow.
Parent replied,
We already have an instructor we just want to know how well she is doing.
Which brings a very important point I would like to make.
*** When you select a set of mechanics that you are going to work on. Whether that is catching hitting pitching fielding throwing
Those are the tools and the philosophy that goes with those mechanics that a player is trying to reproduce effectively and efficiently.
As far as productivity on the field~
You can either
1. Stay with that set of mechanics and philosophy that goes with it. Try and get better with it.
Or
2. Recognize that if the player overall performance is not getting better
(after say, *3 months of dedicated weekly application) that there may be something they are doing that needs to be changed.
Important to consider ~
* if you go from one instructor to another instructor or one coach to another coach and these separate people have different ideals of what they think is the right thing to do, they may inadvertently cause you the family player confusion because there are different sets of mechanics/ philosophies that people prefer.
*Feedback you received during the assessments can be confusing.
(Thankfully I recognize this scenario happens. Recognize to ask questions before just doing an assessment. Because I'm very familiar with certain other instructors and what they teach at their workouts. What I teach is different than what they are being taught.
and I would not want to inadvertently cause a player confusion. Makes goal of assessment important.)
***Bring this topic to dfp to point out this is a conundrum that can cause revolving door confusion for young players.
***For people to recognize that sometimes the more people coaches instructors people listen to can really open a can of worms.
I suggested weekly dedicated application of at least *3 months on mechanics that people are working on.
*That time May be different for different players.
Now to ask DFP for your wonderful responses...
Have you encountered the confusion of being told different things by different instructors/coaches?
How long do you think players should be working on a set of mechanics before they decide they may need to change the mechanics they've been trying to work on?
How and when to utilize new resources.
Your feedback can help others stay out of the revolving door of confusion!!!
GO DFP
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