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Teaching Tactical Creativity – Dr. Daniel Memmert

This is a link to an interview with Dr. Daniel Memmert, who is a Professor and head of the Institute of Cognitive and Team/Racket Sport Research at the German sport University of Cologne.  Published on footblogball.

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„An isolated technical training only results in the problem that techniques cannot be related to situations and therefore a tactic cannot be trained. We know from studies that technical training is not as effective as combined technical-perception training and cannot be applied as variable. It is important that children Teaching Tactical Creativity – Dr. Daniel Memmert weiterlesen

Quality first

danmarkWe are talking about quality versus quantity in coaching tennis. There seems to be a consense, that the focus should be on quality. But how can we decide, what is „quality“ in tennis training? Who decides how a high quality tennis coaching could look like?

This brings me back to the point, I have already discussed on www.innercoaching-blog.de, that we have to develop an evidence based coaching!

Have you heard about the danish soccer club FC Midtjylland, 2015 champion in Danmark? With the help of computers, science and probability theory!

Part-to-whole-progression

There are a lot of disciplines in science that are evidence based. But not so in coaching motor skills. In the following article Bain and Mc Gown show, that there is still a methodical traditionalism that ignores evidence based research.Carl McGown, AVCA Hall of Famer

Bain/McGown use three questions from an article that recommends the use of part to whole progressions and they show the evidence based error:
1. Is it always better to teach skills to players of all levels strictly by repetition of the whole skill?
2. Is it appropriate for younger players or players that have not yet imprinted proper motor patterns to learn skills by performing only part of the skill?
3. Should a distinction be made for what training methods are appropriate for more advanced players as compared to players in
their early years of training?

Training the Gap Conference

How I would like to be there and listen to all those sportsmen and experts of motor learning. May be another day…

Trevor Ragan gave me the chance to ask some questions, that could be answered at the conference! This are my questions:

  • „Do you think, we need „evidence based“ coaching?“
  • „What could be universal principles in motor learning or should we have a different look to any kind of sport?“
  • „And when, what could be „universal principles in learning tennis?“
  • „In a sport with high demands in coordination, do we have to coach the technique (first) or can we trust in the self-organization abilities of the players? There seems to be an accordance in science for good players, but not for beginners.“

This one goes in the same direction:

  • „Do we need to coach skills explicit or is using implicit learning more evident, like a lot of studies affirm?“

Random learning

John Kessel is Director of Sport Development in US Volleyball. In this interview with Trevor Ragan (TrainUgly), he tells about random motor learning, good and bad mistakes, gamelike training, and about beeing „good in practice vs beeing good in performance“. Should see!

John Kessel ist Direktor im Volleyballverband der USA im Bereich Sport und Entwicklung. In diesem Interview mit Trevor Ragan erzählt er über zufälliges (beiläufiges, inzidentelles) Bewegungslernen, über gute und schlechte Fehler, spielorientiertes Training und über „gut im Training vs gut im Wettkampf“. Super spannend!

„Do what I want…“, or the misunderstanding of teaching

„Now, if you do not swing your racket properly, then you have to run two laps around the court!“

„If you do not hit like I just told you, then you have to do four push-ups!“
These coaches instructions are actual. Could have been yesterday. Either I hear them from colleagues on the neighboring court or children, having changed club or training group, tell me about their experiences.

 Despite „Play and Stay philosophy“ and despite the generally accessible results of educational psychology and brain research again and again such „teaching ideas“ are happening in the training practice. Behind such strange teaching and learning ideas you can find the idea of ​​a textbook stroke technique.

With INNER COACHING (TMS) we try to show another way. The observation of „methodological traditionalism“ in the training practice in our environment makes us not close our eyes, that there are many factors for a successful (motion) learning. It plays an important role, whether the learner likes his coach and if the coach likes his students. His voice, his manner, his expertise, etc play a major role.

INNER COACHING (TMS) is  certainly not the only way to teach and learn tennis. Many roads lead to Rome and to a successful tennis game. But it seems to be a faster and more humane method, and it has simply something to do with our image of mankind and learning.

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The background

INNER COACHING (TMS)
Evidence based coaching

What can you find, when we talk about „INNER COACHING (TMS)“?

Which ideas and theories, which methodological approach makes us believe, that this, in his entirety new way of teaching and learning motor skills is the easier and faster way for coaches and learners? I’ve composed the most important elements. If you want to know more about one of these ideas, research results and concepts, you can enter it into the search bar and get further information there.

What comes first?

My facebook-friend Julio Godreau (PTR-Coach in the USA and PTR Mississippi Member of the Year) started on facebook a discussion about the question, what should be the preference for a coach: tactics or technique.

Here is the summary of my comments: „In a playful, holistic and implicit learning, and following new studies in neurobiology we believe, that we don’t need any instruction of technique. If you want to know more about this approach of teaching and learning motor skills, read more on www.innercoaching-blog.de or send a message to info@tms-tennis.de. Nearly all posts in the blog are written in german and in english.“ „I’m glad to be member of this discussion! Thx to Julio Godreau for starting it! What comes first? weiterlesen