AgnesNitt
08-07-2010, 06:22 PM
I have a new coach. We're on our second lesson. So he's using a different technique than my other coaches and I thought it would be interesting to describe.
First, my other coaches have focused on individual basic skills and gradually putting them together in something like a waltz 8, or some other form. This coach goes right into simple footwork.
For example. last week he had me do chassee's (which I did a couple of years ago before the broken ankle). And he had me do forward crossovers to see where I was skill wise. This week he put them together in a simple alternating crossover chassee. It's not hard, put it requires me to concentrate 1 (push),2 cross, 3push again, 4 chassee 1 push.....
I eventually lose track and chasse when I should be crossing, but I can do it.
Last week he had me do alternating crossovers on a serpentine. This week it was alternating crossovers on the straight forward and backward--with assistance, it's be a looooong time since I've done these forward, so I consider it a demonstration. But I see he's building skills in a sequence and expect next week to be doing it on my own forward-backward seems really hard (although he told me I went straight to the correct edges--whew!). Don't these have a name? is it crosscuts? or crossrolls?
So, week 1, he does simple step--week 2 he puts things together or ups the ante.
But now he does something else. He uses behavior modification. (I've trained people, dogs and horses, I recognize the techniques.)
I have unconsciously developed a semi-phobia about the hockey circle. Bad things happen on the hockey circle. So what does he do. He gets me off the circle has me do an outside 3 into a lunge to the right, with a lunge to the left, into a back cross, turn and step forward repeat. I've used this technique on dogs and horses. Some bad training event happens someplace, you change the location and modify the training. So he's now got me off the hockey circle (the zone of terror), with a modified drop 3 into skating backwards (my fear level) but eventually into a forward where I feel comfortable. So much is going on I don't have time to panic over the back cross. Nice job.
And he pointed out something in my mohawks (which due to the broken ankle and an old hip injury has gone missing in action). He told me to glide on the skating foot and take as long as I need to get my other foot in position. This has gone a long way to getting me closer to doing mohawks again, as up to now I just stuck my foot down to get it over with.
It's only in the last two weeks that the ankle formerly known as broken, has stopped hurting and my leg strength has returned after months of training. How I would adapt to this type of training if I was still in hurting condition, I don't know.
So what kind of techniques do your coaches use? Or if you are a coach what do you do?
First, my other coaches have focused on individual basic skills and gradually putting them together in something like a waltz 8, or some other form. This coach goes right into simple footwork.
For example. last week he had me do chassee's (which I did a couple of years ago before the broken ankle). And he had me do forward crossovers to see where I was skill wise. This week he put them together in a simple alternating crossover chassee. It's not hard, put it requires me to concentrate 1 (push),2 cross, 3push again, 4 chassee 1 push.....
I eventually lose track and chasse when I should be crossing, but I can do it.
Last week he had me do alternating crossovers on a serpentine. This week it was alternating crossovers on the straight forward and backward--with assistance, it's be a looooong time since I've done these forward, so I consider it a demonstration. But I see he's building skills in a sequence and expect next week to be doing it on my own forward-backward seems really hard (although he told me I went straight to the correct edges--whew!). Don't these have a name? is it crosscuts? or crossrolls?
So, week 1, he does simple step--week 2 he puts things together or ups the ante.
But now he does something else. He uses behavior modification. (I've trained people, dogs and horses, I recognize the techniques.)
I have unconsciously developed a semi-phobia about the hockey circle. Bad things happen on the hockey circle. So what does he do. He gets me off the circle has me do an outside 3 into a lunge to the right, with a lunge to the left, into a back cross, turn and step forward repeat. I've used this technique on dogs and horses. Some bad training event happens someplace, you change the location and modify the training. So he's now got me off the hockey circle (the zone of terror), with a modified drop 3 into skating backwards (my fear level) but eventually into a forward where I feel comfortable. So much is going on I don't have time to panic over the back cross. Nice job.
And he pointed out something in my mohawks (which due to the broken ankle and an old hip injury has gone missing in action). He told me to glide on the skating foot and take as long as I need to get my other foot in position. This has gone a long way to getting me closer to doing mohawks again, as up to now I just stuck my foot down to get it over with.
It's only in the last two weeks that the ankle formerly known as broken, has stopped hurting and my leg strength has returned after months of training. How I would adapt to this type of training if I was still in hurting condition, I don't know.
So what kind of techniques do your coaches use? Or if you are a coach what do you do?