RE: [Paddlewise] teaching styles and gender

John

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From: owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net]On Behalf Of John Fereira
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 1:49 PM
To: SNStone; timbre_at_spiger.com; PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net
Cc: timbre_at_spiger.com; meG A ELDRIDGE
Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] teaching styles and gender


At 07:12 AM 3/10/01 -0800, SNStone wrote:
>People learn differently. Some people can watch someone else do a stroke or
>manever one or two times and emulate it immediately. Some people need a
>detailed step-by-step instruction. Others need to understand the theory
>behind the stroke.  A good instructor must be able to adapt themselves to
>these varying styles.
>
>A good instructor must also be able to take into account an individual's
>capabilities and help that individual adjust/modify techniques to fit there
>ability.  One size does not fit all! John pointed out a good example of
>Nigel Dennis teaching varying rescue techniques. Nigel's approach was to
>provide people a variety of techniques to accomplish the ultimate goal of
>getting a capsized paddler back into their boat. One I found interesting
was
>a scoop rescue oriented to people with limited upper body strenth.

I found that interesting as well.  I believe that he also mentioned that it
would be a good rescue for someone that has dislocated a shoulder.

>Here's an interesting example of a coach needed to adjust to a student.
When
>I took my BCU Coach 2 assessement we invite people to come as students.
They
>are promised they will learn sometime and have a good time (FUN). Three
  John Wrote: "The lesson was that the instructor does not get to
choose
their students and one must learn how to teach easy students as well as
difficult students".

This is very true. Another challenge the coach/instructor has is to ensure a
"difficult" student does not monopolize the lesson and impact the FUN for
the other students. This can be very tricky. I have personally experienced
this in some training I have taken. I needed some help but the instructor
would focus on someone else for so long I could not get any help.

An instructor needs to be aware of time management with respect to how much
time is being spent with a particular student. Of course this can also be
impacted by the student/coach ratio. One thing to look for is a smile on the
student's face (particularly when they are  under water).

sid


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