For our first lesson, most of the time I treat it as somewhat of an assessment.
I teach my warmup routine I do with all of my athletes
I teach my throwing routine I do with all my athletes
I evaluate how the athlete throws, runs, catches/ fields, hits, and pitches.
To not overload the athlete with information, I try and give them one or two things that need to be fixed and we primarily work on those in the first lesson.
At the completion of the lesson, I take them through the cool down and arm care routines I do with all my athletes.
This is where it gets fun. After 10+ sessions with an athlete, they usually come out of their shell a bit.
In most cases, this allows us to connect on a bit more personal level, making learning more fun for both parties.
If the athlete is working hard AND having fun and messing around a bit, they will retain more information and improve quickly.
We will finish with our cooldown and arm care routines.
More of the same from 2-3. If the athlete is progressing well, then we will keep adding layers on, improving their performance very quickly.
If not, then we will try many different ways to try and break through.
Taking a step back and reevaluating what we’re trying to accomplish helps in most cases.
We will finish with our cooldown and arm care routines.
We hit the ground running in the next few lessons.
We do our warmup, throwing routine, much more efficiently this time around, and we get into the work!
The few things we worked on in lesson 1 will be brought up again.
1 of 2 things can happen at this point. If the athlete seems to have fixed/ gotten better at what we worked on previously, we will go into 2-3 more things that need to be fixed.
If there were not strides made, I give the athlete different cues or actions to try and get through to them.
We will finish with our cooldown and arm care routines.
For our first lesson, most of the time I treat it as somewhat of an assessment.
I teach my warmup routine I do with all of my athletes
I teach my throwing routine I do with all my athletes
I evaluate how the athlete throws, runs, catches/ fields, hits, and pitches.
To not overload the athlete with information, I try and give them one or two things that need to be fixed and we primarily work on those in the first lesson.
At the completion of the lesson, I take them through the cool down and arm care routines I do with all my athletes.
This is where it gets fun. After 10+ sessions with an athlete, they usually come out of their shell a bit.
In most cases, this allows us to relate on a bit more personal level, making learning more fun for both parties.
If the athlete is working hard AND having fun and messing around a bit, they will retain more information and improve quickly.
We will finish with our cooldown and arm care routines
More of the same from 2-3. If the athlete is progressing well, then we will keep adding layers on, improving their performance very quickly.
If not, then we will try many different ways to try and break through.
Taking a step back and reevaluating what we’re trying to accomplish helps in most cases.
We will finish with our cooldown and arm care routines.
We hit the ground running in the next few lessons.
We do our warmup, throwing routine, much more efficiently this time around, and we get into the work!
The few things we worked on in lesson 1 will be brought up again.
1 of 2 things can happen at this point. If the athlete seems to have fixed/ gotten better at what we worked on previously, we will go into 2-3 more things that need to be fixed.
If there were not strides made, I give the athlete different cues or actions to try and get through to them.
We will finish with our cooldown and arm care routines.