I know what you are thinking… Who has time to sit down and
break each skill down into the minimum number of elements? I've got the perfect answer, You do!
You can and should carve out the time for some professional
development, and work on that Natural Process I blogged
about last week. Using Skill Deconstruction is well worth the return on your
initial time investment.
In
my opinion, skill deconstruction should be part of EVERYONE’s lesson planning;
and here’s why…
- It allows
us more effective teaching of the skill.We become more effective teachers
if we have these small progressions broken down. When we teach that one
element, you can identify within that one element what they are doing
wrong. When we correct the problem
at the source, one element at a time, it becomes more efficient teaching.
- It helps
you create drills. It helps you think in terms of one aspect of the skill
at a time and what kind of movement, hold or exercise which is a great tool to
have for lesson planning.
- It helps
you to better evaluate performance. After doing skill deconstruction and
developing the progressions for them, you train your eye to identify incorrect
performance within the progression. You can spot what they are doing in a
complete skill very quickly. Your ability to evaluate performance component by
component becomes refined.
- It gives
your kids success from the very start. Each element is opportunity for
success. So is every progression! This dispensary of success will feed your
gymnast the confidence they need when the time comes to put the whole skill
together.
Keep on the lookout, this
week I will be sharing how to deconstruct a skill. I will make it simple and quick for you to make yourself a
pretty dandy lesson plan.
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