Preparing to Play

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  1. Opening remarks.
  2. Problems of the presentation
    1. Instructor
    2. Preoccupied thoughts
    3. College students 18 min.
    4. Your role as an impact person
  3. Movement, Single most overlooked essential in play (activity or sport)
    1. Taken for granted
    2. Someone will not do it for you
    3. Cannot begin proper instruction soon enough
    4. Cannot get enough continuous proper instruction
    5. Too much is left on "automatic pilot"
  4. Questions relevant to this presentation
    1. Who taught you to basically; run, jump, land, throw, catch, kick? When?
    2. Who taught you to stretch? How much do you stretch?
    3. What do you want out of your instruction/coaching?
    4. Mike Singletary
  5. Goals of the presentation
    1. Illustrate the importance of preparing to play
    2. Stress that time, teaching, patience, and repetitions, get positive results
    3. Offer progressive methods of properly preparing to play
    4. Offer sound concepts that can be employed with the growth and development of the child and used for a lifetime
  6. Teaching activities or athletics should include
    1. Flexibility exercises
    2. Coordination development activities
    3. Activities specific to the lesson or sport being taught, and should include lead up through advanced movements
  7. Overview of ProTalk movement presentation includes
    1. Teaching comments
    2. Teaching concepts
    3. Teaching format
    4. Teaching program
  8. ProTalk movement presentation
    1. Teaching comments. Teaching a concept is like taking a bath, one won't last a lifetime
      1. Not taught, often learned elsewhere
      2. Taught-forgot
      3. Set goals in checklist form
      4. Employ and construct methods that will permit you to teach according to your goals
      5. Re teach
    2. Teaching Concepts. It's not what you do but how you do it
      1. 2-A instruction. Z, Y, X, W, V, U, etc. "Rewind"
      2. Plan A Plan B
      3. Persistence in instruction. (If it don't work, don't work harder, work it better)
      4. Kid talk
      5. Kid teach
      6. Structure of teaching area (gym, room, field, etc.)
      7. Explained atmosphere
      8. Theory of "21"
      9. Design repetition in instructional procedures (Redundancy teaches and maintains)
      10. Steeler principle 6-3
      11. Lateral movement/skipping and reading enhancement
      12. Set a continuum. maintain the foundation. Example: Math, add, subtract, multiply, divide. English, sentence structure. Physical education, flexibility (daily because classes do not meet daily)
    3. Teaching format "M" theory. If it's organized it will work
      1. Alignment
      2. Attendance
      3. Pre class
      4. Lesson presentation
      5. Activity
    4. Teaching Program. It's not what you have, but what you do with what you have
      1. Essentials part 1
      2. System circulation. Jump/rope (tool) (tootsie roll)
      3. Flexibility
        1. Prevention
        2. Rehabilitation
        3. Relaxation
        4. Prep for play
        5. Prep for work (Japan)
        6. Enhances learning in all areas
      4. Strength optional
      5. Essentials part 2
      6. Quicks: Movements for all activity. Video
        1. Ready (athletic) position-relevant to all activity/sport
        2. Instructional format and procedures
        3. Review of ready position and lead up movements
        4. Running
        5. Specialty running
        6. Leg/hip. Steps and thrusts
        7. Bounding
        8. Eye/hand/feet
        9. Lateral movement-angles
        10. Footwork
      7. Fast Feet
      8. Quicks applied to:
        1. Football
        2. Baseball/softball
        3. Basketball
  9. Aquatics
  10. Comment