Showing posts with label fencer-driven. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fencer-driven. Show all posts
Fencer-Driven vs. Coach-Driven
cherry-picked,
coach-driven,
fencer-driven,
frascati scherma,
on-demand,
regular lessons,
too-good-to-be-true,
watch movie
Fencer-Driven vs. Coach-Driven
For clubs we encountered in most of the locations, lesson scheduling is usually determined by coaches’ availabilities. As far as the scheduling is arranged by the coaches, it is about maximizing the club’s profits, instead of the fencers’ needs.
In Frascati Scherma in Frascati, Italy, fencers pay a fixed, reasonable fee and come anytime they see fit. When the club can cater such demand, it is available anytime within the operation hours, coaches are also available at that period of time every weekday.
This supposes to be the perfect approach.
Coach-driven approach is no longer fitting into the busy schedule for this modern world nowadays. Fencing training should be on-demand, similar to the movies on your cable TV — when you have time to watch, you tune to the appropriate channel.
It sounds too-good-to-be-true, yet it should be the way it should be.
30 years ago you might watch movies at the theaters, how about now? Watching movies at the theaters become a luxury and only cherry-picked movies are worthwhile to take this approach, i.e. sending whole afternoon to watch a movie, and a meal before or after movie and soda and popcorns during the movie.
Same to Fencing training. For regular lessons, you might not need to schedule a session — fencers just require to practice what they learnt and apply during drills and games, remind the muscles by repeatedly drilling with partners, and get the proper combat experience with fencers from different age groups, levels and even from other clubs.
For ‘watching movie at theater’, i.e. scheduled lesson, it will also be a ‘cherry-picked’ process by selecting the best coach for private lesson or individual clinic, or training camps.
The world is evolving and it is the time to change. The market will eliminate someone who does not change.
Warm-Up is another important element in fencing training. How Scherma Italiana views on this? Please read here.
Warm-Up is another important element in fencing training. How Scherma Italiana views on this? Please read here.
Perfect for Fencers with Busy Schedules
Scheduling for our Busy Fencers
With our 5-day camp in August, Coach Aspromonte has experienced fencers who came in late or left early, due to their busy schedule on schooling and other academic activities e.g. tutoring, extra-curricular, commuting from and to the venue.
He was also very surprises on how busy our fencers are and still keep their passion on fencing, even they are just 6-7 years old. He really appreciated their enthusiastic on this sport and that is one of the reasons why he would try his best to find the best solution for them on training.
The sessions in Scherma Italiana are designed for our fencers, not our coach.
We do not fit our fencers’ time slots into our coaches’ slots, we do it otherwise.
Every weekday we open from 4pm to 10pm. Our fencers can choose when they like to get trained and come freely. Of course they should schedule their own time slots and, as previously mentioned, come at least 30 minutes earlier to get themselves warmed up.
We have the coach ready for them. And follow their strengths and weaknesses every time they come to practice. The number of fencers is small enough to ensure the coach knows them well. And we have the progress report to share among coaches to keep track on their progresses and the improvements required.
Other than the above, as far as the session is not yet full, fencers can always get into the session anytime they see fit. Just get on the webpage and pre-register the session and the space is reserved. Even you are just realize that you have time to fence and you bring no equipment, you can always come to the club and join the training.
Again, it is for fencers to get training anytime they see fit and time permits.
So as for now, you see it is more-or-less fencer-driven not coach driven approach, let's elaborate further here.
