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Coaching
Guide
Why Coach?
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Coaches help keep it safe. |
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Coaches help keep order. |
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Coaches make an important difference,
now and in our kids' future. |
Who can Coach?
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Maybe you! |
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No Taekwondo knowledge needed (It's just
like helping with kids' soccer or T-ball.) |
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Coaches can work out with the class,
or do no physical activity at all (We need your brains,
not so much your brawn.) |
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Coaches can help on a drop-in, as-available
basis (You don't need a fixed schedule, and can come
late or leave early.) |
What do Coaches
do?
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Help kids get ready before class(uniforms,
belts, etc.) |
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Help kids who arrive late. |
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Help kids get ready to go home after
class. |
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Help with in-class activities. |
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Help kids put on and take off safety
gear during class. |
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Supervise water breaks, etc. |
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Shadow new or difficult kids. |
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Answer the telephone. |
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Help with in-class activities. |
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Greet visitors. |
Coaching Principles & Techniques:
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Put the kids first: Safety & Order. |
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Actively look for kids adrift: Give structure
to individuals and groups. |
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Help kids do things: But don't do things
for them. |
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Be formal: Follow the rules yourself
and be a good role model. |
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Command respect: Kids answer "yes,
sir," "yes ma'am," and call you "Coach" |
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Watch the kids: Kids like your attention;
being close by keeps them working. |
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Be nonverbal: Physical prompts and gesture
rather than voice. |
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Use Positive Teaching: Never raise your
voice or use physical punishment here. |
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Know the risks: Kids bumping heads, Coaches
holding targets or straining. |
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Tell the Teacher: Concerns and suggestions. |
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Positive
Teaching overall:
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Mostly reward-based. |
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Point out & praise kids who are following
rules. |
Consistent
structure:
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Concrete & specific what you do and
do not want. |
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Review rules with individual or whole
class as needed. |
Actions & Consequences:
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External control by Teacher just a tool,
of temporary use. |
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Ultimate goal is student's competent
Self-control. |
Penalties:
Social influence
only:
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Never physical punishment. |
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Be emotionally neutral during penalty,
positive after. |
Technique:
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Use good judgment. |
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Take into account the kid and the situation. |
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Tell kid the rule, etc. |
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or |
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Kyong-go ("warning") |
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Call whole class to attention. |
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say "Kyong-go" firmly to kid
and state the rule. |
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e.g., "Kyong-go, no touching") |
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Have kid sit until Teacher decides to
re-admit. |
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1st Kyong-go, kid sits until Teacher
says. |
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2nd Kyong-go, kid sits through end of
class. |
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or |
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Have kid leave class immediately. |
Significant problems must be discussed immediately with
Misha or Noreen Thackrey and kid's responsible adult. |
