Coordination Training

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You wrote:

" coaches and teachers do not teach skills to the point where they are truly

learned, i. e., when the athlete can successfully repeat the same skill

90-100% of the time. Also skills are not reinforced as physical qualities

are improved. This leads to poorer coordination. "

This is a significant problem in many sports and one with which rugby

players in South Africa struggle. How do propose that fundamental skills are

reinforced as strength is developed, in general how much time in a

professional or semi professional athletes training should be given to basic

skills and how would you incorporate these into the overall conditioning

programme. Ball handling skills are the issue, accurate passing and

catching under pressure often let even top players down. In rugby all

players get to handle, carry and lateral the ball. So with this in mind do

you have any suggestions? A colleague and I have developed a system of

improving contact biomechanics of the collisions in rugby and teach these

with high repetitive drills to improve this type of co-ordination and skill.

This seems to be in line with what you are saying but I would appreciate

some of your thoughts.

Regards

Nick Tatalias

Johannesburg

South Africa