04/02/2023
How are coaching techniques and cues killing an athletes ability to solve movement problems themselves? Let’s consider teaching a volleyball player a “proper” arm swing. Across the board, the ultimate delivery of a hand into the ball is like a fingerprint. No one is the same but arrive at a advantageous position of velocity and downward trajectory of the ball into the court. Why do we teach robotic systems for arm training? Such an awesome, confounding and complex movement problem to solve. How are you teaching an arm swing? How could your approach to teaching this skill improve?