| When setting out to begin your teaching, you must | | | | will help get the mind focused and ready as you start |
| realize the mental stage the child must be in order to | | | | implementing the visual aspects of your practice. |
| learn the sport with success. In the beginning stages of | | | | Having a warmed up body will also help prevent them |
| learning, the young kids mind may tend to wonder a | | | | from injuries during practice. |
| tad. You should realize that their attention span may | | | | As the child gets into these habits, this will free up your |
| not be with you immediately as this is new to them | | | | their mind to learn more advanced techniques, |
| and they can be distracted easily. Taking things slow | | | | because the basics become second nature to them |
| will help bring them around and eventually bring more | | | | and they do not need to try as hard on them. |
| attention to you. | | | | Preparing your child for success in any sport will |
| I would recommend starting out with some lateral | | | | consist of a few key elements. Building them a solid |
| movements, simple fundamentals, and the basic rules | | | | foundation is a great place to start. You can start by |
| of the game. Their mind will examine how this process | | | | identifying their basic skills they have already learned in |
| is done in a correct manner, and then will begin to | | | | life and then lay down those skills as the foundation. |
| implement the process. It can be very easy for a child | | | | As you gradually give them new obstacles to |
| to get frustrated in the beginning process, but you will | | | | overcome, this will start the building block of success. |
| be the key their success. They may have to repeat | | | | Be sure not to let the child become complacent when |
| certain steps you teach them multiple times in order to | | | | learning advanced techniques. This can be easy for |
| feel comfortable. | | | | them to fall into because the mind and body do not |
| You must be calm, patient, and willing to repeat things | | | | have to try so hard on the easier skills they have |
| over and over until the steps become routine. Some | | | | already learned. It is never a bad idea to keep the mind |
| children will learn quicker than others so you must keep | | | | guessing in your teaching. Even for small children, |
| that in the back of your mind when teaching. | | | | mixing things up in your practice, will keep them |
| Repeating steps more than twenty-five times usually | | | | interested and keep their focus sharp. |
| becomes habit. Then a young kids mental state can | | | | Now once your child or the child you are coaching |
| become more relaxed at that point because they | | | | gets to the point were they have mastered both the |
| become more confident in their actions and their | | | | simple and advanced skills you have taught them, you |
| movements become more fluent. | | | | can tweak and refine their skills to truly help them to |
| Warming up and stretching the body before you begin | | | | perform at their highest level. |
| practice will help get the blood flowing in the body. This | | | | |