Now you can see the value of setting up games to practice a skill like fielding ground balls. How do you go about providing clear instruction when you need to stop a game and help a player improve her fielding skills? In chapter 5 you learned about the IDEA method. Click here if you need a quick review.
Answer the following questions to see how well you know the IDEA method of teaching.
1. What's the most important reason to explain the importance of the skill you're teaching?
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Your explanation will make you sound knowledgeable.
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Your explanation will help kids understand why they should learn the skill.
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Your explanation will gives kids a breather.
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Your explanation will help them perform the skill better.
2. What's the best thing to do if you can't adequately demonstrate a skill?
Thoroughly explain the skill and skip the demonstration.
Thoroughly explain the skill and ask the kids to watch players from other teams perform the skill on television.
Have an assistant coach or one of your more skilled players demonstrate the skill.
Skip the skill.
3. When explaining a more complex skill, you should first break the skill down into its smaller parts, teaching only those parts. Then, when players have mastered the parts of the skill, explain the entire skill and have them practice it.
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