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Old February 9th, 2017, 12:19 PM   #1
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Old February 9th, 2017, 03:02 PM   #2
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If you had only left out "good" & "qualified"!

To answer the question though; I think there are 3 characteristics of a great coach:

1: A superior ability to observe & analyze.

2: An exeptional ability to communicate.

3: A genuine ability to listen.

Note one does not have to have exraordinary ability to personally succeed at the subject to be a great teacher. There are many great coaches with limited playing skills as there are many great players that cannot teach.
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I don't think I qualify yet, I need to improve my own riding as well as my ability to analyze the riding of those around me before I would be ready.

I also need to figure out how to ride a bike that has a motor larger than 298CC

but rest assured I'll be trying out for a future year
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Old February 9th, 2017, 03:55 PM   #4
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3: A genuine ability to listen.
Hardest part of the job...
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Hardest part of the job...
Idk, listening is the easy part for me
it's understanding what you're listening to and being able to determine how to help the rider based off of what they're describing that's the hardest part for me
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Old February 14th, 2017, 12:40 PM   #6
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If you had only left out "good" & "qualified"!

To answer the question though; I think there are 3 characteristics of a great coach:

1: A superior ability to observe & analyze.

2: An exeptional ability to communicate.

3: A genuine ability to listen.

Note one does not have to have exraordinary ability to personally succeed at the subject to be a great teacher. There are many great coaches with limited playing skills as there are many great players that cannot teach.
Love this!

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I don't think I qualify yet, I need to improve my own riding as well as my ability to analyze the riding of those around me before I would be ready.

I also need to figure out how to ride a bike that has a motor larger than 298CC

but rest assured I'll be trying out for a future year
Well, the school teaches you how to be able to observe and analyze. in order to be considered for a coach you have to be able to ride well and fast before hand, but it is incredible how much your own riding improves once you begin coaching. The more you teach other riders the more you are able to absorb the information yourself. It's been a pretty amazing journey over the last 14 years of coaching with CSS. I CAN"T BELIEVE IT"S BEEN THAT LONG!!!

I look forward to hearing all about your try out!

Are there other qualities that make a good coach? What do you think takes someone from being a "good" coach to an "exceptional" coach?
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What do you think takes someone from being a "good" coach to an "exceptional" coach?
.... 14 years?
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^ That certainly helps a good bit
the three characteristics mentioned are all good
I'll add another that feeds in well with the 14 years. An ability to constantly adapt, grow, re-examine, and refine your own riding. The more you learn and adapt, the more you are able to teach. This includes both the techniques and the mindsets behind them to provide true understanding of why we do what we do while we are riding motorcycles on and off the racetrack
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My fourth point but not necessarily in that order: commitment and desire to be the best you can be.
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.... 14 years?
Important to note that those should be 14 years that build upon another, rather than one year repeated 14 times.
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^ That certainly helps a good bit
the three characteristics mentioned are all good
I'll add another that feeds in well with the 14 years. An ability to constantly adapt, grow, re-examine, and refine your own riding. The more you learn and adapt, the more you are able to teach. This includes both the techniques and the mindsets behind them to provide true understanding of why we do what we do while we are riding motorcycles on and off the racetrack
Hahaha yes, 14 years of coaching will help for sure!! But I love that you mention the ability to adapt, grow, re-examine and refine your own riding. the cool thing with CSS and being a coach is that we are always working on our own riding and adapting and changing. It's been challenging for me going from full time racing and coaching to only being able to be at the school a few times per year! Try hopping on a bike after not riding for 6 months and chasing after students that just happen to be current club racers or regular fast guys! CSS coaches, myself included can often be found asking other coaches to follow us for a lap or two to help us improve on our own issues. As coaches we can tell when we aren't riding as well as we should and we usually have some idea of what our issue is, lately I haven't been able to get as near to the apex as I'd like, so we ask for help and work on refining our own riding. Plus anytime we coach then we are constantly reminding ourselves of the tech and reading and rereading the materials.....at the school they are so focussed on quality coaching that even as a senior 3 star coach (myself) i still have to record myself interacting with students and those recordings are then listened to by other staff AND the chief kahoona himself to make SURE that I'm doing a good job! LOL.

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My fourth point but not necessarily in that order: commitment and desire to be the best you can be.
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Can i be the "before" coach? "Students, watch this coach and look at exactly how NOT to ride!"
Hahahah. Sometimes we do actually go in front of students and demonstrate how "not" to ride. If they aren't grasping what we are working on then I'll sometimes do what they are doing so they can really SEE it. It's a very effective technique that can often snap a rider into making changes. Or we have them purposely go out and do it very wrong which can bring awareness to what they are doing. The first steps in making changes come from first realizing when you are making a mistake!
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