{"id":823,"date":"2012-08-14T21:50:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T20:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/korfball.eusu.ed.ac.uk\/main\/?page_id=823"},"modified":"2016-05-01T00:16:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T23:16:59","slug":"3rds-4ths","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/korfball.eusu.ed.ac.uk\/main\/eukck\/teams-training\/3rds-4ths\/","title":{"rendered":"3rds &#038; 4ths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/korfball.eusu.ed.ac.uk\/main\/eukck\/teams-training\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u2190 <em>Back to Teams &amp; Training<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though there\u2019s been a tendency for a fair few oldies in the 3rds\/4ths, you will be predominantly dealing with Korf newbies, so just remember that they will be completely clueless when you start.<\/p>\n<p>Getting the basics right is probably the toughest coaching job, as it requires doing the same things repeatedly, but keeping sessions still fun and interesting. Not easy. Do remember though that it\u2019s essential for the progression of players to get these basics down, and be pedantic!<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the 3rds\/4ths have become a very tight group, which is fantastic. Developing that bond, while also making sure the newbies and oldies all integrate, is important, and is what will lead to \u201cfresher-retention\u201d and motivation for trainings\/extra fitness trainings etc.! So be welcoming (obviously) and try and encourage a few socials to supplement the club ones. When people have a friend to go with, they come to training more often.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll have a lot of people, so make sure you make the most of your fellow coaches, and try to make sure that people aren\u2019t spending too much time with nothing to do. Throw them straight in to get a feel of things before you do too much explaining\/demonstrating. It\u2019s more fun, and often more useful.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/korfball.eusu.ed.ac.uk\/main\/eukck\/teams-training\/3rds-4ths\/3rds4ths-curriculum\/\">Suggested Curriculum<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Back to Teams &amp; Training Though there\u2019s been a tendency for a fair few oldies in the 3rds\/4ths, you will be predominantly dealing with Korf newbies, so just remember that they will be completely clueless when you start. Getting the basics right is probably the toughest coaching job, as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":801,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-823","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/korfball.eusu.ed.ac.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/korfball.eusu.ed.ac.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/korfball.eusu.ed.ac.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/korfball.eusu.ed.ac.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/korfball.eusu.ed.ac.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/korfball.eusu.ed.ac.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2342,"href":"https:\/\/korfball.eusu.ed.ac.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/823\/revisions\/2342"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/korfball.eusu.ed.ac.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/korfball.eusu.ed.ac.uk\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}