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My argument has been not so much that it’s required, but that as a coach, you can mix theories and it’s not wrong.
1) Coaches have to win and sometimes there isn’t time to use constraints to teach a new zone offense before tomorrow’s game.... https://twitter.com/shakeywaits/status/1341688314307387392
1) Coaches have to win and sometimes there isn’t time to use constraints to teach a new zone offense before tomorrow’s game.... https://twitter.com/shakeywaits/status/1341688314307387392
2) Research looks at averages. Even w/in every paper supporting CLA or EcoD, there likely is an individual(s) who did not improve in accordance with the average. An individual may need something different, and it’s not wrong to try something else, even a mixed theory.
3) Most research protocols are 4,6, or 8 week interventions. What if you have 10 days from tryouts to games? What if you need to teach something in one practice between games?
4) I had 30 mins earlier this year to “fix” a player’s shooting. I started with some constraints. Changed constraints. Finally, I asked if she understood how she’d changed her shot from last year. She didn’t. So I told her what to do. She felt better. Got a rhythm & confidence.
But to read your tweets & others, I violated the EcoD code. Maybe if I was a better coach I could’ve produced substantial physical & psychological changes in 30 mins w EcoD, but here we are. I use what’s at my disposal to help others bc results matter in coaching, not theory.
