Coach and player management to the WTF taekwondo competition rules – sports coaching seminar
Taekwondo Western Australia conducted a sports sparring coaching seminar on 20 November 2010 covering sports sparring coaching methods for coaches. This initiative was aimed at helping the sparring coaches develop their own coaching skills with a new "bag of tools" that he could use to develop his players for taekwondo sports competition. The TWA state sports coaches (including Rodney Lockyer, Tony Curtis, Geoff Kelly, Clayton Simpson and Roy Khoh) each led the sports coaching seminar which covered the following topics including;
pad drills- single kicks (technique), combinations, head kicks, attacks, counters and shield drills, speed dills and reaction drills
attacks- inch in instep, running kick, running doubles, push kicks- combinations and motioning to set up
counters- back leg and front leg counters, spinning and back kick counters, double counters and head kick versions.
sparring drills- attacking and countering random, clench work, getting out of the corner, closing down opponents strong kicks, if you are up, if you are down. electronic scoring.
At the end of the seminar, Kim Seng, WTF 1st class International Referee and Review Jury provided tips on how to best manage the WTF taekwondo competition rules and stay within the guidelines of the competition rules.
Competition rules – for sports coaches, how best to manage it in the match. click here to open up the 14 page discussion paper and match management TIPS.
