Coaching Tourney?
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:13 pm
Ok folks,
I have an idea that at best is still in the ‘just popped into my head’ stage but I thought I’d share it with your good selves.
There are a good many very experienced and equally talented coaches out there and a significantly larger section of the BB community who are not.
TBB itself is a testament to the fact that there are many coaches of all levels of ability who are eager to improve their knowledge and ability as well as those with said knowledge who are more than generous enough to share it with the wider BB community.
With this in mind, my thought is this - would there be any call for a tournament where novice or moderately experienced coaches could directly pick the brains of more experienced coaches, tournament winners and such like in a relativley structured manner?
As I originally said I’m pretty much typing as the idea develops but I was thinking of a 2 day tourney.
Day 1 - ‘novice’ coaches play 3 games, each against an ‘expert’. During these games the ‘experts’ coach their opponents in best practise for their teams i.e. “perhaps you should move this player here to lend an assist” as well as explaining a little of their own tactics i.e. “I’m going to try and move this player here and attempt to …..etc”.
Day 2 – a normal 3 game (NAF ranked?) tourney involving all the participants. This would allow the novices to put into practise all they have learnt the previous day and for the more experienced coaches to play the game properly!
This is really just an idea I’m putting out there at the moment but do you think it has any merit for development? Would coaches be willing to pay for this service – would coaches and tourney winners be willing to help?
If this is in the wrong thread please feel free to move somewhere more appropriate.
Danny
I have an idea that at best is still in the ‘just popped into my head’ stage but I thought I’d share it with your good selves.
There are a good many very experienced and equally talented coaches out there and a significantly larger section of the BB community who are not.
TBB itself is a testament to the fact that there are many coaches of all levels of ability who are eager to improve their knowledge and ability as well as those with said knowledge who are more than generous enough to share it with the wider BB community.
With this in mind, my thought is this - would there be any call for a tournament where novice or moderately experienced coaches could directly pick the brains of more experienced coaches, tournament winners and such like in a relativley structured manner?
As I originally said I’m pretty much typing as the idea develops but I was thinking of a 2 day tourney.
Day 1 - ‘novice’ coaches play 3 games, each against an ‘expert’. During these games the ‘experts’ coach their opponents in best practise for their teams i.e. “perhaps you should move this player here to lend an assist” as well as explaining a little of their own tactics i.e. “I’m going to try and move this player here and attempt to …..etc”.
Day 2 – a normal 3 game (NAF ranked?) tourney involving all the participants. This would allow the novices to put into practise all they have learnt the previous day and for the more experienced coaches to play the game properly!
This is really just an idea I’m putting out there at the moment but do you think it has any merit for development? Would coaches be willing to pay for this service – would coaches and tourney winners be willing to help?
If this is in the wrong thread please feel free to move somewhere more appropriate.
Danny