Coach Clancy
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Mind and Body and Soul...in regards to improving in sports people 1st think ...bigger,stronger, faster, with Coach Clancy its, less is more, do it the right way 1st, slow down. You can be 6'7 220 and dribble like Kyrie Irving but if your mind is telling you that you always mess up this play the second before you shot after a timeout in which you walked out of the huddle before the coach broke it then even if you hit the shot , it probably still won't matter!
My process is simple and as intergrated as the athlete wants it to be. I wont ever begin wotkouts, action plans or guidence without a conversation about getting to know the athlete and starting to learn from the athlete what he or she wants to get out of the time.
If the athlete is 6 and never shot a free throw or 55 and wants to dominate his flag league, i need you to trust and respect me and i earn that through time and trusting and respecting you. The athletes results are only held back by how much they want to get BETTER!
The smell of the grass when you get out of the car, the sound of sneakers stopping on hardwood thats muffled by big heavy gym doors, seeing familiar faces that tells your brain, soon you will be doing what you love, the eye contact between myself and someone that i am working with,in which only we understand what the look meant and although it may have only taken a milli-second the description of what the look meant could fill a book!
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What is your typical process for working with a new student?
I Meet the student/guardian via phone call, email or text message. During the discussion I would like to hear the student's/guardian's intentions and goals in potentially partnering up with me to get better. I will explain my process for helping the student accomplish those goals by making them our common goals! Depending on the conversation, we will then set up our first meeting at the student's/guardian's home, public park, public/private gym or field.
At the first in-person meeting, we will continue to get to know each othrr while the student and Coach Clancy go through, elementary level, warming up and sport exercises. The student is asked to wear athletic clothes and shoes to the first in-person meeting. The elementary warmups and exercies are designed to give Coach Clancy a strong idea of the student's skill level. If the student/guardian and Coach Clancy would like to move forward with more lessons then the discussions of an agreed upon schedule will take place either at the in-person meeting or very soon after.
Coach Clancy will then create a, student specific, plan of action to accomplish the now common goals of the student/guarndian and Coach Clancy!! The students goals have to become common goals with Coach Clancy or it wont work. Coach Clancy will provide undivded attention, effort and enthusiasm to each lesson and loves the process of helping and getting better but, in the end, Coach Clancy can only help to a point. If the student's eyes and ears arent wide open then the routine of getting better becomes the routine of just getting it done and instead of climbing a ladder together we will be slowly coming to a stop on a plataeu. Our success will be measured only by us moving from failure to failure together with zero lack of enthusiasm!!!
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
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How did you get started teaching?
I wouldn't force you to hear me drag on any more about me then the answer a few boxes above☝🏼!
What types of students have you worked with?
Please look up a couple boxes for the long winded answer☝🏼!
Describe a recent event you are fond of.
What advice would you give a student looking to hire a teacher in your area of expertise?
That potential teacher will only have one chance to make a first impression on you and that's important but if you hate the joke he told, how he did his hair or how he dressed, dont let that be the end of it. A teacher should be just as good of a listener as he is as an explainer. You may not completely understand his methods at the beginning but, if he is organized and confident in his plan to get YOU and him where YOU want to be then he may be the teacher for you. He may have looked at you at first and thought the same thing you thought of him but he pushed that aside and still wants to help YOU! So, give it a try! Also, remember that any teacher you select didn't invent the drills they will do with you or the different exercises they will get you to do or even the plays they may tell you to run, most teachers know those things and how to execute them. The right teacher for you will find the right motivation for you and let you know that you will only get the big things you want out of this sport by trying to perfect the little things over and over and over and over.
What questions should students think through before talking to teachers about their needs?
"Why you and not the other 10 faces I saw online that were cheaper?" "How do you hold yourself accountable for my improvement " " how will i notice myself getting better" " what are your teacher goals with me?" " do you think you should have "made it" as an athlete yourself?" " will i always be on the same page with you, fully understanding why we are doing what we are doing to help me improve or are there times when i may be in the dark as to the plan and execution of the plan to help me improve?"