skribs
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How old are these children you are teaching?
We don't use the word 'switch', we will tell and show them exactly what to do and get them to do it. While they don't do it perfectly at the beginning we don't have the complications you seem to.
this is about teaching in schools but works equally well in martial arts. The interesting bit is that learning should be hard to start with! The point about understanding, as with the maths example, is also a good match for martial arts. Effective teaching: 10 tips on what works and what doesn’t
We start at 4, sometimes 3.5.
It's not about them being perfect. It's about them being in such a wrong position they can't even correctly follow what we're doing, or being so far out of position they're getting hit by the person behind them.