Coaching

[jposey]

Mixing new students with old students has always been hard for me. you don't want the old ones to feel stagnant and the new ones to be confused. I have picked up on doing warm ups like Bravo does. I've put together some other flow drills I like as well. It has helped close the gap lots, without boring either spectrum. Bravo's ideas not just techniques has helped me progress as a grappling instructor a great deal. Being I was stuck on just striking for a very long time. This forum and pro membership has been an infinite trove of help, you are in the right place. A solid stage building curriculum, so they can track their progress as far as techniques learned, helps them as well. All students like to be able to track their progress. A curriculum, while not a true determination of skills, does make your class look more professional as well. Then you gotta build them up, think used car salesman teaching jiu jitsu. The best teachers out their lose their students to horrible teachers because of their lack of business skills. My instructors hardest part in the beginning is not talking loud enough or clear enough, even though they have the skill the confidence isn't there, if students don't think you have the confidence then they don't think you have the skill.

[sean applegate]

Teach them how to move their bodies. Basic movements are huge! Understanding how to move your body is the key to learning jiu jitsu.

[AKRhino]

When he says start with the warmups, he means the 10p warmups posted here:

http://www.10thplanetjj.com/threads/236-10pHQ-Warm-Ups

When I taught kids, and I think it applies to adults (especially beginners) I had them do race tracks every class as well.

[AKRhino]

Oh, and I wouldn't split the class up, per say. We don't at my school. That said, if the move we're doing is a basic arm bar from guard, once I've got a couple reps in, I make it more difficult. Encourage your more experienced students to do the same, have them add resistance, have them try a different set up, etc. And your less experienced students can work the basic drill. That way the whole class is working on the same thing, and people of all experience levels are benefiting.

[rickdawson]

Basic Submissions (Armbars, Triangles, Guillys), but then show them different set-ups.

[Scott Philips]

shrimps, granbys, lockdown, oldschool

[Paul McKeown]

Thanks for the advice guys!

Think ill go with shrimps, granbys for warm up and then touch on lockdown