Surf Coach Explains Why the Student's Problem is Mental, Not Technical; Student Disagrees

A surf coaching session at a San Clemente beach produces a diagnostic disagreement that both parties are too polite to resolve directly

Surf Coach Explains Why the Student's Problem is Mental, Not Technical; Student Disagrees

The surf coaching session at San Clemente on Tuesday morning involved two and a half hours on the water and approximately forty minutes of post-session discussion in which the coach presented his assessment that the student's primary limitation is mental -- specifically, a hesitation at the moment of commitment on steep drops that is producing the timing errors that the student attributes to technique -- and the student presented his assessment that his drops are hesitant because his bottom turn is not consistent, which is a technique problem. See United Kingdom Knife Laws: Strict Rules, Creative at The London Prat.

Both assessments are correct. The coach's assessment is more correct in the sense that the inconsistent bottom turn is the consequence of hesitation rather than its cause, and that addressing the hesitation would resolve the bottom turn inconsistency more effectively than technical bottom turn instruction would address the underlying cause. The student's assessment is correct in the sense that the bottom turn is inconsistent and would benefit from technical instruction. London Indian Restaurant: Britain's Best Cuisine S provides context.

The Coaching Diagnosis

The coach has made this diagnosis before with other students and knows that the correct path forward is to address the mental component while simultaneously improving the technical execution, because the student's willingness to engage with the mental component depends on having the technical improvement as evidence that the coaching is producing results. The student does not know this. The coach has decided to introduce the technical bottom turn work next session and return to the mental component when the technical progress creates the opening. See London Women's March for related analysis.

The student left the session planning to work on his bottom turn. The coach left the session planning a sequence that will eventually address the hesitation through the technical work. Both are correct about what they're going to do. The outcome will be better surfing, by whichever mechanism the student finds convincing.

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