I quickly move her name from my cut list to my keep list and afterward talked with her and her parents. Seams she had, at 12, earned her black belt and had won a few youth competitions in Michigan. Well, I reevaluated my teaching meathods and added to them many of the ballance and agility drills used in karate. This has made a difference in the skill level of my teams, but the biggest difference I see is in the ability to hold the ball and still distribute or shoot against physical play. I believe that we, as coaches, need to be able to teach skills in many styles and meathods.
Some teams respond to one and some to others.
Also teaching the same skill many diferent ways keeps the practices from becoming booring. It's funny you should use this quote.