➡️Thanks to @VanjaCernivec for reintroducing me last weekend to some Fighting Monkey concepts! I like the concept behind FM (founders have a dance/ martial arts/ gymnastic background). I’ve added my own ideas to more closely align it with what we do from 🏀 standpoint.
Firstly why are we doing this? I see a huge value in the FM concepts for developing more fluid movers, promoting coordination and rhythm etc. This is how I’ve adapted some of the coordinations…
👉Rather than having players copy the movement instructor/ dancer etc, give them a base sequence and allow them to explore their own movement techniques. See if cues can be used to get the players doing their own coordination before they see the instructor demonstrate it.
👉Apply external feedback and analogies rather than internal feedback. This means trying to avoid talking about specific body position placements. Just like 🏀, see a lot of internal feedback used in this space too which actually makes it harder for the players.
👉Attempting to promote more repetition without repetition within the base FM routines. Eg different velocities, potentially the same coordination in the upper body but something varied with the feet, varied positions etc. This should be unpredictable rather than blocked/ serial.
🗣 Like everything, I think it’s important for coaches to critically reflect and add their own perspectives to apply it to their own context vs precisely replicating one specific model.
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