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Title: Coaching R/C Aerobatics


1
Coaching R/C Aerobatics
developed by Bob Skinner
2
FOREWORD
  • Coaching can work for an individual pilot, or for
    a team
  • To achieve sustainable success, every pilot needs
    to invest in a trainer/coach
  • The trainer/coach needs to have judging
    capabilities
  • This is only a suggested training method. Methods
    may differ.

3
Coaching principles
  • Coaching is a TWO-WAY STREET
  • Coach and pilot influence each other.
  • Both parties should communicate openly
  • Pilot will respect and feed off coachs
    rejuvenated attitude.
  • Work in spirit of cooperation
  • With all role players and stakeholders. Provide
    pilot with maximum opportunity to develop to full
    potential.
  • Educate pilot
  • In technical, tactical, and physical demands

4
Coaching principles
  • You must concentrate on areas that need attention
  • Maybe the geometric shape of manoeuvres is
    incorrect
  • Perhaps the shapes are good, but the smoothness
    and gracefulness lacks
  • Maybe the flying distance is too great, or the
    positioning of manoeuvres is poor, or the sizes
    are inconsistent.
  • Use specific examples
  • Dont be general. Try and pinpoint exactly where
    the mistake was observed.
  • Maintain a positive approach to correcting
    problems
  • Offer constructive solutions, rather than just
    saying you screwed up the avalanche
  • Provide praise
  • Pilots want to know that they are doing well.
    Encourage them with compliments when theyve had
    a good flight, or have done a perfect manoeuvre
    in your opinion.

5
Coaching principles
  • Appraisal
  • What was done well?
  • What was done incorrectly?
  • What needs to be done differently?
  • Ask pilot what he learnt
  • Ability to offer guidance
  • Speak from a position of knowledge and strength.
    If you are unable to explain yourself, the pilot
    is going to doubt the advice that you give.
  • Impart enthusiasm
  • Be enthusiastic when you work with pilot. Always
    be positive and dont criticise others,
    especially officials
  • Understand human behaviour and responses
  • You will know (or you must learn) how the pilot
    reacts to comments, criticism, advice. Know when
    to approach a subject, and try to predict what
    the response is going to be.

6
Truism
  • Dont assume that hard training will increase
    chances of success
  • In most other sports, the athletes will get in
    shape by just taking part in the sport.
  • In radio control aerobatics, you need to coach
    and train with a pilot long before the first
    competition, so that he can be in optimum
    condition for the event, or season. This coaching
    needs to be maintained throughout the season.
  • The more you practice, the luckier youll get.

7
What is a coach?
  • A leader
  • A good coach will listen to opinions, ideas, and
    suggestions, but come up with ideas of his own.
    Be innovative - always lead the way. Anticipate
    what others may be doing, and adjust strategy if
    necessary.
  • An example
  • A coach must set an example by being punctual,
    disciplined, and well prepared for the training
    sessions. Dont arrive and say I forgot some
    score sheets, or we dont have box markers, so
    well just use the lorry on the left.
  • An inspirer
  • Build self-esteem. You must inspire a pilot to
    always be better, and to strive higher. Use
    Motivation 1 Good enough never is.
  • A planner
  • You must present the pilot with a
    coaching/training plan, and then work with him to
    find out what is most practical, and achievable.
  • Set goals
  • Monitor performance and progress
  • Give regular feedback

8
What is a coach?
  • A friend
  • You must be a friend of the pilot you are
    coaching. It is going to be very difficult to
    build mutual trust if the pilot feels that he
    cannot share information with you, or trust what
    youre saying.
  • A strategist
  • You must develop a strategy with the pilot. Seek
    to gain a sustainable competitive advantage.
  • A confidante
  • The pilot must be able to share needs and desires
    with you
  • An instructor
  • You need to be able to instruct the pilot what to
    do, how to correct mistakes
  • A neutral party
  • Especially at a competitive event, you need to
    remain absolutely neutral if you are also a
    judge. It is imperative that you show no positive
    or negative bias. This is incredibly difficult,
    since you know what your pilot is capable of, and
    what is expected of him.
  • A secondary figure
  • The coach seldom seeks the limelight. The pilot
    is the star

9
Coaching secret
  • There is no secret to coaching
  • There is however the need to plan, and a
    willingness to learn
  • If anything, its identification
  • Identify potential, and develop it
  • Identify strengths, and enhance them
  • Identify opportunities, and maximise them
  • Identify weaknesses/mistakes, and rectify them
  • Identify threats, and eliminate them
  • Be careful of overtraining
  • The pilot needs to maintain the desire to win, or
    be the best, without ever having to feel Lets
    get this over and done with, I want to go home.
  • He must feel that every training session has been
    a learning curve, and that there is progression.
  • He must feel that he constantly needs
    training/coaching, and must never settle on the
    notion of I know it all, nobody can teach me
    anything.
  • Remain focused
  • Stick to the primary goal. Dont get side-tracked
    by other issues.

10
Coaching communication
  • Do I have the pilots attention?
  • Does the pilot understand what Im telling him?
  • Does the pilot believe what Im telling him?
  • Does the pilot accept what Im saying?
  • Am I explaining myself in a clear,
    easily-understood manner?
  • Be clear
  • Give correct information. Speak intelligently.
  • Be concise
  • Avoid being long-winded. Get straight to the
    point.
  • Be accurate
  • Dont give misleading, or conflicting
    information. Be consistent with previous training
    sessions, advice, and criticism.
  • Be complete
  • Give all the information, not just part of it.
  • Be courteous
  • Be polite, non-threatening, but yet assertive and
    confident.
  • Be constructive
  • Be positive. Avoid being overly critical and
    negative.

11
Coaching method
  • Complete flights
  • Good for checking overall flying ability/standard
  • Fly one complete P-05 or F-05 schedule, with no
    repeats of manoeuvres
  • Give feedback on good points of flight
  • Concentrate on areas where errors were observed
  • Get pilot to affirm that mistakes did indeed
    occur
  • Offer constructive solutions on what corrective
    action needs to be taken.
  • Segmented flights
  • Good for checking faults in geometry/precision
  • Break P-05 and F-05 schedules down to manageable
    segments. Choose four or five manoeuvres, and
    make up an entire schedule with five repetitions.
  • Fly one segmented flight and make comments on
    score sheet. Develop a cryptic/shorthand method
    of noting mistakes. Or use a Dictaphone, if the
    coach is confident in using one. Not everyone
    likes to hear his own recorded voice!
  • After the flight, discuss this information to the
    pilot. Augment with drawings if possible. Telling
    a pilot what went wrong is quickly forgotten -
    showing him in graphic format reinforces the
    statement.
  • Fly another segmented flight and observe of same
    mistakes are performed consistently.

12
Coaching method
  • Individual manoeuvres
  • Where consistent mistakes are observed use one
    flight with multiple repeats of the same
    manoeuvre. Comment while the pilot is performing
    the manoeuvre. Identify the mistake, offer
    solution, and monitor the progress.
  • Eliminate the mistake so that it is never
    repeated.
  • Distance monitoring
  • Fly one complete flight, only with dead-passes,
    with no manoeuvres.
  • Have a third person, standing right on the
    150m-mark. With voice communication, relay
    distances back to pilot/coach/caller. Reinforce
    distance perception.
  • Cold flying ability
  • Closer to a competition Get pilot to fly ONE
    FLIGHT ONLY during a coaching session, with no
    prior warm-up. Do not repeat manoeuvres. Do not
    fly a second schedule, unless at least five hours
    later.
  • Inculcate the ability to fly cold, and get to a
    situation where every flight is a good flight,
    and a counting flight.
  • W/Ch and E/Ch traditionally have only one flight
    per day, with limited opportunity to perform a
    warm-up flight.

13
Coaching method
  • Maximise training sessions
  • Dont waste time by having to set up engines, or
    trims. These are issues which should always be
    correct.
  • Try not to have more than five flights per pilot,
    per session. Concentration starts waning after
    five flights, and the benefits are negated.
  • Planning of sessions
  • Always start with a range check. Many models have
    been saved this way. Never entertain the idea of
    It worked yesterday, it should be okay today
  • Start with a first flight, where no attention is
    paid to specifics. Encourage pilot to not analyse
    the flight in ANY way. Treat it only as a warm-up
    flight. Get into a flying mood. Warm up the
    fingers, and the brain.
  • Do four more flights, with a minimum of 20
    minutes between flights.
  • Ensure mental alertness. If pilot looks tired or
    despondent, stop session.
  • Use remaining time for discussion.
  • Keep a record of each flight, and each training
    session.
  • Ideal situation is to train/practice twice a
    week, and to increase the frequency to four times
    a week before a major event.
  • Refrain from intensive training two days before a
    major event. If your pilot needs to practice a
    day before an event, the coaching plan was not
    effective.
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