EPISODE · Mar 21, 2022 · 11 MIN
The SAID Training Model
from The Tutor Podcast · host Neil Cowmeadow
Neil introduces a traditional sport training model, one that can be applied to a number of teaching applications including Neil’s guitar tutoring business. SAID is an acronym for Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand and can be used by you in your teaching, mentoring or leadership role. KEY TAKEAWAYS If you are not conscious of how you train you will get any old result. The body and mind will only produce the most suitable changes in response to a given stimulus. If a student is convinced the training will be difficult, it will be. When learning guitar students tend to use force but they can be trained to play gently and precisely. Explain the desired outcome, how it will affect them, and the mechanism and techniques you will use to create it. BEST MOMENTS ‘If you teach anything which demands core skills, or if you’re a coach I think this is a very useful idea to drop into your mental melting pot.’ ‘Almost nobody in over 23 years teaching guitar now, nobody really trained to be gentle, smooth, elegant or precise.’ ‘It’s wise to assume nobody has the basics. I’ve never met anybody in 23 years teaching who has.’ VALUABLE RESOURCES The Tutor Podcast www.Neilcowmeadow.com ABOUT THE HOST Neil Cowmeadow is a maverick peripatetic guitar teacher from Telford with over 19 years’ experience in the business of helping people. Learn how to start, grow and love your business with Neil’s invaluable advice and tips without the buzzwords and BS! CONTACT METHOD [email protected]
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Neil introduces a traditional sport training model, one that can be applied to a number of teaching applications including Neil’s guitar tutoring business. SAID is an acronym for Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand and can be used by you in your teaching, mentoring or leadership role. KEY TAKEAWAYS If you are not conscious of how you train you will get any old result. The body and mind will only produce the most suitable changes in response to a given stimulus. If a student is convinced the training will be difficult, it will be. When learning guitar students tend to use force but they can be trained to play gently and precisely. Explain the desired outcome, how it will affect them, and the mechanism and techniques you will use to create it. BEST MOMENTS ‘If you teach anything which demands core skills, or if you’re a coach I think this is a very useful idea to drop into your mental melting pot.’ ‘Almost nobody in over 23 years teaching guitar now, nobody really trained to be gentle, smooth, elegant or precise.’ ‘It’s wise to assume nobody has the basics. I’ve never met anybody in 23 years teaching who has.’ VALUABLE RESOURCES The Tutor Podcast www.Neilcowmeadow.com ABOUT THE HOST Neil Cowmeadow is a maverick peripatetic guitar teacher from Telford with over 19 years’ experience in the business of helping people. Learn how to start, grow and love your business with Neil’s invaluable advice and tips without the buzzwords and BS! CONTACT METHOD [email protected]
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