Examples Of Subjective Observation
Subjective Observations
Introduction into what subjective observations are and how it can improve performance
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When I first started hockey, I was training against the first team, but mainly against a German international on the weekend. Because of this I had to face a much better quality of shooting and skill. Although I found it hard to save his flicks, the ones I did save gave me confidence, as he was almost 3 years older than me at the time and I had only been playing properly for the last 2 months or so. Moving on to the present, I would far rather a short corner compared to a free hit outside the D because I have practiced this routine for so long, whereas a free hit could result in many different types of situations. I also know however that I need to put more time into …show more content…
By practicing footwork drills I can then work on taking my time with the shot and making sure it does what I want it to do.
My backhand is one of my weaker shots. I’ve been trying to get it right, and I made the mistake of trying to go to two handed which made it worse because I had to start again and lost the little skill I had by playing a one handed shot. Now I’m back to one handed shots, I tend to try to hit them flat, but it ends up with a bit of a slice. I need to practice keeping my racquet flat and not try and add to much top spin because I try to hard and hit the ball with the bottom of my racquet which sends it flying in any random direction.
I should practice backhands from feeds. I would need someone to feed me a range of balls to my back hand and I should try to hit different parts of the court marked out by cones, as I progress the feeds should become harder until it is rallying with the
Introduction into what subjective observations are and how it can improve performance
Short Corners
When I first started hockey, I was training against the first team, but mainly against a German international on the weekend. Because of this I had to face a much better quality of shooting and skill. Although I found it hard to save his flicks, the ones I did save gave me confidence, as he was almost 3 years older than me at the time and I had only been playing properly for the last 2 months or so. Moving on to the present, I would far rather a short corner compared to a free hit outside the D because I have practiced this routine for so long, whereas a free hit could result in many different types of situations. I also know however that I need to put more time into …show more content…
By practicing footwork drills I can then work on taking my time with the shot and making sure it does what I want it to do.
My backhand is one of my weaker shots. I’ve been trying to get it right, and I made the mistake of trying to go to two handed which made it worse because I had to start again and lost the little skill I had by playing a one handed shot. Now I’m back to one handed shots, I tend to try to hit them flat, but it ends up with a bit of a slice. I need to practice keeping my racquet flat and not try and add to much top spin because I try to hard and hit the ball with the bottom of my racquet which sends it flying in any random direction.
I should practice backhands from feeds. I would need someone to feed me a range of balls to my back hand and I should try to hit different parts of the court marked out by cones, as I progress the feeds should become harder until it is rallying with the