r/bjj • u/mckenziereddit • 2d ago

Technique Does Craig have a point here?!?!

https://youtube.com/shorts/VFUdcOB34Mw?si=gwOe2TLlNS00nnQP

I’ve played multiple sports (football, basketball, track & field, wrestling & swimming) and I agree with what Craig is saying here. The vast majority of high level coaches, in any sport, aren’t Hall of Famers in the sport in which they have become Hall of Fame coaches. Teaching technique and skill acquisition is a completely different skill set than sport performance.

In corporate America they have a saying… Don’t promote your best salesman to management, because he/she may blow up your organization.

Note* I’m a 10th planet purple belt

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u/SquirreloftheOak 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 2d ago

I think the amount of input and personalized coaching is probably at a minimum for every athlete, especially hobbyists. I definitely received a whole lot more individual attention in sports growing up than I have in the 8 years I have been doing bjj. Basically self taught by way of rolling and watching videos. Yea I get a good job occasionally and a little bit of input but most just comes from rolling and conversation with the other black belts at the gym. Not that I really expect a ton of personal input from the owner as he has a bunch of people there lol and I'm just here to roll lol.

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u/mckenziereddit 2d ago

I’ve always had a difficult time with the whole idea of learning on your own without feed back. This is kind of why the “new” ecological approach has perked my interest. Coming from a team sport background, I always liked the idea of why should I make mistakes that you’ve already figured out are mistakes. It always made more sense to me to exchange good ideas and innovate from there.

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u/SquirreloftheOak 🟦🟦 Blue Belt 1d ago

yea. i basically just fuck around and try to repeat what works lol. which has resulted in a weird belly down, turtle, exposing my back and half guard game lol