Articles Tagged: instructors

Can you transition from instructing to coaching with your clients? You may have to adopt the techniques of both instructing and coaching to get your point across. Also learn how to be a better coach when helping clients with

Healthy camaraderie in a class is pleasant to have and is productive. But when the students’ relationships morph into a comfortable state that resembles dynamics more typically found in a workplace or family than a high-functioning classroom, that class has too much magic.

Classes that have some students with the gift of natural talent for agility and some students with challenges that make learning agility more difficult need a teacher who can create an environment where everyone can excel.

Here is a simple concept to help trainers make quick changes to their course setups to accommodate various challenges for all levels of classes and students.

As an agility instructor, you cannot let individual deficiencies in obstacle performance rule the class flow. Here are some tricks for when a dog cannot perform a particular obstacle in class.

Thinking about changing instructors? This month our trainers discuss how to assess available training facilities and trainers, and outline some methods for choosing both to best meet your team’s needs. Elicia Calhoun, Kathy Lofthouse, Bonnie Calhoun McDonald, Tracy Sklenar

One of the most challenging divides to bridge in the unbalanced class is the gap created when there is a wide range of training skills among students. This month we will find ways to bridge the gap.

Agility instructors often have classes that are unbalanced in terms of the students’ skill, experience, talent, and dedication. These classes can be challenging to teach. Here are some ideas to help.

What can you do about dogs in a class that seem to dislike agility? Is it simply a training or motivation problem? Or are there some dogs that really would prefer not to do agility? This month’s group of trainers comments.

How do you go from training and competing with your own dogs to being a competent, supportive agility instructor for your students, both canine and human alike? The skills that enable us to be successful trainers and competitors are not the all-inclusive skills that we need to be successful agility educators.

It is impossible to place too high a value on the role that instructors play in agility. Here are some tips for recruiting and retaining the most desirable instructors for your agility club or business.