Riga Sabre Fencing Club

Individual fencing lessons

One of the most effective training methods is an individual lesson. The essence of the lesson - a coach with a sword and appropriate equipment trains and coaches athletes to perform and apply various techniques in distance contact and interaction, thus in an individual lesson the coach is both a teacher who achieves mastery of the techniques taught and a coach who creates different tactical situations with his actions to perform and improve various techniques of fencing.

 Unlike other methods, the individual lesson allows the coach to concentrate all his attention on training one athlete and therefore to develop with him tactical and technical elements, as well as various techniques and actions, especially carefully. During the individual lesson, by repeating the exercises many times and gradually accelerating the movements, the trainer uses his weapon to achieve the necessary speed and precision to execute the techniques, which is one of the main tasks of technical mastery in fencing. By gradually complicating the interactions with the athlete, the coach in the individual lesson creates tactical situations that are similar to those that occur independently during a fencing match. With the help of this method, the coach in the individual lesson prepares the athlete in the execution of techniques in various tactical situations, the speed of orientation in situations, develops tactical thinking and generally improves technical and tactical mastery. Individual lessons over a long period of time, when the coach works with specific athletes, taking into account individual characteristics, take a creative form of teamwork.