by Peter Gustafsson | Dec 15, 2018 | Coaching, tactics
A week ago, I was coaching two students with a large differential in experience. Not only that, the less experienced one does not have any other aspects in which he has the upper hand. At first, I made them fence epee with handicapping rule changes, in order to level...
by Peter Gustafsson | Nov 24, 2018 | Coaching, tactics
For some time, I have been posting stuff that is more geared to readers who are coaches, parents, competition organizers, or other adults – and I have consequently been overlooking the needs of the younger readership. This post is an attempt to remedy that. The...
by Peter Gustafsson | Oct 11, 2018 | Coaching, tactical training, tactics
In a previous blog post, I described an instance of two fencers quickly learning from each other because their skill sets meshed together just so. That happened the last evening again, and this blog post is a description of that session. Both fencers are quite green,...
by Peter Gustafsson | Sep 22, 2018 | Coaching, Strategy, tactics
Another report from a lesson in which tactics and strategy were supposed to be the focus, but technical points were commented upon. In this case, I was primarily focusing on the less experienced fencer, hereinafter designated the student, and I only gave a few...
by Peter Gustafsson | Aug 30, 2018 | Coaching, Strategy, tactics
Another fall season starting! I coached my first tactics lesson for the fall-2018 season earlier today, and both of the fencers I coached showed themselves capable of strategic thinking. First, the setting: I coached two fencers of quite disparate proficiency levels,...
by Peter Gustafsson | Jul 28, 2018 | Coaching, FIE
I have slacked off quite a bit with my blogging recently, but I have not stopped it. Here goes: There were quite a few things that were noteworthy during the recently held World Championships in Wuxi, China, and I will address several of them. First of all: an...
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