Hey guys, it has been a while for yet again school has been my no. 1 priority.
We had school a couple of weeks ago on Saturday and because the teachers wanted us students to be motivated, we had the chance to design and have our own workshops. Naturally I and a couple of my fellow traceurs decides to have a parkour workshop.
In fact it was one of our first teaching experiences with parkour and taken that to regard it went a lot more better than what we had thought.
We had two workshops in total: one assigned for the upper secondary students and the other for the comprehensive school. Both workshops were quite different from each other, even though both were successful. The first one was more of a jam like training session whereas the latter was more based on teaching.
While we were planning the workshops we had two main problems: how to describe parkour and were to start the training. One of the major factors was also the fact that we didn't know their physical capabilities nor their level of body control. Thus our structure for the lessons was rather loose so that we could adapt to the situation and to their abilities and wishes. This turned out to be a great idea, because for instance in the first group were a couple of boys who were already quite experienced with parkour.
Another major problem was whether to teach them some specific moves with names or to let them movey the way they feel natural.
If taken into regard that this was one of our first teaching experiences, I could say that it was a succé, and I had the impression that the people who attended our workshops really enjoyed them, though I am not 100% convinced whether they did get the right picture of parkour.
