I've got a powerful teaching trick for you [wlm_firstname], on this first day of September.
If you want to make a long lasting impression on your students, that has you standing out from all the rest and has them remembering YOU – then there's just one little thing you need to do…
Surprise 'em
It doesn't matter if it's a big or small surprise, anything will work.
It's really all about delivering the unexpected to your class
Think about your day. Ever notice how much of it is on automatic?
A typical greeting at work:
“How are you today?”
“I'm good John, how are you?”
“I'm good, thanks.”
You're heading out the door from home:
“Love you”
“Love you too.”
In any relationship, it's not the routine, but the unexpected things that we remember. You may hear “How are you today” or “I love you” or some other greeting a thousand times, but the day someone compliments you on your new shoes 🙂 – or tells you “you're looking good” – anything unexpected – is what you (and they) will remember.
The usual and the expected don't make as big of an impact.
What could you do today, that would be totally unexpected?
Here's a few ideas to get you thinking…
Show up early and bring your bikes outside for a class in the Sun
Wear a gaudy, brightly colored, jersey
Just show up early 🙂
Bring some simple treats or have a party
Teach from the back of the room
Bring a second bike up front and team teach with a student… leave them in charge while you work the room.
If your class is very structured – throw on some music and just play with it.
Invite a Yoga or Pilates Instructor to interrupt your class at the end for a completely different post ride stretch.
Share your ideas and experiences for others to use.
Sports Psychologist (and ICI/PRO Member) Dr. KC Wilder was planning to attend this year’s ICI/PRO conference. She offered (and I accepted of course) to teach one of her signature rides on Saturday October 1st.
Tour de You (Ride)
Special guest Instructor Dr. K C Wilder will take you on her Swirling Circles of Freedom ride where she will teach you how to help your students transfer their stress and frustrations into the bike.
Dr. Wilder was my guest on Podcast # 166 Click Here to Listen where she described how she teaches this class and the effect it has on her students.
Early Bird Registration to this year’s ICI/PRO Conference ends Sep 15th so hurry and save $50.00 when you claim your seat.
Doug Rusho – 2010 Instructor of the year – is back with another Audio PROfile for our ICI/PRO members to enjoy.
PROfile Objective:
Tabata Power Play is designed to allow anyone to experience the incredible world of power training without prior FTP testing and subsequent power zone calculations. It is certainly not the ideal way to use power; however it is an effective method to introduce the concept, advantages, and the experience of riding with power.
This profile is considered high intensity, which may seem odd since it is an “introduction” to power, but in reality the application of power feedback is most useful for shorter, work interval lengths. It will also turn light bulbs on for your students, and they will get very excited about taking power training to the next level, including formal FTP testing and personal power zones. For this ride you can leave your HR monitor at home, due to the short work intervals. Allow your students to focus on one thing, watts.
Click the title to see a video of the new New Keiser M3 Fore-Aft Adjustable Handlebars.
The video shows how they tested this new design to insure that they will be as reliable as the current M3. No pricing yet, but I was told that there will be a retro-fit kit for studio owners to upgrade their existing cycles. Keiser is predicting that they will have these available to ship Nov/Dec this year.
Gene Nacey from Cycling Fusion provides our latest Audio PROfile and it was created using his new Class Builder iPhone App.
Class Overview
This class was ï¬rst held during the ï¬nal week of a 12 week Winter Training workshop that emphasized and reminded riders that “What you do inside, can also be done outside”. In other words, as the weather was turning, and they were getting ready to do some outdoor riding, we wanted to show them how similar the training can be in both environments. While this was a little more intense than an early season ride should be, their prior 12 weeks gave the students a good foundation in going into this, and now it makes a great mid-summer workout as well. Notice the zone splits for the class. The intensity should bode well for those entering their performance peak.
