The last tournament was a breakthrough for Zio with his turns. Any practice we could squeeze in during the hot summer days were spent re-teaching his turns without props. Somewhere in his thought process he had determined that it was okay to punch the box if the props weren't there (aka tournaments).
We started with touch practice to the box without a ball and gradually moved back to sending him to the box from forty feet (no ball). I started mixing in a ball once in a while and kept repeating. He finally seemed to get the concept at this last tournament which is why he lowered his best time by .2 seconds. Were his turns perfect? Nope! The general shape of the turn was there, but some were three legged attempts and many went a little wide. But the shape was there!!!
Now we get to fine tune the turns by putting a 10" jumpboard back in with another stanchion and jump board angled on the exit side to keep him from going wide. A good practice last night as he hit the 10" jumpboard with his rear end the first few times, but then started keeping his butt higher for the rest.
Repetitions to follow!
On another note, Maverick is a tug-o-maniac! We're just tugging and chasing at this point though.
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