Private Lessons
This is where you, “cut your teeth.” One-on-one private lessons provide you with a variety of students, ranks, and situations to learn from. You must establish the time you will be teaching privates. As the week goes by, check the appointment book to see who you are working with and what material they want covered.
This gives you a chance to prepare and seek out help you may need on how to teach something.
Privates are only 20 minutes long so they can’t cover more than one or two techniques with very little if any warm up. The student should know what they need to work on and you want to focus completely on it.
If, for instance, the student wants to work on round kick and after 10 minutes you feel you’ve covered it completely, grab a target and let them work round kick on the target. Have them hold the target for you so they can see how it’s done.
Be sure to watch your clock so you can review and end at the 20-minute mark. Finish by walking the student off the deck and, in the case of children, touching base with the parents and updating them on what was covered and your recommendations tor practice at home.
