Hawk Puts On Clinic
On Thursday, November 19th, Sun assistant coach Scott Hawk traveled to Cromwell and conducted a clinic for teachers at the Connecticut Alliance for Physical Health, Education, Recreation and Dance. Hawk’s clinic was presented by the American Heart Association.
“Basically, our workshop is helping physical education teachers learn more skills to teach their kids,” said Marissa Greider, vice president of the American Heart Association for Connecticut and Rhode Island. “Having Coach Hawk here really helps high school teachers, professors and students going into the profession learn new skills, and is an exciting way to see him in action. It was really an honor for us to have him come and represent the American Heart Association as well as the Connecticut Sun.”
A former high school teacher and coach, Hawk focused on three different types of drills during the hour long clinic, which was conducted for the roughly 200 educators in attendance. Hawk showed drills that can be done for an entire class, drills that are optimal for small groups, and individual drills that help students develop their basketball skills.
“We were here today to try to help the coaches with skill development from the primary grades all the way up through high school, because if the kids learn it right early on and do a lot of repetition, later on you don’t have to correct it,” Hawk said. “It gives them a chance to be more successful early on. That’s all teachers want, to give the kids a chance to be successful, so that’s really what we tried to show them today – some ways for kids to be more successful earlier on.”
“Basically, our workshop is helping physical education teachers learn more skills to teach their kids,” said Marissa Greider, vice president of the American Heart Association for Connecticut and Rhode Island. “Having Coach Hawk here really helps high school teachers, professors and students going into the profession learn new skills, and is an exciting way to see him in action. It was really an honor for us to have him come and represent the American Heart Association as well as the Connecticut Sun.”
A former high school teacher and coach, Hawk focused on three different types of drills during the hour long clinic, which was conducted for the roughly 200 educators in attendance. Hawk showed drills that can be done for an entire class, drills that are optimal for small groups, and individual drills that help students develop their basketball skills.
“We were here today to try to help the coaches with skill development from the primary grades all the way up through high school, because if the kids learn it right early on and do a lot of repetition, later on you don’t have to correct it,” Hawk said. “It gives them a chance to be more successful early on. That’s all teachers want, to give the kids a chance to be successful, so that’s really what we tried to show them today – some ways for kids to be more successful earlier on.”
