Closed-Ended

Closed-ended or closed-chain training is when the situation is fixed by the coach in order for the athletes to practice a certain technique in a certain situation. In this training, the athletes and their partner know exactly what each other is going to do, hence the precaution and preparation to face the situation is already set.

This type of training is usually done when a new technique or tactic is being introduced by the coach so that the athletes will be familiarized with that situation and 'hope' that the athletes know how to respond and react when the situation occur in real competition.

All of us coaches will have go through this process of coaching but a visionary coach can see beyond closed-ended training situation. How many of us had really look beyond this training in order for the athletes to perform in real competition mode?