I run a 6-month fundamentals cycle then graduate students into "all levels." Some coaches keep whites in fundies for years. What's working at your gym?
Asking for it. The talk you didn't want to have but had to. Could be performance, could be behavior, could be hygiene. What happened, what did you say, how did it land?
Promoted a guy to purple I had reservations about. He earned it on paper but his behavior at the gym was always borderline. A year later he's a problem. Coaches: have you been here? What's the lesson?
My trial-to-member rate is around 25%. Some coaches I respect are at 50%+. Real numbers — what's your conversion and what changed it?
Half my colleagues teach closed guard week 1. The other half say open guard is more useful for white belts in their first 6 months. What's your opening curriculum and why?