Coaching self-defense under COVID-19: challenges and solutions in the police and civilian domain
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Coaching self‑defense under COVID‑19: challenges and solutions in the police and civilian domain Swen Koerner1 · Mario S. Staller2 Accepted: 27 October 2020 © The Author(s) 2020
Abstract The spread of SARS-CoV-2 has led to a general shutdown of police and civilian self-defense training. While means of distance learning such as online teaching appear to be feasible for theory dominant subjects addressing cognitive resources of the learner, combat-related practices like self-defense trainings don´t seem to fit into the realm of virtual learning due to their bodily foundation. This is made clear by the collective perplexity of police and civilian coaches, gyms and organizations, on how to proceed with training during the lockdown in general, while approaches of distance learning (e.g., online learning) have rarely been considered. In the following article, we tackle the situation of police and civilian self-defense coaches in times of Corona. In a first step, contextual changes and challenges of coaching selfdefense are identified through the lenses of a professional coaching model. In line with basic assumptions of ecological dynamics, adaptability seems to be the decisive resource for the coaching and training of self-defense in times of Corona. As an example for such an adaptation in training practice, a conceptual framework for distance-based self-defense training in the civilian and police domain is presented. This framework is adjusted to the respective requirements of physical distancing and adopted to novel security matters within the public sphere caused by the current regulations. In sum, the article attempts to provide ideas and orientation for police and civilian self-defense coaches as well as for their own development possibilities. Keywords Self-defense training · Police training · COVID-19 · Coaching · Expertise · Ecological dynamics
* Swen Koerner koerner@dshs‑koeln.de 1
Department for Training Pedagogy and Martial Research, German Sport University Cologne, Am Sportplatz Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany
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University of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration North-Rhine-Westphalia, Dennewartstraße 25‑27, 52068 Aachen, Germany
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S. Koerner, M. S. Staller
Introduction The corona pandemic triggered by SARS-CoV-2 poses major challenges to modern society worldwide. The development of COVID-19 is dynamic in nature and requires regionally and nationally adapted decisions depending on the current situation (Adam 2020). In their formal structure, political decisions related to the corona crisis correspond to a type of decision-making, for which Calabrese and Bobbitt coined the term "tragic choices" (Calabresi and Bobbitt 1978): The tragedy of choice is situated in the fact that positive effects in one regard are accompanied by negative outcomes in the other. While the political decision for a collectively binding lockdown in work and leisure slows down the spread of the virus, as it is clearly a current fact for Germany (RKI 2020), the associated measures bui
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