It feels strange to write a blog about how I didn't achieve something, but as I've stated, this is the beginning of a journey, and not the end of it. I attended my RKC this past weekend, and I failed. I have to retake the course to be considered to pass, and I am my own reason for failing.
1. I was not prepared for 8 hours a day of serious effort. I worked out, I worked on what I thought were the skills I needed, but without feedback from a professional I was not ready and I had errors in my form.
2. Why did I not have professional feedback? I was arrogant. I thought I could tell if my form was good, I assumed that I was doing things as I should be because no one had told me otherwise previously, and I didn't actively seek someone to critique me.
3. Even past all those items, I doubted myself. The second I walked into the roomful of fit, energetic, and aggressively ambitious people I felt imposter syndrome settle in, and it was a feeling I didn't shake for most of the weekend.
I am signing up to attend the workshop again this coming April. I've already found an RKC II who has assisted at several RKC workshops to help me in my training, and I have a much better idea of the expectations set for me now that I've attended the certification.
Even though I did not pass my testing, I did pass the coaching portion with a perfect 5/5 and was told that I adapted well to all the corrections to my form over the weekend. I feel that attending was extremely valuable, and that attending again will only serve to make me a better coach and member of the RKC.
I'll be tracking my training via this blog and posting interesting articles I find along the way to help others in their pursuit of their RKC. I hope others preparing will find it useful!
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