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What is the Difference Between the Constraints-led Approach and Positional Sparring?

What is the Difference Between the Constraints-led Approach and Positional Sparring?

Positional sparring can be CLA, but CLA is not simply positional sparring: it can be much more or much less, depending on the necessary scale.

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May 10, 2024
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Positional sparring is consistent with the constraints-led approach (CLA) to coaching—and by extension, scalable live training (SLT)—but positional sparring tends to have a less flexible scope of practice. 

So whereas all positional sparring can be CLA, the CLA is not simply positional sparring: it can be much more or much less, depending on the necessar…

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