Meet The Instructor-David Adams-SCCA Licensed
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Meet The Instructor-David Adams-SCCA Licensed
Hello, and welcome to this edition of Back To Basics. My name is David Adams and I am a racing instructor with the Sports Car Club of America, more fondly known as the SCCA!
The writeups in this section were originally lesson plans that I have devised in order to help teach my classes in a more fluid and steady pace that, hopefully, everyone can keep up with.
Before becoming writeups, these all had to undergo serious modification because they were all originally created with the intentions of having a certified and licensed instructor in front of you to help with any and all questions that you may have along the way.
The total time for these lesson plans is approximately 4 classroom hours, but I have had people, who read diligently and thoroughly, breeze threw them all in well under an hour with full comprehension.
Keep in mind, for those who are more advanced and skilled at driving, these aren't meant to be the 1-2 punch for driving aptitude, these are meant to bring beginning drivers up to speed with the basics and to bring the veterans back to their grassroots of the motor sport industry. The ultimate goal here is to make everyone a better driver threw the basic knowledge that we all need and, as some who have attended racing schools have found out, get pummeled into our heads day after day when on the track.
A little background on my motorsport history:
I learned to drift in Okinawa, Japan from two instructors by the name of Hukuri Shin and Bryan Tate. No big surprise that Hukuri is Japanese and Bryan was a fellow Marine. Hukuri taught me everything there is to know about drifting, from entry techniques, to exit and control manipulation techniques. I had no idea how complicated it was and it seemed very overwhelming. Bryan, being a fellow Marine, (OO-RAH! HA-HA) broke everything down for me in the simplest form possible and made it easier to comprehend some of the more difficult aspects. However, his style was almost too simple as it would leave me guessing as to what more rigid details were to lie within.
Taking everything I've learned from Hukuri and taking the teaching styles from Bryan, I've devised my OWN method of teaching that is set to reach everyone from the most experienced driver all the way down to the person who's never been in a driver's seat. This lesson plan and form of instruction comes from months upon months of study and learning and referencing with professors and teachers as to what the best way to teach a student is. It's true what they say, ask 100 teachers what the best way to teach is, and you'll get 100 unique answers. So taking a little from each, that I though applied to what I was teaching, I came up with my style and I would like to share it with you today.
Section 1 covers the very basics of race-styled driving and the fundamentals of driving in a whole sense. What you will get from this section is a better understanding of what your car is and how it wishes to perform. This, in turn, will enable you to continue on to the more advanced forms of driving (i.e. drifting) with ease and a greater sense of confidence behind the wheel.
How I teach and how these writeups are laid out:
In this lesson, and in the following lessons to come, there are certain parts that are meant to be extra informational and hopefully you will take something home from these. These parts are called “Enabling Learning Objectives” or ELO’s. These are basically questions that will be answered throughout the lesson. Also, as you continue on through the lessons of each section, there will be certain “Practical Application” tasks that will be stated at the beginning of each lesson. These tasks can be performed at anytime, but are intended to be performed upon completion of the lesson. These are called “Terminal Learning Objectives” or TLO’s. In a nutshell, they give you a little bit of hands-on practice at the end of each study. TLO’s can be performed at anytime or at your convenience, however, they are intended to be performed upon completion of each lesson. Both ELO’s and TLO’s are able to be referenced directly, which means that you won’t have to DIG to find the answer, but I do
hope that you read the following lessons completely and thoroughly as to get a full and complete understanding of each section.
With the formalities aside, I hope that you all enjoy these lessons and take something from them. If you're new to the sport, you can feel free to PM or IM me, or even Email me, I answer any and all questions in regards to motor sport and will try to be as prompt as possible.
The same goes for those who are more experienced, and if you ARE among the crowd of those who are more enlightened I hope that you too take something from these and use these Back to Basic guides as a way to hone your skills further so that we all may have a safer and more enjoyable experience next time we're on the track
Thank you all very much,
David Adams
The writeups in this section were originally lesson plans that I have devised in order to help teach my classes in a more fluid and steady pace that, hopefully, everyone can keep up with.
Before becoming writeups, these all had to undergo serious modification because they were all originally created with the intentions of having a certified and licensed instructor in front of you to help with any and all questions that you may have along the way.
The total time for these lesson plans is approximately 4 classroom hours, but I have had people, who read diligently and thoroughly, breeze threw them all in well under an hour with full comprehension.
Keep in mind, for those who are more advanced and skilled at driving, these aren't meant to be the 1-2 punch for driving aptitude, these are meant to bring beginning drivers up to speed with the basics and to bring the veterans back to their grassroots of the motor sport industry. The ultimate goal here is to make everyone a better driver threw the basic knowledge that we all need and, as some who have attended racing schools have found out, get pummeled into our heads day after day when on the track.
A little background on my motorsport history:
I learned to drift in Okinawa, Japan from two instructors by the name of Hukuri Shin and Bryan Tate. No big surprise that Hukuri is Japanese and Bryan was a fellow Marine. Hukuri taught me everything there is to know about drifting, from entry techniques, to exit and control manipulation techniques. I had no idea how complicated it was and it seemed very overwhelming. Bryan, being a fellow Marine, (OO-RAH! HA-HA) broke everything down for me in the simplest form possible and made it easier to comprehend some of the more difficult aspects. However, his style was almost too simple as it would leave me guessing as to what more rigid details were to lie within.
Taking everything I've learned from Hukuri and taking the teaching styles from Bryan, I've devised my OWN method of teaching that is set to reach everyone from the most experienced driver all the way down to the person who's never been in a driver's seat. This lesson plan and form of instruction comes from months upon months of study and learning and referencing with professors and teachers as to what the best way to teach a student is. It's true what they say, ask 100 teachers what the best way to teach is, and you'll get 100 unique answers. So taking a little from each, that I though applied to what I was teaching, I came up with my style and I would like to share it with you today.
Section 1 covers the very basics of race-styled driving and the fundamentals of driving in a whole sense. What you will get from this section is a better understanding of what your car is and how it wishes to perform. This, in turn, will enable you to continue on to the more advanced forms of driving (i.e. drifting) with ease and a greater sense of confidence behind the wheel.
How I teach and how these writeups are laid out:
In this lesson, and in the following lessons to come, there are certain parts that are meant to be extra informational and hopefully you will take something home from these. These parts are called “Enabling Learning Objectives” or ELO’s. These are basically questions that will be answered throughout the lesson. Also, as you continue on through the lessons of each section, there will be certain “Practical Application” tasks that will be stated at the beginning of each lesson. These tasks can be performed at anytime, but are intended to be performed upon completion of the lesson. These are called “Terminal Learning Objectives” or TLO’s. In a nutshell, they give you a little bit of hands-on practice at the end of each study. TLO’s can be performed at anytime or at your convenience, however, they are intended to be performed upon completion of each lesson. Both ELO’s and TLO’s are able to be referenced directly, which means that you won’t have to DIG to find the answer, but I do
hope that you read the following lessons completely and thoroughly as to get a full and complete understanding of each section.
With the formalities aside, I hope that you all enjoy these lessons and take something from them. If you're new to the sport, you can feel free to PM or IM me, or even Email me, I answer any and all questions in regards to motor sport and will try to be as prompt as possible.
The same goes for those who are more experienced, and if you ARE among the crowd of those who are more enlightened I hope that you too take something from these and use these Back to Basic guides as a way to hone your skills further so that we all may have a safer and more enjoyable experience next time we're on the track
Thank you all very much,
David Adams
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