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For us it has always depended on the team. In a building year, it's more on basics, or new creativity in transitions/pyramids. Something easier but still new to us. In a year where we're got the majority of the team back, it's more advanced skills.
Sometimes too, it's nice to get a new set of eyes in to give some feedback. I know my kids generally stop listening to my corrections by November. When I bring in a guest coach, they suddenly make those same corrections. They an also see things I might miss, teaching me to be a better coach too.
ETA - sometimes, even when we have the harder skills (full baskets), we are taken back to the basics by other coaches (tucks/lays) to ensure we are building those skills properly, similar to what you mentioned earlier about having strong basics will give you harder skills faster. When everyone in your division is throwing fulls, it begins to come down to who does them better, so we do work that as well as new skills
Sometimes too, it's nice to get a new set of eyes in to give some feedback. I know my kids generally stop listening to my corrections by November. When I bring in a guest coach, they suddenly make those same corrections. They an also see things I might miss, teaching me to be a better coach too.
ETA - sometimes, even when we have the harder skills (full baskets), we are taken back to the basics by other coaches (tucks/lays) to ensure we are building those skills properly, similar to what you mentioned earlier about having strong basics will give you harder skills faster. When everyone in your division is throwing fulls, it begins to come down to who does them better, so we do work that as well as new skills