Lesson List
- Intro
- Need
- Overview
- Who is a better coach?
- Basics
- Coach definition
- from here to there, and where “there” is
- play science principles applied
- the goal of practice
- opportunities to respond
- teach and inspire
- Development
- understanding development – the what and why of
- LTAD – American Development Model
- participation-oriented coaching vs performance coaching
- Children
- the forgotten reason for the sports season
- what they need
- love of the game
- self-motivated desire
- Learning
- “you haven’t taught until they have learned”
- teaching vs just showing
- learning success pyramid
- shifting the focus of learning – play/games
- Effort
- psychology of success and failure
- effort is the key to success and how to get it
- what not to say to kids that discourages it
- why kids don’t want to try anymore
- Mistakes
- call it what it is – part of learning
- to be welcomed and expected with kids
- how adults deal with it contributes more to long-term success than short-term victories, and conversely to the dropout rate
- Communication
- Coaching sandwiches as the most effective tool
- 12:1 positive to negative
- the case for no sarcasm with kids
- don’t tell them they’re a natural
- Parents
- coaches responsible for parents at games/matches
- 24 hour rule
- miss a game every now and then
- shifting parent models from luck, to pride, to creating athletes
- no evidence for early specialization success
- avoiding burnout
- Performance
- the goal of most coaches and parents, but it is an outcome of doing steps 1-9 well
- how to get the best from kids AND allow for mistakes/learning
- coaching and playing in the zone
- model effort in practice to obtain higher performance from kids.