When a coach is working with a beginner in a sport, there is a tendency to want to help them get up to speed on their fundamentals as fast as possible. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. So, coaches try to get beginners to practice as much as possible. However, the inverse of practice […]
Coaches and critics are very similar in some ways and completely different in others. Both coaches and critics provide feedback. They also both tend to focus on negative feedback more than positive feedback. Finally, both coaches and critics provide feedback with the intent to be helpful, even if it turns out that it’s not. This […]
Is the goal of practice the ability to tell others that you practiced? Obviously not. But for most young athletes this is the outcome. How about coaches? Is the goal of practice to practice for two hours or do a specific number of reps? I hope not, because those aren’t good goals for practice either. […]