Erin Smith, managing director, education and training for US Lacrosse, is a panelist today at the Project Play Summit at the Newseum in Washington D.C.
As coaches we are constantly evaluating athletes either formally or informally. They real key for an evaluation contributing to learning comes in what we do with the information we gain from the evaluations.
Have you ever wondered why something you coached your team to do at the beginning of the season, but didn’t use right away failed when you tried to come back to it? Teaching for mastery is about teaching skills to kids so that the skill “sticks.”
Time is a powerful thing. The perspective that time brings can be even more powerful. Here's one parent's journey about what was important in his child's youth sports experience.
By carefully designing the learning experience (practice in our case) and communicating the “why” behind certain activities or drills helps the athlete put the pieces together and create a deeper understanding of what you want them to do.
