Author: swans05

Earlier in the week I posted about the forgetting curve and how you should review the previous day’s content as soon as possible, to scaffold learning for long term retention. Retrieval practice is one of the best ways to do this and here are some noted I gathered from education expert Doug Lemov on the...

I would read as much content teaching/learning as I do anything because as a coach you’re essentially a teacher, just not in an actual classroom. Instead of questions that need to be answered in words or numbers, football problems need to be solved with a mix of technical, physical and tactical solutions but in an...

The 2021/22 NBA season stared last week and Stephen Curry was up to his usual tricks following a down game by his own admission in which he mucked around and still got a triple double in a win against the Lakers, with a perfect 10 for 10 and 25 points in the first quarter alone...

These points come from a soccer based article I read yesterday on positional play which is huge in soccer but also transfers to pretty much any team sport, football included, so I’ve added a fair bit of footy specific content to this to get your thinking juices flowing. Avid readers of my content would be...

After reading part 2 below, try your hand at developing a training activity that incorporates some of the things talked in this 2 part article series. Either make up a completely new training actvitiy or make alterations to an existing training activity you already use. Once completed then you can post in comments on my...