6: Going game speed and tactics towards quickly learning or improving on skills, approaches to coaching for improvement, Adelaide 36ers, Portland Thorns, and more!
In today's sixth episode of the Sports & Psychology Podcast, we’re looking at approaches toward training and getting better. With new seasons starting, we all have areas where we want to grow or want our team to grow, and it’s important that we all improve in the important ways as quickly as possible to achieve results. So if you’re a coach, player, or sports enthusiast, and you’re excited about getting better, then you’re right where you want to be. I’m going to break this down into 3 sections. First, we’ll talk about the approach to learning a new skill quickly. Then, we’re going to take a look at how to improve what we already know and are already good at. Then, in the third segment, we’re going to talk about coaching, how to get the best out of our players in practice, and step-by-step how to create game-like situations. New skill: Learn the technique, get the foundations, and don’t stop practicing them. Start slow. Don’t rush into competition. Build a routine. Get up to game speed first without competition then start slow with 1 on 1, 1 on 2, etc. Improving on skills: Build a routine. Ask where the improvements can come, and focus on those areas. Train without competition, and individual skills or pieces of the activity at game speed before putting things together. Create manipulations or variations. Test and expand in practice/competition that doesn’t matter. How coaches can facilitate positive training with their team. Build skills and repeat the foundations. For foundational skills, always go game speed. No half-speed garbage for things we know how to do. Accept effort over mistakes. Build an environment of growth. Please reach out: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athlete.m1ndset/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/athletem1ndset E-mail: sportsandpsychologypod@gmail.com Book a session: https://www.coachingpraha.com/bookonline