Little things mean a lot. Even at the elite level it’s often the mundane things that drive results. Check out this picture of the USMNT practicing: Note the ball placement–clusters of them at the ready for each group. Zero downtime lost due to ball not ready to be put into play. Note the standardization…
Saw this brief article in today’s Washington Post about the Redskins’ punter and snapper using video of their practice to improve performance. What’s useful about it–and useful in this case means what ‘useful’ means at its very best: simple, productive, and smart-to-the-point of obvious-except-that-not-everyone-thought-of-it–is the placement of the camera: on Punter Sav Rocca’s facemask. The idea is…
There’s only one thing better than a great teacher who accelerates your learning at something you care deeply about—a great teacher who accelerates your children’s learning about something they care deeply about. As a dad I’ve seen my kids grow not only with great classroom teachers but great music instructors, soccer coaches and the like. At…
Just reading up this morning on adidas’ new Smart Ball, which gives players feedback on their striking of said ball though an iphone app. It tells you speed, spin rate, spin axis, trajectory, contact location, and amount of bend after the ball makes contact with the foot. On the cool side, it’s, well, cool. On the real…
In a somewhat incredible coincidence, I received a fascinating and self-reflective email from my colleague Gail McGee last night. At almost exactly the same time I was posting about our (people, that is, or at least American’s) imperviousness to improvement in our driving–due in significant part ot the lack of feedback–Gail wrote to me about the same…