Well, soccer fans and coaching geeks, it’s time for the latest installment of Desert Island Drills, in which I ask a coach to describe the one drill they’d take with them to a desert island–assuming, I suppose, that they also had a team there that they were trying to prepare for long-term success. Previous posts here and here. This…
I recently wrote about my fascinating visit to a start-up medical school, founded on the idea that better teaching ought the be more central to medical education. The University of South Carolina Medical School, Greenville is brand new this year and really serious about the power of teaching and practice in preparing doctors. The administration selects…
After my previous post, I got kind of intrigued with the idea of a Desert Island Drill. I think it’s important as a coach or teacher to invest heavily in your best exercises and to leverage the benefit of re-using and adapting things your students have learned to do efficiently. The only problem was that the…
Remember back in the 80s or 90s when it was standard practice to know your three “desert island discs,” the (vinyl) albums you’d take with you if you were going to be stuck on a desert island for a long time? The idea was to ID the music that was not only best but most…
Working on a fascinating article this week. I’m watching some of the best youth soccer coaches in the country and “Teach Like a Champion”-ing them. That is, trying to describe what they do that makes them so exceptional so that others may copy. A few weeks ago I watched an amazing practice run by Tony…