Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

05.06.24 Matt Lawrey and the Effort to Help Athletes Learn to Watch Better

  A few weeks ago I spent a day at Atlanta United’s Academy with Matt Lawrey, one of my favorite coaches and talent developers. In the afternoon we joined Will Bates, who was coaching the U15s, to experiment with a few ideas we are both interested in. We’ve talked in the past about trying to socialize…


09.18.18 GUEST POST: Ruth Brennan Morrey on Teaching Players to Observe

  Teaching players to see and understand what’s happening around them is a critical issue in coaching–especially in soccer. It’s something I’m writing about in an upcoming book on the topic and it’s something I’ve tried to share other coaches‘ ideas about, especially the idea that some of the work of building perception can happen in…