Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

04.15.26 The Champion Advantage: Get the Same Video Coaching as Michigan’s Dusty May

Recently, TLAC founder Doug Lemov was profiled in The Athletic for his work with Michigan Basketball head coach Dusty May. The article, which appeared just before Michigan won the national championship, described how May had studied video tape of his own teaching with Doug. Dusty sent Doug video of his film sessions with players and the…


07.11.17 A Q&A with Stuart Singer on Mindfulness and Performance

    I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Stuart Singer, who works with athletes to help them master the mental aspects of performance.  As we talked I realized there was a lot of overlap between our areas of interest- from a coaching perspective and more broadly from a teaching and learning perspective.  He agreed…