Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

02.13.21 Ben Kamara-Adams: How to Coach a Rondo

Ben Kamara-Adams is a Pre Academy Coach at Shrewsbury Town FC in England and an ambassador for Albert Puig’s APFC soccer. He and I met last year when I did a workshop for the club and have kept in touch as he spends a lot of time thinking about how best to develop players through his…


03.19.13 Annals of Coaching: Chris Condron’s Desert Island Drill

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…


03.04.13 Annals of Coaching: The Rondo, My Desert Island Drill

  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…