Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

04.10.13 How Positive Framing and Precise Praise Fit Together

I’m writing from the C-terminal at O’Hare where I’m sitting out a 5-hour delay getting back home to Albany.  Ever get that feeling that for every hour that passes another hour is going to be added to your delay?   Anyway, I’m coming home from Colorado where I had the honor of leading a workshop for a…


02.15.13 Annals of Coaching: Tony Lepore and World Class Preparation for Practice

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…