Month: December 2017

A key theme that emerged from the 2017 ECB Coaches Association Conference was the rise of games as a key coaching methodology.

Drills are out (or, at the very least, “gamified” by introducing game-like challenges); players should spend as much practice time as possible developing transferable skills (skills that have direct and obvious application in match situations) by playing games.

Sounds good…if we can get beyond the TLAs & FLAs (that’s Three & Four Letter Acronyms) and just get on with designing and playing games. (more…)