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Category: coaching

  • Where’s the evidence? A multitude of “n=1”s

    Where’s the evidence? A multitude of “n=1”s

    Last month I attended a fascinating event, “Playing by the Rules: Using the CLA to your Advantage”, hosted by Alex Lascu and Alex Sarama.

    Lots of open conversation around how to make CLA work — very practical, not too much theory.

    One of the questions that came up on the evening was the availability (or absence) of evidence to support the wider application of the CLA.

    I do believe that it is there.

    It’s just that no-one has bothered to report the evidence.†

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  • Coaching philosophy v4.2.1.7a

    Coaching philosophy v4.2.1.7a

    Being an update on an earlier post — philosophy v4.2.1.7.

    • I believe that the coach has a responsibility to design & develop appropriately challenging learning environments. Because
      • “kids today” don’t necessarily experience this often enough;
      • hence never learn how to navigate (challenging) learning environments.

    Possibly no longer a “philosophy” (even if it ever was).

    “a theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour”

    Any philosophers out there?

  • Golden Runner — a modified bowling game

    This week’s ECB Coaches Association “Practice Time” email highlighted a bowling game with a twist — bowlers have to compete against a team of runners, to restrict their scoring by hitting the stumps when they bowl.

    I do like bowling “drills” with a bit of added jeopardy — see “knock ‘em down”, for example — but I also like to spend as much time as possible on cricket-like activities. What follows are a couple of variations on the ECB CA game.

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