Friday, December 5, 2008

ONE MINUTE ASSESSMENTS

Another innovation from Coach Don Meyer: ONE MINUTE ASSESSMENTS. For Coach Meyer, he is always looking for "teachable moments." Opportunities to teach kids when you have their maximum attention and concentration.

Coach Meyer's One Minute Assessment Formula:

1 thing YOU did well and WHY
1 thing WE can do better and HOW

Notice the terminology...the good thing is all about them the player. And just important is to tell them why it was a good thing and it positively effected the team. The thing to do better is a WE thing -- shared suffering. And again, the key is how -- giving them the road map to improve on that area.