January 23, 2018
WYC 139 – Practice design – Coach Kav talks competition and how kids learn
Coach Kav owns a sports performance facility called The Sport and Speed Institute. On top of that he runs NFL Combine Programs and All-American Football Camps every year, and just published a #1 bestselling book on Amazon.
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How kids learn
- Remember what you want them to work on is what they are most insecure about, so be strategic about how you approach it
Trust
- The key is building trust, the kids will know when you don’t truly have their best interest in mind
Practice design
- Teach and deconstruct a skill
- Compete. There needs to be a winner and a loser. Positive conditioning- the winners get to do additional workouts. But at the youth level, this takes the right situation
- Make sure you’re not just teaching a skill and doing a drill for 10 minutes – you have to keep reinforcing what you teach continuously throughout that practice and throughout the season
- Try not to use the term ‘suicides’ for running. Powerful word that should not be used in this context.
Auditory reactionary drill
- Two lines in a relay race – have multiple cones – you stand behind them and call which cone they have to go around (#1,2,or 3). This also helps you balance the teams so you don’t have to worry about evening up the teams.
- Also can reward the team that has better team spirit
Good practice games
- Tic tac toe – 2 teams – throw cones/pinnies in a square
- Tag – great competition/conditioning game with lots of cutting. You can add a cognitive element – give everyone a number – then use math to call out the numbers of who is ‘it’
4 things every parent can do with their kid to prepare them for life:
- Read
- Learn a 2nd language
- Play an instrument
- Play a team sport
Favorite books/quotes
- Quote: ‘Character strong as steel won’t develop with skin smooth as silk’
- Book: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Book: Mastery by Robert Green
- Book: Inside out Coaching by Joe Erhmann
Man up – The book
- The 5 areas of focus to guarantee your athletic success
- BALLS – Balance, Accountability, Lust (your drive), Sacrifice
- Link: Man up
Parting Advice
- Remember all kids you coach are telling others about you – so treat them all with respect
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