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I came across an interesting article last week on how the Orioles’ farm system is re-thinking batting practice and thought I’d share some reflections here. The article, by Steve Melewski for MASN sports network, describes how the Orioles have reworked bating practice to better prepare and develop hitters. Though the article doesn’t mention it, the changes…
Setting yourself up to practice well. This week we are making a set of 24 online self-study modules aligned to Teach Like a Champion techniques available to educators everywhere. We think these modules can help teachers learn and develop their teaching skill and therefore ensure greater student success and achievement—and we think they can help teachers…
I’m sitting at Heathrow Airport after a pretty amazing four days in England where Colleen Driggs and I had the pleasure of working with teachers in Folkestone and Plymouth (Ivybridge, actually) as well as visiting the amazing Torquay Academy. It was great working with UK teachers. They’re always reflective and insightful, serious about their subject…
One of the things that people tell us they value most in our workshops is practice—the chance to rehearse and refine elements of your teaching technique in the safety and camaraderie of colleagues rather than in front of your third period math class. However, not everyone has the opportunity to practice with peers as often as…
My Practice Perfect co-author Katie Yezzi recently came across a pretty amazing video of Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll talking about practice and his approach to it. Beyond the key takeaway that practice is incredibly important to any performance profession–“Practice is everything,” Carroll says in the video–there are a ton of useful lessons for those…