the surprising truth about what motivates us

can I ask what graphic design gives you that football doesnt?

sure. its 2 things really. 1. creative expression 2. contributing something important to the world. the video touches on both and thats why i really connected with it. how i applied it to football/coaching is that each coach makes an impact in one way or another on those he teaches. thats how coaches contribute to the world, and hopefully, in a good way.

i hope Coach Slack dosnt mine me name-dropping, but i thought it was ironic that he was the first to reply as ive done loads of work for him and QBA. so, thank you Coach for all your continued support and trust in me with QBA's branding

BLB - i agree completely. if there is no freedom for a teenager there will be rebellion

...and ironically teachers are being forced to teach the same material on the same days and use standardized "evaluation instruments."

Completely flies in the face of this research.

Another reason why teaching is getting more and more frustrating, less and less rewarding.

absolutely. reminds me of another video called "schools kill creativity". ill see if i can find it

This is how every classroom should work!

I have done this with our design students: "Great City"
1) engage in a discussion with your peers as to what makes a "great city" share ideas, help solve eachothers problems (time: 1 week each 50minute class is devoted to this you must write everything down to keep a log you can go back to) *we use massive flip chart paper and keep it posted in the room*
2) Using SketchUp create your Great City (Time: 2 weeks each class is used for this)

The results are amazing students create these amazing cities all unique in many ways and they have a rationale for why they did certain things: ie: one girl had a maximum allowable height on building so as not to block out the sun. Another had mandatory green spaces

In the end I take the projects in and mark them but the discussions are never graded. I have students who are failing math and science yet are honours students at this and for some reason they can design the buildings to scale calculate the area and size of the city and its structures. I look at the discussions and chat with the students who articulate beautifuly their rationale yet they complete no work in English class..........

Then I go home and ask myself why??

Awesome post sorry this was not football related but much of what we ask of our players and team is the same as a company!

What program was the original video made with? The white board animations are awesome

Great video. Thanks.

Fascinating! Knowledge is power. Thanks for sharing that!

^ thats the one. everything ive seen from Ken Robinson is pretty good. thanks for putting that up

So, does anyone want to take a stab at some ways to apply this stuff to football? Or, since most of us are teachers (or soon will be), to the classroom?

I've studied what a lot of good programs do to build up their culture and tradition, and many of the lessons seem to apply: kids are motivated for success on their own and they don't really need to be told what to do because they take it upon themselves to do it.

I like the idea of just getting the kids together to play 2 hand touch after school on their own at least once a week. No coaching. No playbook. Just run around and play backyard football with their teammates and friends for the sheer fun of it. I know of several good programs where the kids do this and it really helps.

I badly phrased that.

I meant that once things are built up and there's some tradition there because some coaches laid the groundwork with a lot of hard work, the momentum makes it much easier to get kids in the weightroom, working hard in practice, etc. It's much easier to get kids out, get them working harder, and get some of them to show leadership because they've built up a culture that encourages the right kinds of behavior where kids feel like their own efforts are contributing to something good.

That's what I meant.