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Post by Coach Bennett on Feb 27, 2019 10:59:41 GMT -6
Coaches,
I'm curious what whole brain learning/teaching tools you might use with your teams. At its most basic entry point, whole brain teaching essentially conditions learners with responses to help engage and focus them. A simple example is that whenever a teacher says "class" the students respond "yes" with the same inflection/tone that the teacher used. "Claaaaaaaass" yields a "yeeeeeess" response. A sharp "class" is mimicked with a sharp "yes."
At a conference this weekend a coach described whenever he says "eyes" the kids all say "open" and look at the coach.
Any football specific examples you could share would be appreciated. I suspect many of us do "whole brain teaching" without ever knowing there was a definition for it beyond good coaching.
Thanks in advance.
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Post by Coach Bennett on Feb 28, 2019 8:46:37 GMT -6
Ok...how about when you say, "x" your players yell/say "y."
Any examples?
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Colonel Perry
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Post by Colonel Perry on Feb 28, 2019 11:18:12 GMT -6
My former head coach used to have everybody clap twice whenever he said clap twice he would constantly do that throughout any drill any meeting or any conversation with the players after practice make sure that they were paying attention. He came from a military family so he instituted hut drill and other focus drills.
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Post by Coach Bennett on Feb 28, 2019 12:53:17 GMT -6
My former head coach used to have everybody clap twice whenever he said clap twice he would constantly do that throughout any drill any meeting or any conversation with the players after practice make sure that they were paying attention. He came from a military family so he instituted hut drill and other focus drills. That's cool. I've seen teachers use the same idea in the classroom. They'd clap a particular cadence and it would be mimicked back. |
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Post by agap on Feb 28, 2019 15:23:43 GMT -6
My former head coach used to have everybody clap twice whenever he said clap twice he would constantly do that throughout any drill any meeting or any conversation with the players after practice make sure that they were paying attention. He came from a military family so he instituted hut drill and other focus drills. We did that in college all the time. We'd clap three times any time we started a meeting. |
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Post by Chris Clement on Feb 28, 2019 18:09:34 GMT -6
Can I ask why? Are these evidence-based positions?
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Feb 28, 2019 19:12:00 GMT -6
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Post by Chris Clement on Feb 28, 2019 19:21:15 GMT -6
Ok, so there’s at least a little something behind it. Thanks for the references.
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Post by wildcatslbcoach24 on Mar 1, 2019 6:15:54 GMT -6
Ok, so there’s at least a little something behind it. Thanks for the references. No problem, has interesting applications, not totally convinced on it, but is interesting |
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Post by Coach Bennett on Mar 1, 2019 7:32:52 GMT -6
Ok, so there’s at least a little something behind it. Thanks for the references. No problem, has interesting applications, not totally convinced on it, but is interesting I see it as simply a tool to get everyone on the same page and focused. You could do this on the field but in the classroom I've done the cadence clap...a random series..."clap, clap...clap, clap, clap." Once the kids hear it they have to mimic it back in the same cadence and THEN close their mouths. It's a means to grab their attention and keep it. Basically, operative conditioning in the reinforcement/positive sense. |
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Post by groundchuck on Mar 3, 2019 13:53:48 GMT -6
I start meetings off with a callback and a clap. If for no other reason it sounds cool when done right.
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Post by Coach Bennett on Mar 4, 2019 7:11:31 GMT -6
I'm wondering if there any messages to reinforce skills/expectations such as coach yells "ball is..." and players yell "high and tight!"
Maybe not the best example but...
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Post by tarp18 on Mar 4, 2019 19:27:04 GMT -6
We have the QB say "check" and the huddle responds "check" then the QB gives the playcall. I stole it from the All or Nothing show with Michigan from Don Brown. It was great for getting the JH kids to shut up in the huddle.
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