Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly -- at first. Let’s think about this. Isn’t this the way the world works? We all make mistakes...

I'm back in my good old days teaching and enjoying teaching my sixth graders. I have just passed the arithmetic test they took on adding...

Feedback is a very important tool in your coaching toolbox. Let’s be careful that we don’t use this very effective technique in a...

When I conduct seminars on Motivation and Goal Setting, I begin by telling the participants to relax, close their eyes, and do some deep...

It’s fun to compete with others - to test your strength and abilities against others who are able to match your strength and abilities -...

If you are taking a classroom or standardized achievement- type test such as the GRE (Graduate  Records Examination), leave your creative...

In a book Dr. Pierro wrote on Achievement Testing, he insisted that the conditions in which his children were taking the achievement test...

While being interviewed for a position at a new college, I let it slip that I had coached junior high school basketball and softball. One...

When I get out to the driving range, I go through all of my clubs starting with the wedges and finishing with the driver. I hit each club...

The teams that we coach are located in many different physical environments; clubs, schools, cities, neighborhoods; each having different...

Definition Player-centered Coaching means exactly what it says – we are putting our Players into the proper focus – they are the center...

Taking time as coaches to step back from the court, field, pool deck, and diamonds is key for our health and growth as coaches. As such,...

Mr. Reed has just given his 18 junior-high school math students their homework assignment of 20 examples of subtraction of mixed...

Introduction Last week we shared Flanders’ Interaction Analysis with you in a teacher/classroom setting. This week we will explore the...

There were many differences between the Traditional School of Education and the Progressive School of Edition and the most important was...

We have much to be thankful for: Family, friends, students, players, all those we love and who love us, and our continued learning...

When I began studying to become an educational psychologist, I became aware of the two top choices I had; Behaviorist Psychology or...

The Golden Age of American Education - Part II By Lloyd Miles As you may recall last week we posed the question, Was there a Golden Age...

The Golden Age of American Education - Part I By Lloyd Miles Here it is 2023 and I have been talking to teachers, reading articles, and...

Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. --- John Dewey John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and...