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article 12 June 2025

It’s Not Just What You Teach. It’s How You Teach It.

A great lesson plan is only half the storyโ€”how you deliver it is what brings it to life. Discover why connection beats content every time, and how your presence as a teacher shapes the impact far more than the plan ever could.

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๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป

Over the years, Iโ€™ve worked with world-class coaches, high-performing athletes, and students whoโ€™d rather be anywhere but PE.

And Iโ€™ve learned this the hard way: ๐—” ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

The same session that brought a group to life on Monday might fall flat on Tuesday.

Not because the content changed, but because the connection did.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜โ€”๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ.

As a coach, Iโ€™ve delivered sessions with perfect structure and zero impact.

And Iโ€™ve improvised a warm-up in the rain that somehow turned into the most engaged, reflective, and motivated group Iโ€™ve ever worked with.

Thatโ€™s how I realised that ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐™™๐™š๐™ก๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ.

Not the drill. Not the worksheet.

But the way you teach it.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

Weโ€™ve been working with the expert coaches at Performance Pathways to design lessons and progressions grounded in high-performance thinking, and weโ€™ve built a structure thatโ€™s clear, purposeful, and aligned with long-term growth.

But the lesson plan is just the start.

๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ.

You know your students.

You understand your setting.

Youโ€™re the one who sense when to slow things down, when to stretch the challenge, when to shift the tone.

Thatโ€™s not written in any plan.

Thatโ€™s what great teaching looks like.

๐— ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด?

The same plan in different hands produces different results.

And the most effective teachers arenโ€™t always the most experiencedโ€”theyโ€™re the ones who deliver with presence, purpose, and care.

Weโ€™ll support you with the plan.

๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ make it powerful.

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Director of Performance Pathways

Martin Brockman is Director of Brockman Athletics, providing teacher training and track and field teaching resources for schools around the world. Representing Great Britain in the decathlon for almost a decade, Martin achieved a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Dehli, 2010. On retiring from his international career, he moved to the world-leading Aspire Academy in Qatar as the Head of Athlete Development where he designed and implemented the academy athletics program from talent identification through to international athletics.

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