Let’s Be Specific

Being specific in our teaching holds us accountable. It stops us from hiding behind the lesson plan and the outcomes of the group and, instead, shifts our focus to the outcomes of our students.

If we’re specific about the change we want to make with each student, the sporting success of a few can’t represent the success of the individual.

What change did you want to make in this student? How did you organise your lesson for their success? What was the story you told them about sport?

Now, the outcomes for the individual are our responsibility, not the responsibility of the student. It’s no longer about whether they engaged but about how we engaged them.

When we take this approach, we can think small but have a big impact. Things get easier when we stop trying to please ‘everyone’ and instead look to please every ‘someone’.