Reply To: Building Confidence & Competitiveness of a timid child

Dean and others have repeatedly expressed the importance of keeping score during practice. This reminds me of Anson Dorannce's (UNC Woman's Varisty Soccer) competitive cauldron idea, where he keeps track of stats during practice and even workouts, which are fed back to the players via locker room postings, individual player meetings or whatever is appropriate. Basiclly, it sounds like he is creating a competitive environment where every effort is important. What gets measured, recorded, and rewarded, gets improved.

Has anyone here applied Dean's "keeping score" idea to individual player stats in practice like Anson suggests?

I guess I'm looking for more ways/ideas for keeping score to help keep motivation high and build competitive fire, but have some reservations about creating an environment that is TOO stressful (High School Boys). I'm also looking for ways to help ALL the players imporve … so any ideas on how we keep the guys at the bottom of the list motivated (if being on the bottom frustates vs. motivates)? Should stats be cumulative or reset every practice?

Looking forward to your ideas!

Dave (the other Dave M) 😆
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I emailed Dean to let him know his topic is being discussed.
Tom