Quote by: dajmitchDean 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
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I coach U-10 hockey, and for this upcoming season I'm planning on using the attack-defend-rest (Perry Pearn 3-3 half ice) in most of our practices. Practice format will be skating 10-15min, followed by one area for teaching the game 8-10 min.( D - side coverage, attack triangle, things they will use in the 3-3 half ice). And one or two skill areas for 8-10min.
So this should leave me with 12 to 15 min to run our attack -defend -rest game. I will divide the team into two teams at the start of the season and they will wear different colors at each practice. Score will be kept, along with goals and assists, I plan on posting the point totals for all the players on a weekly basis. The games will also be video tape for the kids to see themselves in action. I thing the kids will love it!!
I like the idea of tracking assists, especially with the U-10s,as in my experience, they are VERY goal oriented. I think I would lean towards really glorifying the team work and skill required to make a nice assist. I also hadn't thought much about separating the players into two teams that might span more then a single practice. I'll have to think on that some.
Thanks
Dave