identify the 20 percent of things you could practice that will deliver 80 percent of the value. Practice the highest-priority things more than everything else combined. Keep practicing them: the value of practice begins at mastery! Save time by planing better in advance. Engage participants by repeating productive drills with minor variations instead of constantly […]
Practice Perfect: 42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better by Doug Lemov, Erica Woolway, Katie Yezzi and Dan Heath (Sep 19, 2012) Engineer practice activities so that the success rate is reliably high; if the activities are especially challenging, ensure that they end with a period of reliable success so your participants practice getting it right. Check for mastery constantly. […]
I have heard it said that “hard work beats talent every time.” In fact I have told my choirs many time at the beginning of the year that I would take a hard working group over a super talented group and that by the end of the year the hard working group would out sing […]
“You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way,” — Michael Jordan
“It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” ~John Wooden