In response to Mark Days post. Mark the key is, are they learning from their mistakes? You will never improve tactically and technically as an athlete if you don’t make mistakes. The good athlete learns from mistakes and taking risks, then they internalize what needs to be done to correct those mistakes. Pep Guardiola, the manager of Barcelona winner of yesterday Champions League final over favorite Manchester United said after the match: “There’s nothing more dangerous than not taking risks.” As a coach I view mistakes as a teachable moment. The perfect game has never been played, nor has the perfect race been run. That does mean to imply that we do not strive for perfection, but sometimes imperfection will move you on the path toward perfection.
One of my pet peeves is to see coaches praise poor effort
or mistakes made because of lack of effort or concentration. I have been around coaches who say 'well done" no matter the effort or result. That helps no one. In those cases the
correction must be made immediately and firmly in a manner the individual athlete relates to.