
#194 Doug Lemov - The Coach’s Guide to Teaching Part 2
The Sport Psych Show
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How Mental Models Can Help You Be Successful
Mental models are really important to helping players understand how to be successful. Players talk to each other about their psychological states all the time during the game, and i'm not sure a lot of that feedback isn't random. So maybe our base line mental state is 'calm but sight' This is the most useful phrase from one of the worst coachesing. He would always tell his players, ‘Calm down. Relax to your job’ It gives players a tool for decision making. And i think there's a real opportunity for psychological game models.
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