The Anatomy Of Winning And Losing
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The Anatomy Of Winning And Losing
Why did we win? Why did we lose? Outlining my thoughts on answering those questions. A big extension of Monday's post.
This summer I held a workshop for about 20 coaches where I did post-game analysis on several matches from the 2021 NCAA spring championships. I’m reposting this here for blog subscribers. I think you’ll enjoy it.
Some questions I have for readers:
What’s your current post-match process?
How much of your recap takes place on-court, or close to it, right after the match? How much of it takes at a distance?
How do you balance speed and accuracy? That is, immediacy of feedback or processing the match is valuable. But sometimes our first impressions aren’t accurate.
I have some thoughts but I’d like to hear yours. Post in the comment section and we can get some dialogue going.
The process that we like after a match is to create a little separation from the actually game. Right after the match is completed the players have a time of connecting with family, friends and fans. Little mix and mingle. We then meet up in the team room and I start every meeting with the same simple question. What are their thoughts? I typically do not say much, I find that my perspective on the game right after is not often very correct. I really enjoy rewatching the game that night and part of the next morning. Because we play the same opponent the next night, the staff evaluates the game and we meet as a team the next day to do video review and look at the adjustments that we can make for the next night. We have a few stats ready that are important to us as well and try to create an environment that win / loose if we make these 3-4 adjustments we can be even better.