This week I was coaching the junior league kids at my work I was focused on the kind of vocabulary I used when speaking to them. I avoided telling them directly what to do and instead asked them question to encourage metacognition. The questions I asked were along the lines of “Where di you fall” “Why do you think you fell” “What will you do next time”. I didn’t accept answer such as I wasn’t strong enough or I slipped. I wanted them to really think about how they positioned their bodies and if they didn’t know I’d have them do the climb again but have them pay attention to the different moves they are making. After doing it a second time they had way more to say and reflected more on what they were doing instead of avoiding thinking about their failures. This was extremely useful to get them reflecting but this type of thinking can very easily lead into the feeling of platueing. I will talk on how I’m tackling that next week.

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