Lesson for the Future

What: You ask your players to look back at the drill and explain what they have learned for the future.

Why: This tool helps your players to become better learners.

Motivational line: “I liked that the children were able to cooperate during feedback and briefly think about what the goal of the exercise was”.

Materials needed

No materials are needed.

Preparation

• Prepare a drill (i) that the players already know well, not too complicated.

• Reserve enough time for some discussion after the drill.

(i) example exercise:

This can basically be any exercise that focuses on a technical skill, and that the players have done several times before.

Let’s do it!

1. Explain the drill, the goal and what the players should focus on.

2. Start the drill.

3. After the drill, ask the players to stand in a line on the baseline. Players standing next to each other make a pair.

4. Let them run or dribble for about 10 meters. Then ask them to discuss in pairs their answer to this sentence: ‘I reached the goal of the drill because I………….!’

5. When everyone has finished, let them run/dribble back to the baseline and discuss in the same pairs their answer to this sentence: “Next time, I will improve by …”