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Fundamentals Coaching

  • Fundamentals Coaching Guide
  • Fundamentals Class Structure
  • Fundamentals Warmup Guide
  • Shadow Protocol (Fundamentals)
  • Shadow Session 1: Game Design and Rules Communication
  • Shadow Session 2: Feedback and Coaching Language
  • Shadow Session 3: Timing, Pacing, and Energy
  • Shadow Session 4: Observation and Adaptation
  • Assist Protocol (Fundamentals)
  • Assist Session 1: Giving Individual Feedback
  • Assist Session 2: Reading the Room
  • Assist Session 3: Communicating Game Rules
  • Assist Session 4: Coaching Between Rounds
  • Assist Session 5: Owning a Segment
  • Assist Session 6: Putting It All Together
  • Co-Lead Protocol (Fundamentals)
  • Co-Lead Session 1: Warmup + Evergreen + Retrieval (Plus a Taste of the Main Topic)
  • Co-Lead Session 2: Warmup + Evergreen + Retrieval (Plus a Taste of the Main Topic)
  • Co-Lead Session 3: The Main Topic and Retrieval
  • Co-Lead Session 4: The Main Topic and Retrieval
  • Co-Lead Session 5: Proving Consistency on the Main Topic
  • Co-Lead Session 6: Proving Consistency on the Main Topic
  • Solo with Supervision (Fundamentals)
  • Solo Session 1: Running the Show
  • Solo Session 2: Running the Show
  • Solo Session 3: Proving Consistency
  • Solo Session 4: Proving Consistency
  • Solo Final Assessment (Fundamentals)
  1. Coaches
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  3. /Shadow Session 1: Game Design and Rules Communication

Shadow Session 1: Game Design and Rules Communication

Fundamentals Coaching · Lesson 5 of 28All lessons

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Session 1 of 4 in the Shadow Protocol (Fundamentals). Read this before the class, then do the quiz and reflection after it.

What to Watch For

  • How does the coach choose which games to run? What's the reasoning behind the sequence?
  • How are win conditions communicated? Are they concrete and measurable?
  • Listen for the six elements of game communication: mode (designated winner, FYJJ, or game), starting position, objectives, constraints, win conditions, and how players switch sides. Can you identify all six for each game?
  • When and why does the coach change the rules mid-class?
  • How does the coach use the curriculum schedule to plan games for the week's topic?

For the Lead Coach

After class, spend five minutes on these:

  • Walk through your game selection. Why did you pick the games you picked? What was the targeted goal for each one? The trainee may not realize how much thought goes into sequencing.
  • Explain a rule change you made (or didn't make). If you changed the rules mid-class, explain what you saw. If you considered changing something but decided not to, that's equally valuable. The decision not to intervene is a coaching skill.

After the Session: Quiz and Reflection

Do this after you've shadowed the class, not before.

The six elements in the first prompt come from the Coaches Guide.

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