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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)
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Solo Final Assessment (Fundamentals)

Fundamentals Coaching · Lesson 28 of 28All lessons

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Complete this after all four solo sessions. This is the comprehensive assessment for the fundamentals coaching track.

Knowledge Check

What are the six elements you must communicate when explaining a game? List them.

What are the three components of alignment? Define each one briefly.

Name the six core mechanics. For each one, give a one-sentence definition.

What is FYJJ? Explain it as if you were telling a new coach who's never heard of it.

What is the difference between a grappling game and positional sparring? Why do we prefer games?

What are the four segments of a fundamentals class? What's the approximate time allocation for each?

What is retrieval practice? Why do we include a retrieval segment in every class?

What is the constraints-led approach? Give a concrete example of how you'd use it in a game.

Coaching Skill Assessment

Describe your approach to planning a fundamentals class. Walk through your process from reading the curriculum to walking into the room.

What's the most common mistake you make as a coach? What are you doing to fix it?

Describe a moment from your solo sessions where you adapted well. What were you seeing? What did you change? Why did it work?

Describe a moment from your solo sessions where something went wrong. What happened? What would you do differently next time?

How do you decide what to say between rounds? Walk through your decision-making process.

How do you calibrate your coaching for a mixed-level room (week-two white belt next to a four-year blue belt)?

Pedagogy and Philosophy

In your own words: why do we teach from concepts down rather than techniques up?

Lemov writes that "when you chase five rabbits, you catch none." How does this principle show up in your coaching?

What does "the game teaches the game" mean, and why is it insufficient on its own?

What is the difference between "I taught it" and "they learned it"? How do you check which one happened?

What does "invest in loss" mean, and how do you model it as a coach?

Self-Assessment

What kind of coach are you right now? What are your strengths?

What kind of coach do you want to become? What do you need to develop to get there?

What's one thing you wish you'd known at the start of this training program?

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