1. POSITIVE COACHING SCOTLAND PRAISE SANDWICH
For a young person to improve their ability, sometimes this means telling them areas they need improvement in. For your child having their weaknesses pointed out to them may harm their confidence levels, however the praise sandwich provides an excellent opportunity to constructively criticise your child without lowering their confidence levels.
Start with a positive comment – something they have done well.
Followed up with a constructive
criticism that is aimed at improving
their levels of ability
This is then followed by a positive
statement that encourages them to
make changes to their technique.
A praise sandwich may look like this:
“Your passing technique is really improving”
“Although your first touch needs to improve as this will give you more time to make a pass. We can work on this during the next training session – do you understand what I mean?”
“Have a think about this and we can really move onto the next level”
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