Teaching Novices & Experts
Nick Saban, Kobe Bryant, Huberman & More
“I see a lot of people with talent but the one thing they don’t have is that just love of doing it for the sake of it.” — Rodney Mullen
Hey Coaches,
Here you go!
✍️ Articles
Untold stories of Nick Saban from the coaches who worked with him: Kirby Smart, Lane Kiffin, and Jimbo Fisher share stories that highlight Saban’s coaching brilliance and his personal interactions with his coaching staff.
Saban compared Kiffin to a children's book character, P.J. Funnybunny, a spoiled bunny who went around creating havoc.
"He screamed at me that I was the bunny," Kiffin said, "and we were like, 'What the hell is that? There's no way Coach has read a little kid's bedtime story like that!'"
The Expertise Reversal Effect, Scaffolding Support, And How To Do It: This is a great read on teaching both novices and experts, highlighting how teaching strategies must evolve as learners gain expertise, emphasizing that methods effective for novices can hinder advanced learners.
For novices, learning new information can be intimidating and overwhelming. They also do not have a very well developed and nuanced schema, or internal working model. For this reason, the most effective way to teach novices is by explicit instruction and offering very structured support.
On the other hand, the most effective way to teach experts is by giving them challenging tasks that allow them to draw upon their previous knowledge. This is because experts have internalised key concepts, ideas and skills, and as such, don’t need an external to provide this to the same extent.
🎙️ Podcast
Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu: Dr. Andrew Huberman on How to Change Your Brain By Using These Hacks to Increase Your Dopamine: Huberman explains how dopamine impacts us in the short-term and long-term and how to better use that understanding to your advantage. [March 14, 2024 - 67 minutes] Apple | Spotify
💭 Miscellaneous
From the NFL Players’ Survey (source):
Some teams still require some of their younger players to room together in the hotel on the night before the game. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers offer players the option to "buy out" of the roommate requirement for $1,750 a year.
📺 Video
KOBE BRYANT - "FAILURE DOESNT EXIST": Kobe explains why he doesn’t love to win or hate to lose.
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