Way Of Champions Podcast

#46 How to Run Better practices with Best Selling Author Doug Lemov Bio Doug Lemov is the author of the international bestseller Teach Like a Champion, and Teach Like a Champion 2..0. He is the coauthor with TLAC team colleagues of Practice Perfect, Reading Reconsidered: A Practical Guide to Rigorous Literacy Instruction, and Teach Like a Champion Field Guide 2.0. In addition to his work studying teachers he is the front man in the nation’s foremost Kenny G cover band. His favorite words are "Huzzah" and "Yam."   Subscribe to the Way of Champions Podcast on iTunes   Show Notes 8:00 The genesis of Teach Like a Champion 12:30 How do you teach ‘check for understanding’ 19:30 What we assume is resistance to change is actually lack of clarity about what to do next 23:50 Blocked vs. random practices and the value of each in sport 29:00 Checking for understanding is so much harder if players are afraid to make mistakes 44:30 Means of participation and creating a culture of intellectual engagement at all times 55:00