The Coach's Guide to Teaching Quotes

“Knowledge forms the foundation of all higher order cognitive functions including critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making.”
― Doug Lemov, The Coach's Guide to Teaching

“One (problem-solving) is generally slow and the other (decision-making) is often fast. Decision-making is the cognitive process players use more frequently during a match, but problem-solving is important in developing associations that ultimately support faster thinking during the game. Speed might seem like a relatively trivial point on which to focus, but of course it isn’t trivial to an athlete. When we talk about “instincts” and “game sense” in an athlete, we are usually talking about decisions that are made faster than we can consciously think, a skill that requires its own processes.”
― Doug Lemov, The Coach's Guide to Teaching

“Please stop talking to me, Coach—I am trying to play.”
― Doug Lemov, The Coach's Guide to Teaching