Sunday, August 6, 2023

Taking Notes

"Dumb jocks" is mythology. Teach players to study better. Notes help retain and expand ideas. Contemporaneous notes reduce questions about accuracy and memory. 

Learn to take better notes as a study plan. Handwritten notes are better. "The students who were taking longhand notes in our studies were forced to be more selective — because you can't write as fast as you can type. And that extra processing of the material that they were doing benefited them."

"Generative note-taking pertains to "summarizing, paraphrasing, concept mapping..."

Add value by including:

Big ideas. For example, "What 'musts' belong to transition defense?

What’s the why? Explain our key offensive and defensive themes. Such as:

  • Allow 'one bad shot' with communication and collaboration. 
  • Pressure and contain the ball. No direct drives. 
  • No middle.
  • Contest shots without fouling. 
  • Block out and rebound to end the possession. 

Sense or nonsense? Don't blindly accept every word or concept. Question whether an idea is possible, plausible, certain, or impossible. Remember to maintain your rethinking scorecard.  

Lagniappe (something extra). How do ideas impact winning? 

Lagniappe 2. Consistency. 
Lagniappe 3. Empty and refill.