Practice & Feedback

Weeks 7–9: Move from personal practice to athlete application

This phase begins the supervised athlete-data experience. Each coach receives a group of 10–15 athletes and builds an authorized roster, goals inventory, available-data inventory, and missing-context list. The purpose is not to generate instant prescriptions. It is to learn who the athletes are, what evidence exists, and which coaching questions are worth asking.

Phase outcomes

• Match play, exploration, and deliberate practice to athlete development.

• Design practice around one observable learning objective.

• Increase useful repetitions while reducing waiting and unnecessary explanation.

• Combine video, timing, wearable, and athlete-report evidence.

• Give precise feedback without creating athlete dependence.

• Establish a follow-up observation so feedback becomes a learning cycle.

Phase milestone

By the end of Week 9, every coach will have onboarded the athlete group, measured one practice behavior, and delivered a concise keep / change / watch message to at least three athletes.

Modules

• Week 7 — Deliberate Play to Deliberate Practice

• Week 8 — Practice Perfect: Measuring What Athletes Are Learning

• Week 9 — Feedback That Produces Action

App emphasis

Use APOPT’s sport-specific form tools where video supports the learning objective. Use rslts workout or summary views where pace, laps, intensity, and training history clarify execution. Always pair the data with the stated purpose of the practice and the athlete’s experience.