Coaching practices for Coached Practice
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I practice on my own and only ever find out afterward that the whole thing was wrong, with no idea where I went off the rails
- The people I’m training just go through the reps I dictate, checked-out and joyless, and I dictate every detail because I assume that’s my job
- When I coach people, almost everything out of my mouth is about their body
- I only ever coach in the rare formal sit-down and then default to firing off answers in every quick hallway exchange
- I’m great at this when it’s calm and low-stakes in practice, but the second I’m in the real room
Practices that may help
- Coached practice with targeted feedback
Attempt the task yourself while a coach observes and provides immediate, specific feedback on process.
Cognitive Apprenticeship: Learning by Making Thinking Visible - Give performers choice within practice to support autonomy
Offer self-directed options in practice — which drill, how many reps, which cue — to enhance intrinsic motivation and learning.
External Focus of Attention, Made Practical - Rewrite internal-focus coaching cues as external-focus equivalents
Audit your coaching language and convert body-focused instructions to effect-focused ones.
External Focus of Attention, Made Practical - Use GROW in brief leadership conversations, not just formal coaching sessions
Apply GROW structure to 5-minute hallway conversations and 1-on-1 check-ins — not only to hour-long coaching sessions.
The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People - Situated practice in authentic contexts
Practice the skill inside the real-world context where it will eventually be used.
Cognitive Apprenticeship: Learning by Making Thinking Visible - Obstacle anticipation before close
Before ending, ask "what could get in the way?" and pre-plan the response.
The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical - Maintain a high question-to-statement ratio throughout GROW
Ask questions far more often than you offer statements — the coachee’s thinking is the product.
The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People - Replace performance review conversations with feedforward conversations
In coaching conversations, ask "what could you do differently?" instead of "what went wrong?"
Feedforward: Future-Focused Feedback That Actually Changes Behavior - Debrief each session with a structured reflection
Write a three-question debrief right after practice to convert experience into learning.
Growth-Edge Training: Practicing at the Edge of Your Ability - Close the GROW loop with session review
At the start of the next session, review what was committed and what actually happened before setting a new goal.
The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical
Related concerns
- Coaching For Learning
Ask questions far more often than you offer statements — the coachee’s thinking is the product.
Maintain a high question-to-statement ratio throughout GROW
- Coaching Session Goal
Establish exactly what the person wants to achieve — not the presenting topic, but the specific, owned outcome.
Clarify the Goal with precision
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Convert the chosen option into a specific next action with a date, and ask "what will you do?" not "what will you try?"
Build a concrete Will commitment
- Performance Coaching
Apply GROW structure to 5-minute hallway conversations and 1-on-1 check-ins — not only to hour-long coaching sessions.
Use GROW in brief leadership conversations, not just formal coaching sessions
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Ask questions that invite thinking, not ones that suggest answers — and ask more than you tell.
Powerful open questions at every stage
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Offer self-directed options in practice — which drill, how many reps, which cue — to enhance intrinsic motivation and learning.
Give performers choice within practice to support autonomy
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