Coaching practices for Observe and Adjust Gallwey
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- Every time something doesn’t land I turn it into "I’m failing at this" instead of just noticing what actually happened
- I give my team a sharp, accurate read on what’s going wrong and exactly how to fix it, and they nod and walk away
- The instant my mind has nothing to hold onto it floods with instructions and second-guessing
- I can do this thing fluently when no one’s watching, but the moment it matters I start micromanaging every step
- All day my attention goes straight to what went wrong
Practices that may help
- Use the performance-feedback loop without Self 1
Treat every outcome as information, not a verdict — adjust without judging.
The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1 - Raise awareness and build responsibility simultaneously
Help the person see their situation more clearly while also connecting them to their ownership of it.
The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People - Give Self 2 a concrete focus anchor
Occupy Self 1 with a specific sensory observation task so it stops issuing unhelpful instructions.
The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1 - Trust Self 2 — give the body an image, not instructions
Set the target in vivid sensory terms and then let the body execute without conscious direction.
The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1 - The Formula First-Session Task and Between-Session Noticing
Assign between-session observation tasks that direct attention toward what’s already working.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Building On What Works - Shift attention to external focus under pressure
Direct attention to the effect of your movement (ball, target, outcome) rather than your body mechanics.
Choking Under Pressure, Made Practical - Outperform expectations in every context
Becoming the person who consistently delivers beyond what’s expected is a discipline practice, not just a performance tactic.
The Accountability Mirror: David Goggins’s Radical Honesty Practice - Metacognitive regulation
Adjust your strategy mid-session when you detect that comprehension or progress has stalled.
Self-Regulated Learning: Taking Control of How You Learn - Use external focus to improve balance and stability
Focus on the feeling of the surface or a distant stabilization target rather than on your postural muscles.
External Focus of Attention, Made Practical - Graduating a question when the behavior becomes automatic
Retire a question from the list when it scores consistently 8 or above — mastery earned is bandwidth freed.
The Morning Questions
Related concerns
- When External Focus Attention Distal Vs Proximal Focus
Focus further from the body (on the target, not the implement) for the largest attention benefit.
Use more distal external focus for greater performance benefits
- Attentional Focus Motor Learning
Attend to where the ball goes or where force lands — not to how your arm or leg moves.
Direct attention to the effect of the movement, not the movement itself
- External Focus Motor Learning
External focus of attention — directing attention to the intended effect of a movement (where the ball goes, where force is applied) rather than to body mechanics — consistently outperforms internal focus for both skill learning and execution. Gabriele Wulf’s OPTIMAL theory proposes two mechanisms: external focus activates automatic motor control processes, and it enhances competence need satisfaction. Effect sizes in controlled experiments are moderate to large.
- Focus Anchor Inner Game
Occupy Self 1 with a specific sensory observation task so it stops issuing unhelpful instructions.
Give Self 2 a concrete focus anchor
- Focus On Target Not Technique
Focus further from the body (on the target, not the implement) for the largest attention benefit.
- Inner Game Observation
Observe what is actually happening with curious interest rather than approval or disapproval.
Replace judgment with non-judgmental awareness
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