Coaching practices for Restorative Practices
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- We’re trying to settle this just between the two of us, but the truth is a whole group felt the fallout and their trust took a hit too
- I treat rest days like wasted days and just pile on more hours, but lately my focus is shot during practice and I’m clearly grinding without improving
- I’m being pushed into a sit-down with the person who hurt me before I’m anywhere near ready, and I can feel that being made to face them right now would set me back rather than help
- It’s supposed to be my day off but my head never clocks out
- I treat rest as something I only earn after everything else is done, so it’s the first thing I cut
Practices that may help
- Restorative Justice (Howard Zehr)
Restorative justice is an approach to harm that focuses on repairing relationships and meeting the needs of those harmed, rather than on punishment. Developed by Howard Zehr and others, it asks three questions: Who was harmed? What do they need? Who is responsible for meeting those needs? Research on restorative programs shows higher victim satisfaction and, in many contexts, lower reoffending compared to conventional punitive approaches — though results vary by context. - Involve the affected community, not just the two parties
Harm rarely affects only two people — include those affected by the ripple.
Restorative Justice (Howard Zehr) - Deliberate Recovery: Making Rest a Performance Practice
Deliberate recovery treats rest not as the absence of training but as an active process that needs the same intentional design as the training it supports. Sports science research shows that sleep quality, active recovery protocols, nutritional timing, and psychological disengagement from performance demands all contribute independently to recovery quality — and that athletes who manage recovery systematically adapt faster than those who treat rest as passive downtime. - Treat recovery as part of the training cycle
Consolidation of skill gains happens during rest — underrecovery erodes the growth edge.
Growth-Edge Training: Practicing at the Edge of Your Ability - Ensure participation is voluntary for all parties
Restorative processes only work when everyone — especially the harmed party — chooses to participate.
Restorative Justice (Howard Zehr) - Practice deliberate psychological disengagement from performance
Recovery is not just physical — the mind must also disengage from performance thinking for recovery to be complete.
Deliberate Recovery: Making Rest a Performance Practice - Treat recovery as a performance investment, not a reward for finishing
Schedule recovery as deliberately as training — stress without recovery produces breakdown, not growth.
The Ideal Performance State, Made Practical - Make deep rest a regular practice
Schedule short rest sessions consistently rather than only in crisis.
Yoga Nidra & NSDR for Recovery - Aim for reintegration, not permanent labeling
Accountability is not a permanent identity; the goal is for the responsible party to re-enter the community as a full member.
Restorative Justice (Howard Zehr) - Ask the three restorative questions
Start every harm conversation with: who was hurt, what do they need, and who is responsible for meeting those needs?
Restorative Justice (Howard Zehr)
Related concerns
- Deliberate Practice Recovery
Deliberate recovery treats rest not as the absence of training but as an active process that needs the same intentional design as the training it supports. Sports science research shows that sleep quality, active recovery protocols, nutritional timing, and psychological disengagement from performance demands all contribute independently to recovery quality — and that athletes who manage recovery systematically adapt faster than those who treat rest as passive downtime.
- Deliberate Recovery Making Rest A Performance Practice Before Bed
Deliberate recovery treats rest not as the absence of training but as an active process that needs the same intentional design as the training it supports. Sports science research shows that sleep quality, active recovery protocols, nutritional timing, and psychological disengagement from performance demands all contribute independently to recovery quality — and that athletes who manage recovery systematically adapt faster than those who treat rest as passive downtime.
- Deliberate Recovery Making Rest A Performance Practice During A Big Change
Deliberate recovery treats rest not as the absence of training but as an active process that needs the same intentional design as the training it supports. Sports science research shows that sleep quality, active recovery protocols, nutritional timing, and psychological disengagement from performance demands all contribute independently to recovery quality — and that athletes who manage recovery systematically adapt faster than those who treat rest as passive downtime.
- Deliberate Recovery Making Rest A Performance Practice During Conflict
Deliberate recovery treats rest not as the absence of training but as an active process that needs the same intentional design as the training it supports. Sports science research shows that sleep quality, active recovery protocols, nutritional timing, and psychological disengagement from performance demands all contribute independently to recovery quality — and that athletes who manage recovery systematically adapt faster than those who treat rest as passive downtime.
- Deliberate Recovery Making Rest A Performance Practice Under Stress
Deliberate recovery treats rest not as the absence of training but as an active process that needs the same intentional design as the training it supports. Sports science research shows that sleep quality, active recovery protocols, nutritional timing, and psychological disengagement from performance demands all contribute independently to recovery quality — and that athletes who manage recovery systematically adapt faster than those who treat rest as passive downtime.
- Deliberate Recovery Making Rest A Performance Practice With Friends
Deliberate recovery treats rest not as the absence of training but as an active process that needs the same intentional design as the training it supports. Sports science research shows that sleep quality, active recovery protocols, nutritional timing, and psychological disengagement from performance demands all contribute independently to recovery quality — and that athletes who manage recovery systematically adapt faster than those who treat rest as passive downtime.
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