Mistake Meeting
Mindset
Legend
- player
- coach / parent
- movement path
How it works
Develop a positive learning mindset by treating every mistake as data and immediately identifying one correction.
What you need
- basketball
- hoop
Your focus
Players with a fixed mindset avoid mistakes and fear failure. Players with a growth mindset treat mistakes as information and immediately seek to correct them. Teaching the 'mistake meeting' , acknowledge, analyze, adjust , creates a culture where mistakes are learning opportunities, not sources of shame.
After every missed shot or turnover in drill play, player must hold a 10-second 'mistake meeting' with themselves.
Player identifies out loud: 1) What happened, 2) Why it happened, 3) What they'll do differently.
On the very next attempt, player implements the correction.
Coach tracks: How quickly did the player identify the correction? Did the next attempt show improvement?
Helpful cues
- The mistake already happened, what matters is what you do with it
- 10 seconds of analysis is worth 100 mindless reps
- Players who analyze their mistakes improve twice as fast
Adjust the challenge
Make it easier
Strip it back
Coach asks the three questions; player just answers.
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Add the next challenge
Player writes down the analysis between reps in a drill journal.No account needed
Build a practice plan
Add drills, keep the plan in this browser, then share a link with your staff or parents.This library helps you find the right drill. Inside UpLVL the right drill finds the player.
This library helps you find the right drill. Inside UpLVL the right drill finds the player.After every practice, UpLVL automatically surfaces the drills each player needs to work on most. See it for yourself.