Spot and Lift
Leadership
Legend
- player
- coach / parent
- movement path
How it works
Identify one specific, genuine moment of quality in a partner's performance and deliver targeted positive feedback.
Your focus
Generic encouragement ('good job') is low-information leadership. Specific positive feedback ('that adjustment you made on your footwork after the second rep was sharp') is high-information , it tells the athlete what's working, which reinforces it. This drill builds the observation skill that makes real leadership possible: you can't lift someone specifically if you weren't paying close attention.
Player and partner alternate reps while one observes.
The observer's assignment: find ONE genuine, specific moment of quality to call out.
Deliver the feedback immediately after the rep: name what specifically was good and why.
Debrief: what did you have to pay attention to in order to give specific feedback?
Goal: both players finish the drill having received specific, actionable positive feedback.
Goal
Partner confirms the feedback was specific and actionable (not general praise) on four of five reps.
Helpful cues
- Specific feedback says you were watching, generic feedback says you weren't
- Find what's working with the same attention you give to what's broken
- The observation is the leadership skill, the words just deliver it
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Strip it back
Coach models one example of specific feedback before the drill begins.
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Player must deliver specific feedback after every rep, not just once per drill.No account needed
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