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Teaching methods fail to meet the learning needs of today’s players?
Modern learners thrive with tools that are accessible and engaging. Wardbord meets these critical needs by providing on-demand, app-based feedback and analytics. Your players’ skills develop faster with features built just for them.
Solutions for Players
Crystal-Clear Communication
Players perform better when they know what’s expected. Wardbord instantly delivers that clarity.
Digital Native Friendly
Designed for the modern, digitally-savvy athlete, Wardbord seamlessly blends tradition with cutting-edge technology.
Performance Focused
Your players want feedback. Wardbord ensures that feedback is timely, detailed, and actionable.
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Characteristics of modern learners
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How Wardbord Improves Retention and Combats the Forgetting Curve
The Spacing Effect
Wardbord leverages the spacing effect by providing focused feedback throughout the weekend via learning campaigns. By spacing out learning over time, players improve retention and gain a deeper understanding of feedback from consistent interaction.
Clear Metrics with Coaches’ Notes
Players can visualize their performance through detailed coaches’ notes, which include clear metrics and actionable insights. This helps players connect feedback to tangible improvements.
Digital Access to Learning
Wardbord digitizes learning, making feedback and resources accessible anytime, anywhere. This ensures players can easily review and refresh their knowledge to enhance retention.
Prioritizing Sleep and Recovery
Players get more recovery time by not attending sessions on Saturdays, allowing them to focus on sleep—a crucial factor for retention and recovery. Wardbord encourages players to get 8-10 hours of sleep, meeting the increased need for rest after a game.
Interleaving Learning Topics
Wardbord promotes interleaving, allowing players to mix up their learning topics instead of studying one area at a time. By giving players the flexibility to explore different areas of the game in any order, Wardbord reduces interference and boosts long-term memory retention.
Building a Culture of Learning
By integrating these strategies, Wardbord fosters a team-wide culture of learning, ensuring continuous growth and development for players and teams alike.
Retention Rates by Learning Methods
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How Coaches Can Use the Learning Pyramid with Wardbord to Boost Player Retention
Retention is critical to player development, and understanding how athletes learn is key to long-term success. The Learning Pyramid, supported by decades of research, demonstrates that interactive and hands-on methods are the most effective strategies for retention. Wardbord integrates these proven principles into its platform, helping coaches build smarter, more prepared teams.
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Team Meetings and Coaches’ Notes: Facilitating Better Understanding
Team meetings provide players with the opportunity to hear strategies, analyze plays, and engage in discussions. Combined with detailed coaches’ notes on Wardbord, players gain access to clear metrics and actionable insights that connect feedback to improvements. According to research, learners retain about 50% of information when they are actively engaged in discussions compared to passive methods like listening or reading.
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Reviewing Video: Transforming Observations Into Action
Video review sessions are one of the most powerful tools for reinforcing learning and improving performance. Traditionally, these sessions required players and coaches to be in the same room, limiting flexibility and efficiency. Wardbord revolutionizes this process by providing players with on-demand access to all the resources they need from their coaches, enabling independent and convenient review. Research shows that combining visual learning with active observation greatly enhances retention, helping players better connect feedback to real game-time scenarios.
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Position Meetings: Focused, Specific Learning
Smaller group sessions, such as position meetings, deliver focused coaching tailored to players’ specific roles. By narrowing the scope of learning, players can retain more information relevant to their responsibilities on the field. Wardbord provides the tools to organize these sessions effectively, keeping everyone aligned with team goals.
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Walk-Throughs and Practice Reps: Hands-On Application
Physical movements play a key role in retention, with hands-on practice topping the Learning Pyramid at 75% retention. Walk-throughs and practice reps allow players to actively engage with feedback and apply what they’ve learned in real-time. By incorporating these into training plans, coaches can reinforce lessons and improve in-game performance.
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Interactive Feedback: The Key to Retention and Growth
Interactive feedback is one of the most effective strategies for retention, helping players retain up to 90% of what they learn. Wardbord’s platform enables coaches to deliver feedback in a dynamic, engaging way. Players can explore different areas of their game, revisit insights, and receive ongoing, personalized guidance.
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Prioritizing Rest and Recovery for Better Learning
Sleep and recovery are essential to retaining knowledge. Wardbord encourages recovery by optimizing schedules and reducing unnecessary in-person commitments, such as Saturday sessions. Research shows that 8–10 hours of sleep enhances memory consolidation, ensuring players retain what they learn during the week.
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Building a Culture of Learning and Growth
Wardbord integrates these strategies to help coaches foster a continuous learning environment. By combining interactive feedback, digital accessibility, and scientifically-backed active learning techniques, Wardbord empowers players and teams to achieve their full potential.
Science shows that active, hands-on techniques lead to better retention. With tools like Wardbord, coaches can turn theory into practice and create a culture where growth never stops.
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Harness Bloom's Taxonomy for Better Athlete Performance
Bloom's Taxonomy is a powerful tool for sports psychologists and coaches to enhance athlete learning and performance. By breaking down cognitive development into clear stages—such as remembering, understanding, analyzing, and creating—coaches can design tailored training programs that promote skill mastery and decision-making.
Why Use Bloom's Taxonomy in Sports?
This framework encourages goal-oriented learning, helping athletes develop both technical skills and critical thinking. Research shows that higher-order skills like analyzing and creating are essential for excelling in complex sports situations, from adapting strategies to making split-second decisions.
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How Coaches Can Apply Bloom's Taxonomy
Personalized Training
Identify where athletes are in their learning journey and create a progression plan from basic skills to advanced strategies.
Clear Objectives
Use actionable goals like "Analyze opponent tactics" to set expectations and track progress.
Balanced Sessions
Combine physical drills with cognitive tasks to enhance both technical and mental agility.
Engaging Practices
Foster higher-order thinking by encouraging athletes to break down plays or create new tactics.
Effective Assessments
Measure progress with structured evaluations that test skills across different cognitive levels.
Bloom's Taxonomy for Athlete Development
Bloom's Taxonomy outlines six levels of learning that help athletes grow both mentally and physically:
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About Wardbord
Jonathan Cromwell, founder of Wardbord, is driven by a passion for coaching and preserving the timeless values of the game we all cherish. A devoted family man, he treasures the time spent with his wife, Sarah, and their three sons—Rocky, Rhett, and Raiden. As a high school coach, Jonathan credits his personal and professional growth to the mentorship of influential figures such as Sam Harrell, Wayne Walker, Paul Willingham, and Steve Morrow.
Deeply committed to the art of coaching, Jonathan recognizes the unique challenges coaches face in today’s demanding environment. He is dedicated to helping them strike a healthy work-life balance, understanding that this harmony is essential not only for their families but also for the players they inspire and lead.
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