Good Cop, Bad Cop: One of the Most Challenging Parts of Teaching/Coaching

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One of the most challenging parts of teaching/coaching is striking the right balance between good cop and bad cop.

You have to set high performance standards and hold the line on what it means to achieve them.

But at the same time, you have to support students in developing that level of performance.

You can’t just say “work harder,” you have to actually demonstrate to the student what specific types of training exercises are going to develop their skills.

But at the same time, you have to call out when a student is not engaging with the process, not putting forth the effort that’s necessary to make the skill development happen.

You have to give honest feedback – often about shortcomings in the student’s performance – in a way that’s motivating, or, at least not demotivating.

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