Future of Education Podcast S2E310: The Resilience Playbook: How to Coach Your Kids Through Failure Without Coddling
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Feb 27, 2026 Lisa Willis, former WNBA player, Knicks coach, and UCLA Hall of Famer turned youth coach. She shares scripts and routines from Texas Sports Academy for coaching productive struggle. Short takes on balancing coddling with coaching. Practical routines, celebration rituals, home drills, and how families build mental strength without rescuing kids.
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Use A Short Physical Launch To Teach Growth Mindset
- Start the day with a short physical Limitless Launch to teach life skills and growth mindset.
- MacKenzie describes a 15-minute soccer-ball kickoff where K–3 kids named habits to “kick” like frustration or XP chasing.
Kindergartners Kick Bad Habits In A Launch
- Lisa ran a launch about independence where kids kicked a soccer ball to symbolize habits to drop.
- Kindergarten kids shared goals like stopping XP chasing and managing frustration during the activity.
Keep Learning In The Productive Struggle Zone
- Two-hour sessions are designed as productive struggle inside the zone of proximal development.
- Lisa explains coaches act as mental performance guides, keeping tasks challenging but not so hard students shut down.