Learning Curve - Around and About

I learned a lot about volleyball by writing and watching video daily over the past year, but I'm still no expert. I also enjoyed conversations with the Melrose coaching staff.

Do you have a learning strategy? Consider borrowing from legendary teacher Richard Feynman, the Feynman Technique. Consider reducing it to:

• Name (choose your topic, like float serves)
• Explain (describe your understanding)
• Research (do a deep dive into the topic, research) - this helps you fill in holes in your understanding
• Simplify and Teach (teaching helps teachers prove understanding)

From the review, "Or, for a different angle on the Feynman Technique, you could place a rubber duck on your desk and try explaining the concept to it. Software engineers sometimes tackle debugging by explaining their code, line by line, to a rubber duck. It sounds silly, but it’s a forcing function to make you walk through your thinking as simply as possible."

From Dan Shaughnessy's Sunday Globe piece, a microeulogy,

"The Massachusetts volleyball community lost a visionary last week when Judy Slamin died. Slamin ran the MIAA volleyball tournament for 30 years and also founded one of the top volleyball programs in the Northeast, SMASH Volleyball, which sent hundreds of female and male players to the NCAA.

Slamin was the recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association Lifetime Achievement Award. Her granddaughters, Julia and Tessa Lanfear, won Division 1 state championships at Newton North."