UCLA Bruins legendary Men's Basketball Coach,John Wooden, Correction,Not Criticism

多くの人は、ふ化する前にニワトリの数を数える。
ベーコンを期待しても、折れた骨と出会うだけだ。
Many count their chickens before they are hatched and where they expect bacon, meet with broken bones.
from Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist and playwright, 1547-1616.

from John Wooden:
Criticism and correction differ, especially when it comes to methods and motives.  Criticism puts someone down.  Correction means I want to help.
Be slow to correct and quick to commend. No one likes correction, but we learn from it. If we commend before we correct, the person will accept the correction better.  But we must listen before we correct.  There is usually another side to every story.  If we listen to others, they will be more apt to listen to us.
It is very important how correction is given.  We must be careful how we do it.  We don't want those being corrected to lose face.  Here are some good tips: Make it meaningful, but use judgment.  Don't fly off the handle and be quick to correct.  Do it with tact.  If we just let it fly, it is more likely to be viewed as criticism than as correction.
You can't antagonize people and then expect to get positive results.  I never punished players by making them run laps or do push ups.  I withheld privileges.  Discipline was maintained through denying practice time or playing time in games.  I don't believe physical punishment is helpful. I didn't want physical conditioning confused with punishment.  Early on I made the mistake of antagonizing through physical punishment.  Later I
learned a better way and, as a result, I became a better teacher(to be continued)
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