Good coaches don’t fix every mistake mid-play. They let it finish, then teach. Timing your feedback is half of it.

Correction lands differently depending on when it arrives. Interrupting somebody mid-attempt ends the attempt and mostly teaches them that they are being watched, while waiting until the play is over leaves the lesson intact and the person able to hear it. Half of useful feedback is choosing the moment to hand it over.

Let somebody finish badly this week before you say anything, whether that is a teammate, a sibling or a younger kid. Hold the one thing worth saying until it is over. Then say it once, specifically, and let them go again.