This coaching tip continues our 8 part series on simple strategies for maximizing your student’s ability to learn. These tips come from a lecture by Debra Bell. The third simple strategy is the student must have some control over what it is they will learn. This can seem a bit tricky to accomplish. After all, […]

Every parent likes to think their child is a unique snowflake, and you know what , you’re absolutely right. As much as we all have in common, everyone’s just a little bit different. One of the things you’re going to notice about your teenager is that he or she has their own particular way they […]

Today’s coaching tip is actually one I got from a tip about swimming. When swimming, it can actually be more efficient to go slower using fewer strokes to go the same distance. Especially for long distances, going slower and more efficiently will get you to the finish faster. So how can you apply this notion […]

Independence Day has come and gone this month, but it is such a landmark holiday, we’re going to keep in the spirit of things with this week’s coaching tip. Benjamin Franklin said “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.” For Mr. Franklin and his fellow signers of the Declaration of […]

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Barbara Corcoran a while ago, and I learned a few things from her that helped me, and even a few things that can help you as you teach your teen to drive, or learn to drive yourself. Continuing the three part series on what Barbara Corcoran of “Shark […]

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting Barbara Corcoran a while ago, and I learned a few things from her that helped me, and even a few things that can help you as you teach your teen to drive, or learn to drive yourself. To kick off a three part series on what Barbara Corcoran […]

The Boy Scouts of America have done a lot for helping shape young boys into great men, and it turns out they can do a lot to help shape you and your teen into collision-free drivers. What do the Boy Scouts have that you can apply to your driver education? I’m talking about the Boy […]

The Boy Scouts of America have done a lot for helping shape young boys into great men, and it turns out they can do a lot to help shape you and your teen into collision-free drivers. What do the Boy Scouts have that you can apply to your driver education? I’m talking about the Boy […]

Driver education is something many teens take for granted. After all, it’s assumed that they will be driving at some point, so it follows that of course they will receive driver education. And they will, hopefully. What I want to talk about today, though, is how they get their driver education. In my experience, the […]

“Practice like your life depends on it, because it does!” I say this at the end of pretty much every video I make, and you see this phrase quite often in our course materials. Clearly, I think practice is important when a student is learning the techniques of collision-free driving. I hope you do, too. […]