Articles
Practical guides to using concentration grids and Schulte tables, for the classroom and the practice field.
Articles for teachers
Practical guides to using concentration grids and Schulte tables in class. Every activity works with the free online grids or the printable PDFs.
- How to use concentration grids in classA practical guide for teachers: which grid size to pick, three classroom routines, screens or paper, and how to keep the focus on personal bests.
- What is a Schulte table?What a Schulte table is, how it differs from a 00–99 concentration grid, how to do one, and which size to start with.
- What is a good time on a concentration grid?Why there is no single chart of good times by age, how to measure real progress instead, and which grid sizes suit which students.
- Six classroom games with concentration gridsPartner timing, projector relays, sprints and paper-only variations: six ways to turn a concentration grid into a whole-class activity.
- Printing concentration grids: a guide for teachersHow to print free, randomly generated concentration grids and Schulte tables, which layout to choose, and tips for reusing sheets.
Articles for sports coaches
This site began as a focus drill for youth soccer players. These guides show how to fit concentration grids into practice and game days.
- How to use concentration grids in sports trainingWhere concentration grids fit in a practice session, which size to use with your team, and how to run them at the field.
- Five concentration grid drills for athletesBaseline, distraction, fatigue, pressure and partner drills: five ways to make a concentration grid feel more like competition.
- Building a pre-game focus routineHow to use a short concentration grid as one step in a consistent pre-game routine, without turning it into a test.