After · Debrief
After a Loss
A loss is one game — not a grade on you. A quick debrief makes you sharper instead of just replaying it in your head.
Best done once the rawest few minutes have passed — not mid-meltdown. If you’re still too heated, come back in an hour.
1
How’s it sitting?
How’s it sitting right now? Tap one — then we move forward.
2
What went well?
Before any lessons: name something you or the team actually did well. Be specific — a real moment, not “we tried hard.”
3
What was actually yours?
Sort each one. Some of a loss is on you to train; some of it isn’t yours to carry.
4
One thing to work on
Turn what’s yours into one change — then the very next thing you’ll do about it.
Keep it a process you control — an action, not a result.
5
Your debrief
After a Loss · Debrief
Did well
name it in step 2
On me
sort step 3
Let go
sort step 3
Work on
add it in step 4
One check before you go: read it back. If a teammate played that exact game, would you talk to them the way you’re talking to yourself? Be at least that fair to you.