Prepare, film, and get feedback: your first session

Building your first coaching session is the most hands-on part of any coaching course, and it comes down to three clear moves: prepare, execute and film, then get feedback. This guide is for aspiring coaches ready to stop watching and start practicing with a real person and a real challenge.

If you have been binge-watching the lessons in a row, here is the honest advice from the instructor [00:32]: stop everything and go prepare. You cannot fake this part. The whole point is to put theory into action.

What are the three steps to complete your coaching project?

The project rests on a simple structure that keeps you accountable from start to finish. You get ready, you record yourself in action, and you collect honest reactions afterward.

1. Prepare the conditions before anything else, choosing your topic and your person.
2. Execute and film your live coaching session with someone you trust.
3. Get feedback the moment you hit stop, asking what worked and what could improve.

When you hit stop, the person you coached becomes your first real reviewer. You want to know what they liked, what felt interesting, what fell flat, and what you could sharpen next time.

What are the three parts of a coaching project? Prepare, execute and film, and get feedback. First you set up the topic and the person, then you record a live session, and finally you ask your coachee what worked and what to improve.

How do you prepare before recording your session?

Preparation is where most of the quality is won or lost, so treat it as its own stage. You are creating the right conditions, not improvising on camera.

Start by choosing the topic you want to coach on. Then find a person you trust, ideally someone who will give you honest, useful feedback rather than empty praise.

That person has a job too. They need to bring a real question or a challenge to the table, because your session exists to help them unleash that potential or overcome an obstacle they are actually facing [01:33]. A genuine challenge makes your practice meaningful.

How long should a practice coaching session be? Five minutes, up to 10 at most. Anything longer becomes hard to assess and hard for others in the community to watch and learn from.

Why does filming and sharing your session matter?

Recording yourself is not about vanity, it is about seeing your own coaching clearly. During the session you follow the five-step model discussed earlier in the course, keeping your recording between five and 10 minutes so it stays easy to review [02:03].

Once you finish, upload the session to any platform you like and share the video with the community. You can even point people to specific moments, like saying "look at minute three, that was my favorite part because something great happened there."

Here is where the real payoff shows up. The instructor calls it social learning [02:53], and it works in several directions at once:

• You share what you learned from your own session.
• You receive feedback from others in the community.
• You watch what other people did and borrow their ideas.
• You give feedback and sharpen your own coaching eye.

Sharing the feedback you already received is just as important as sharing the video. That exchange is what turns a solo exercise into collective growth, and it is the moment community learning actually helps you improve.

What is social learning in coaching practice? It is learning by sharing your recorded sessions, giving and receiving feedback, and watching how others coach. You improve faster by observing peers and reacting to real examples instead of practicing alone.

So pick your topic, choose someone you trust, hit record, and share the result. Go do it, and tell us everything we want to know in the comments.