Side Coaching
Spolin's technique of calling out instructions to players during an exercise — 'Share your voice!' 'See the space!' — without stopping the action.
Known for
- Core to Spolin's *Improvisation for the Theater* — the side coach is a teaching presence, not a director.
- Rule: side coaching names the focus (the POC), it does not dictate content — 'Stay with the space!' not 'Pick up the cup!'
- Modern improv classes inherit this: teachers calling out 'specificity!' 'listen!' during scenes is direct Spolin lineage.
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