One thing we do not do enough of is in talking rubbish, those times when the conversation goes off into left field, or an offhand comment that takes one into uncharted waters and territories. Because sometimes the most inane question or comment can lead to some of the most profound of insights, for example: Define…
Sometimes to get any questions answered, sometimes you have to provide the answers yourself. And so is the case in getting answers to the questions I posed re the addition of fluoride to the water supplies and the proposed changing of the decision-making process out of the local NZ council’s hands and into the hands…
If you’ve been around the coaching scene for a while and been to multiple coaching course, sooner or later just learning about the general skills, techniques and tactics is not enough, and eventually you get into the asking of some important coaching questions. These coaching questions develop over time because you begin to realise that…
When you first get your team together, all the Learners & Improvers, Needy People and Psychophic People will all be shuffled together like a well-used pack of cards. And as a coach, the first thing you must do, in cultivating curious minds, you must figurative sort out the pack of cards into the black colours,…
Six weeks ago I wrote 7 questions to my parliamentary representative concerning the adding of fluoride to the water supply and 5 weeks ago those questions were forwarded onto the ministry concerned to answer them and currently the fluoride questions remain unanswered. I know they are busy and will get lots of correspondence and they…
In the courses of doing these blogs and wanting to find answers, out of all the questions asked, there are 3 big ones that stand out. The first two I’ve got answer for and the third questions stems out of finding the answers for the first two. The 3 questions are: What do successful coaches…
There are two things a coach must do right from the outset if they are to have any traction or effect as a coach. And when I mention what they are, one’ll go that’s so obvious The two things that the coach must do from the outset are: Keep needy people and their behaviours in…
Bit of a philosophical theme today and it revolves around experiences and ones perceptions of them. Have you ever had experiences, that one the surface seemed bad, though in the long run turned out to be very beneficial to yourself. Or alternatively: Have you ever had an experience that on the surface seemed to be…
In the quest to become a better coach, there are two questions I asked and ultimately they both come to the same conclusion. The questions with the answers are as follows: Q: What do successful coaches work from that isn’t being taught? A: They keep the needy people in check And Q: What if my…
Some may be asking where do I get all the information from, most probably don’t even think about it at all. It’s like there’s this river of information (picture the internet) and there’s this stuff constantly going by and with asking questions one is constantly going to this river of information where the answers are…
Over the time I‘ve been doing this blog it has been driven by asking question and then finding the solutions and answers to them. And my questions have gone like this: What do successful coaches work from that isn’t being taught? What if my players do not want to learn? How do I help others…
In becoming a much better coach and getting players into the improvement approach, 4 questions are constantly required to be asked to see if it is happening. The questions being: Have I built a safety of Learning? Have I built a sense of belonging? Are the players becoming self-actualizers? Are the players developing strength of…
The following is a question which I’d just throw out there, for learning to ask the right questions helps for getting at the heart of a problem or solution. The question is simply this: What if it was the normal that was broken? And interestingly this question has got two ways of looking at, they…
A while ago I posed a couple of questions and now I’ve revised the answers slightly, though it’s answering the questions the same, though from a slightly different perspective. The two questions with the revised answers are: Q: What do successful coaches work from that isn’t being taught? A: They get the players to look…
Every question asked always has simple answers; it’s just getting to them that can prove the challenge. And by asking two thought provoking questions, the chaff has been sifted to get at the simple answers, and the answers have big implications to everything that’s done. The two questions and the answers that have been worked…
Here is another thought experiment for getting at the essence of what training and practice becomes. If you only had 20 minutes a week to work with your team, what would you do? The answer is going to depend on what you are trying to achieve and are working towards. Because most drills are done for about…
Here is a small thought experiment to think about. If there was only one thing you could do with your team, what would it be? What would be the one thing that would make the difference for your team to become the team that you would want it to be? With the amount of things…
How readily someone asks questions will come down to how they see what they are exposing when they ask questions. If they view asking questions as a way of filling in knowledge that they didn’t have, then asking questions is not that hard to do, in fact it becomes an easy task. Whereas if they…
If you were to ask people who played sport the following two questions, generally you’ll find the answer to both would be yes. Do you know what the zone is, or have you heard about it and would you like to play in the zone on a regular basis, rather than just occasionally? And Have you ever…
The interesting thing with the 2 big questions asked is that both have the same answer. The two questions being: What do successful coaches work from that isn’t being taught? And What if my players do not want to learn? Both answers revolve around the mind. The successful coach constantly cultivates the succeeding mind in…
