Whenever the word discipline is mentioned, most people switch off and tune out because of the perceived negative connotations of the word implying hard work. In the work that I do, we’ve discovered a phrase which means the same as discipline but doesn’t have the same negative connotation and that two-word phrase is simply this,…
The biggest problem for most coaches is that they wait around for talent to come, though by doing that, one will always be behind the proverbial 8 ball. To get ahead as a coach, one needs to be able to create talent. And if one has the belief that there is talent all around, that…
I’ve talked quite a bit about the imagination and the creating of a blueprint, it’s time now to look at it in practical terms. I’ll use sport as the example, though in reality, one can apply creating the blueprint from your imagination to anything that they do. Since it all begins with the imagination, as…
When it comes to people, we’ve all got this power learning within. Everyone has a slightly different way that they learn, for ultimately, we all teach ourselves, though there are some basic principles to understand if we want to unleash the power learning within others and from within ourselves. And there appears to be four…
The traditional model of a leader that is presented to us is one of someone in a perceived position of authority who can control people and also inspire them by what they do and say, though that has now become an outdated form of leadership, for a different model of being a true leader is…
If one wants to become a better coach, or a teacher in any form, one thing that needs to be done is to begin the process of Learning about Learning. And a question to really ask is, how many sports courses actually cover the topic of Learning? For to begin learning about Learning, one must…
Our brain can seem like a mysterious world and place, and without much knowledge and understanding, it would surely stay that way. But times have changed and with the amount of research that has been and continues to be done, this mysterious world of our brain is beginning to be understood by more and more…
The more one begins learning about the brain and its learning processes, the more fascinating the brain becomes, and like anything, it’s very easy to get bogged down in the detail before one has the bigger picture. Basically when we learn something or a new skill, the brain is reaching out and creating new connections…
If you’ve ever been involved in coaching junior sport, at some stage you come up against the player of the day scenario, and if you do it long enough, you begin to realise it’s a system that the kids see through and doesn’t help with their development at all, so I’ve totally gone away from…
Whenever you get into maths and specifically physics, you always learn about pivot points and levers and with the right length of lever on the appropriate pivot point then any object becomes easier to shift. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTa2EFd3JF0 It’s the same with sport, both coaching and playing have their own pivot points and levers and when applied,…
There are 3 elements to understanding the human brain and how it works and when you come to grips with them, the learning and coaching process accelerates. The things is, the human brain isn’t that mysterious and complicated to understand when you look it at from the big picture, it’s just that the left brain…
People have an inherent curiosity for learning and as we get older, unless we hold onto that inherent curiosity, the learning process fades and this is the challenge for anyone who coaches is in coaching players to learn. You want to tap back into this inherent curiosity and kick start the learning process, regardless of…
Questions are some of the greatest things ever invented though they do have a double edge sword aspect to them and that is dependent on the type of individual on the receiving end of them. For without the asking of questions, clarity in understanding and progress won’t occur because if you ask questions of an…
When discussing psychology, it becomes understanding how the brain works and recognising the patterns that people work to. So for my curry night in discussing psychology I would invite Carol Dweck, Angela Duckwoth, Ian Leslie and Dan Pink for in their specialist topics of Growth Mindset, Grit, Curiosity and Motivation because they cover pretty much…
At the moment the world is in a state of flux, and nowhere is this more evident than in the sports world and the future coach is going to be a facilitator in their approach to get the best out of their players, in other words, they are going to become a facilitator coach. With…
When you truly look into the coaching process, what begins to emerge is 6 six key factors that goes into creating a learning environment. These key factors do not only apply to sport, they apply to any aspect of life in general with the 6 key factors being these: Open Curious Minds High Standards Praise…
When we come into this world we all have open curious minds, for without an open mind one cannot be curious and learn what we do. And without open curious minds we could not teach ourselves to walk and talk, all before the age of two, and by the age of two we begin to…
To keep going forward in whatever you do, you’ve got to develop a creative coaching concept, because you have to understand the body mind connection, for merely understanding the skills, techniques and tactics and how you put together practices is not enough. For the mind plays a bigger part in creative coaching for if you…
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,…
When understanding the difference between a Learner & Improver and Needy People, understanding the ego becomes key. Because: Someone driven by the ego, where the ego is in control, is someone who is being driven in having their needs fulfilled by external means Whereas: Someone who has disassociated from the ego, is someone who is…
