Balancing Act, that’s what coaching is about, some years it works for you, others it doesn’t, and this is why it takes a number of years to become a really good coach, for we have to learn to balance the skills, techniques and tactics side of coaching and balancing it with the people skills side…
Pattern recognition is a key aspect of the coaching process, for without the ability to recognize patterns, everything will seem disconnected and chaotic. We look at nature and it can seem random most of the time, yet underneath everything, there will be a pattern at work, though sometimes we don’t see those patterns because the…
Constructing something always requires an understanding of what one is doing, yet until someone starts, that understanding can not be acquired. Hence what everyone needs to know is that all coaching is trial and error, and it doesn’t matter how scientific one becomes, at it’s heart is all trial and error, for some of the…
Structured practices creates flexibility, hhmm – sounds a bit like an oxymoron, for how could something that is structured, create flexibility? It isn’t as contradictory as it sounds, for the structure isn’t in being dogmatic about sticking to things, it’s about having a framework, or structure, to build one’s practices around. And depending on the…
Principled thinking is missing from a lot of what we do, mainly because we aren’t taught or shown how to do it. Yet when one begins working to principles, things become simpler over time, and the amount of paper work that one does, becomes less and less. http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Coaching-Principles-Poster.pdf http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Playing-Principles-Poster.pdf And being principled in coaching, allows…
One size fits all policies, may look all right on paper, though if one has ever had any dealings with things and a one size fits all policy has ever tried to be implemented, there is a common outcome, it generally don’t work. Hence why one needs to start learning about principles and seeing the…
Trial and error, we all hate making mistakes and not getting things right, though when one really begins looking at it, all sports coaching really is, is a process of trial and error. And this is why having an overall picture in one’s mind become essential, for the point the one is aiming for, over…
Balancing things in life is always an on going process, and so it is in balancing what one does with the coaching process. If coaching, and someone comes up to you and asks, have you got any drills and exercises that I can do? What does one say? I always go yep, plenty of drills,…
Building things always begins with the first thing that you do. That may sound really obvious, though until one starts, nothing gets done. And the real question is, where does one start? And the simple answer is, right where you are. And when it comes to sport, building a team fundamentally revolves around three things:…
Iceberg on the horizon, and if one sees one, you will know that 7/8ths of the iceberg will be underwater. The Beauty Of Icebergs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3NbohN_nbk And like icebergs, teams comes in all shapes and sizes, and generally the important things don’t get seen from a coaching perspective, for when watching a coaching session, everyone generally focuses…
Eighty percent rule plays a big part in the functioning of our society, and it is no different when it comes to sports coaching. For the eighty percent rule is basically that 20% of your customers, spend 80% of the money, or 20% of the people will do eighty percent of the work. It’s a figure…
Sandbars always cause problems for people navigating certain water ways, for they constantly shift, and unless one can read the ripples on the water, one will beach themselves upon the sandbars hidden underneath. And in a way, that’s a bit like coaching, or working with any group of people, for as people come and go,…
Fitness is an important aspect to any sport that anyone plays, but it is not the only one, and when combined with core skills and understanding people, those 3 alone make up a substantial part of the coaching process. And understanding people is a big part of those 3, yet we pay little attention to…
Longitude was always a problem in the past for the navigators of this world, for without it in companionship with lattitude, they could end up anywhere in this world, and generally it was on the rocks. And an interesting book I read many years ago was Longitude by Dava Sobel, which was about John Harrison…
Development is an interesting process which occurs over time, and if anyone ever follows the work of anyone for any period of time, one will always see development occur within that time. And as mentioned a few times before, my development as a coach had reached a roadblock, for I had done all of the…
Foundation Stones are fundamental to the coaching process, for they are the first stone that is put in place, and it’s just the same when it comes to coaching sport, for without a proper base, no building can truly start. Laying The Stone Foundation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoxGz9TuXek So when it comes to sport, the foundation of coaching consists…
Have you ever been in a group, with very few rules and yet they still worked, and in fact they worked better than the groups with too many rules to work by, that’s the power of self-organising systems. And when you look at these self-organising systems, no one really seems to be in charge, and…
The longer and longer I’m doing things and exploring different subjects and topics, the thing that most find the hardest to do is to simplify, and yet to be able to simplify is the thing which brings the greatest results and rewards. Recently, I’ve just finished reading a book called Simplify by Richard Koch &…
When people get into sports coaching they think it is about coaching a sports team, superficially on the surface that is true, though in reality it is all about engagement, getting the players to engage with the process. And the days of just expecting players to turn up, become involved and do what they’re told…
The thing that drives anyone who wants to become good in what they do is, how can we make it simpler? For different sports it could be, how can we make something go faster, or how can we make something lighter, all the same concept, it’s all about efficiency and effectiveness and making it simpler…
