Introductory is beginning at the start and laying out the basic aspects (Principles) to what one does. And this has been the hardest thing over the years for sport, for when one thinks about it, organized sport in the modern era has only really been around for just over 120 years, which in realistic terms,…
Philosophical you say, nope, just think about things, and by doing so, one ends up becoming Philosophical as a result, and of course that spills over into one’s sports coaching, for the two go hand in hand. For if one looks at and thinks about things long enough, patterns and principles begin to emerge from…
Applying what one learns can be just as hard as learning about the things in the first place, for just because one learns something, it doesn’t mean that one will be applying what they’ve learnt correctly, there is still more learning to do. A classic example would be lock picking. How I Practice Lock Picking…
Practical, it certainly helps if it is, for there is nothing worse than reading something and coming away going, what was that all about. For the hardest thing about writing is being able to put something out there that others can easily understand. And the biggest things one discovers when writing about coaching is, where…
Coaching books are a dime a dozen, though rarely do they present the full picture, to do that, one has to do a lot of reading, on a lot of different material. So no coaching books have the magic bullets, they have great ideas and concepts, but there’s never a one size fits all, and…
Head down, work hard, but ultimately, what on? Where does one actually start, What can one do the most of to get the biggest effect? To begin understanding the Ninety Ninety Rule of Coaching, one hasn’t got that far to look. http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Ninety-Ninety-Rule-A3-Poster.pdf For one can consider the 90 90 Rule to be the head of…
Core blimey, all of this information can become overwhelming, it’s no wonder people don’t really look at things in depth, for there are so many corridors and cul-de-sacs, that it seems more like a labyrinth than any thing else. Inside The Labyrinth Documentary (The Making Of Labyrinth) 1986 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFQCg0rpBK8 So let’s bypass the Labyrinth altogether…
Beginning, it’s always there in one form or another, and the coaching process is no different, though at the moment we are all thrown into the middle when we start, and it’s no wonder people flounder around for a long time before they begin to come to grips with the process. So for those just…
Basic is the very foundation of which something built upon, and the basic idea of what’s been worked on over the years is to provide a foundation for anyone wanting to get into coaching, for what ever reason. For the basic excuse used most about not coaching are generally two, with them being: “I don’t…
Alchemical Process, or Alchemy, is normally associated with the Esoteric or Occulted aspects of this reality, and yet when one begins to look at Alchemy properly, it is actually a day to day part of our lives, especially if we are going through a change to improve ourselves and understand ourselves better. So let’s start…
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…
Evolving, it’s something everything does at some stage or another, and even for the chocolate fish challenge I run for the junior teams I take. http://beawinningcoach.com/?s=chocolate+fish For the whole coaching process is trial and error as one builds towards the picture that they’ve created in their mind. http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Be-A-Winning-Coach-Practical-Coaching-Poster.pdf The reason why things keep evolving is that…
Chirping Bird Syndrome – what the heck is that? Anyone who has coached a children’s sports team will have had the pleasure to deal with it at some stage. Chirping Bird Syndrome is that time when children want your attention and they constantly call out your name looking to get your attention, in other words, if…
Random questions, or observations, can lead to greater insights and understanding, and of course most people shy away from these types of things, though the more random things one asks or looks at, the better one gets at doing it and the more insightful questions one can ask. Accidental Inventions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qO1brxn1rNs The other day I…
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…
Problem solving is one of the biggest capabilities that one can have, and when combined with Big Picture thinking, one starts to develop an unstoppable ability to truly see what is going on. For if anyone is involved in coaching young children’s sport, there are two things they are constantly trying to work on and eliminate…
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…
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…
Base is an important aspect to anything that one does, for with a good and sound base set, in other words, a solid foundation, better structures can be built. And when one truly begins to breakdown and examine sports coaching, it essentially breaks into two words, they being: Base Growth So sports coaching is about…
Grass Roots coaching is important to the very foundation of sport, we all know that, and yet it keeps posing a dilemma, for what do we do with it? How do we improve it and what information does it need? Jurgen Klopp On Grass Roots Football – Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHfBbEeHfys Jurgen Klopp On Grass Roots…
