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 interesting thing about most needy people, especially when it comes to the sports world, is that they never quite fulfil their potential, there is always this continuous potential about them, that if you just hang in there long enough with them, they’ll get there. But as always, the Needy People never fulfil that promised…
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,…
If you ever want to see how powerful words are and how they are perceived, keep doing and looking at the same things, but change how you describe them. For where words derive their power from, is in how they are perceived, thus in the perception they become powerful words. Power Of Words https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg4_7ygQ11A For…
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…
We don’t only learn things by reading about topics, we also pick up more information through visual learning, so in that spirit on the subject of psychology, the following are youtube clips associated with the 8 books that I’ve put together on the subject. Because through visual learning, we always pickup extra information that we…
Everyone has a trigger point in what gets them motivated to do what they do and as a coach it’s learning to find those access points with the psyche, so you can trigger that motivation within them. And looking at psyche access points, there seems to be about four main ones, they being: Standards Morality…
Whenever you get involved with coaching, or working with people in general, you have to take an interest in psychology, the art of understanding people, for that is at the heart of anything you do. There are many, many books out there around the subject of psychology and it would be a list as long…
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…
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…
Today I have a list of what I consider to be influential coaching books and every individual who becomes involved in coaching at any level should read. And there are two interesting aspects to these books and see if you can spot them. In Sheep’s Clothing – George Simon Jr https://www.bookdepository.com/In-Sheep-s-Clothing/9781935166306 Puzzling People – Thomas…
When looking at the types of people, when you understand the concepts they’re working from and that their behaviours form the patterns, they become easier to identify. So let’s have a look at the types of people we’ve identified and look at them closer through the perspective of concepts and patterns. Learners & Improvers Concept…
The following are some principles and concepts I work to in my approach to sport. Some may apply to what you do yourself, some may not. The great sporting fallacy is that everyone who plays sport wants to learn, improve and get better There are two types of people who play sport, they being the…
The biggest hurdle in sport isn’t in understanding the skills, techniques and tactics, it’s in understanding peoples behaviour and knowing what makes them tick. In terms of coaching, I have found peoples personalities is a smokescreen to what goes into making a successful team, for two people can have the same type of personality and…
Today we’re going to look at the root cause of needy behaviour and what it really is but first we have to look at the ego and understand what that is. To cut a long story short, in a nutshell: The ego is a force that is part of you that needs to be fed…
The following you tube clip is interesting watch if you want to begin understanding our nature of reality. The Illusion of Reality – Consciousness & Quantum Theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRkDicwjRQs The clip only goes for 10 minutes, has many different contributors, brings together many different topics and shows at the end, that by our very nature, being…
So how does having an understanding of consciousness and how we communicate with it help in developing players. In reality, it forms the basis of player development, because: If players love what they do, just by this very act, they will create something within themselves that is greater than the sum of its part. And…
There are three institutes out there going quietly about their work who contribute greatly to two aspects of the 3D human experience. These three institutes are: The Co-Intelligence Institute http://www.co-intelligence.org/index.html The HeartMath Institute https://www.heartmath.org/ And The Heffter Institute http://www.heffter.org/index.htm With the co-Intelligence looking into the thinking connections between us and the HeartMath Institute looking at…
There is one problem that coaching has got that has rarely been addressed and that’s the area of self-awareness. For anyone wanting to improve it becomes a case of increasing self-awareness. And one thing that most don’t like doing is turning the spot light upon themselves for that’s what self-awareness is. Because to achieve excellence…
If you’ve ever watched or loved any of the movies by the animation company Pixar, then you’ll find Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull at fascinating read. http://www.creativityincbook.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTVnB3YAMgA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffixfwt654I Though the book is based on developing the creative process, it is also a fascinating insight into understanding people. One of the big things is, is…
