One day I’ll get back to writing about sports and coaching, though at the moment, the nature of this reality, consciousness, who we are and other topics are much more fascinating subject area and topics to explore. One Day – Opshop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX7MktaEMh0 I’m currently not coaching at the level that I used to be for…
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…
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…
Repetition – all players love that word – not, though repetition like the word fun, can have many different meanings as there are people. We all recognize that repetition is a big part of the coaching process, and we also know that if we do the same drills and exercises over and over again, that that sort of repetition is…
Soccermatics is a book very similar to Moneyball, in which both are about statistics and how they apply to sports. Both Soccermatics and Moneyball are well worth the read for they shine a different light on the sports that they highlight, and show how statistics, when used in the right way, can enhance what one does….
Cracking things can be a form of destruction or a milestone, it depends on what one set out to do, and the context that things are looked upon. Well I didn’t set out to do it, but I’ve cracked the 50 posters mark, and in the process of doing the posters, it’s helped me to come…
Big Picture Thinking is not done by enough people, it’s plain to see, mainly because we’re not taught how to do it, and yet it is only through big picture thinking, that the details we are presented with begin to make any sense. The new poster on the website, Practical Coaching, is an example of…
Motivation for players to improve is one of the biggest topics and task a coach will ever face, yet player motivation for improving is one of the least understood topics around, yet at it’s heart is some basic fundamentals to help. And over the years, one comes across some interesting material, which helps one to…
Develop, develop, develop, that is the nature of one’s sporting reality. For in development, one is constantly improving. Though improvement doesn’t happen in a linear fashion, generally there maybe quick initial improvements, followed by a gentle incline, almost a plateau, then at some stage a big leap. Almost if one can picture the profile of stairs,…
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…
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,…
Zip files is a way of downloading a lot of information quickly, and then when one gets that information, begin to unpack it, creating a bigger picture. And the posters on this website that are created are a bit like zip files, start with the basic information, then begin building out the topics from there….
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…
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…
