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…
Silent, can you hear the noise, nope, neither can I. There’s a set of skills in sport which are totally ignored, forgotten, yet they play a big part within the game process. And these so called silent skills are simply these: Discipline Game Talk – (Communication) Game Sense Reading the Play Playing To A Team…
Process is a way of doing things, and every system has one, even the workings of this reality has a process, in the way that we first construct, then experience what we constructed, on both an individual and collective level. And though it’s made out to be complicated, the construction of our reality, appears to…
George Carlin was a comedian who passed away in the 90’s, though the words he spoke in his later years hold as much truth today, as the day he was speaking them. And one of George Carlin most famous lines is: “It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it” George Carlin – The Big…
Free flowing water doesn’t stagnate, and it is the same with information, for if it is allowed to flow, new ideas and concepts will bubble to the surface, as more and more people are exposed to information they used to have trouble having access to. And like free flowing lava, ones knowledge base quickly begins…
Immune systems are interesting in how they work, though if one asks most how the body works to attack a viral infection, very few would be able to say or have any idea, they probably say that it just does. The Immune System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4jobV6-bFA And when one takes a step back and begins to look…
Expanding waste-lines is obviously a problem and an issue in the world at the moment, especially if one indulges and bases their diet around the myriad of processed and food like products we are inundated with. And if one is a regular visitor and reader of this blog, one very quickly will realise that what gets written about…
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…
Joys come in many different ways, and one of the joys of writing these blogs and doing what one does, is that it takes me into areas and information that one wouldn’t normally go to, and one ends up listening to people one wouldn’t normally come across. The whole process is fascinating, especially the information that…
Ritual plays a big part to what happens in this world, and a lot of times, people are unwittingly involved in these rituals, that are put on as entertainment for the masses. The more and more one looks at 9/11, it starts to look more and more like a ritual that went wrong. For again,…
Closing Time was a song put out by Semisonic in the late 90’s and quickly became a signature tune used at the end of the night for when pubs were closing for the evening. Closing Time – Semisonic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGytDsqkQY8 And another signature that is apparent is in the closing down of conversations by those influenced…
Great things come in surprising packages, and none more in teaching skills. For realistically, every moment is a teaching opportunity and to use the skills that one has and has accumulated over the years and adapting them to the situation that one is in. For sometimes the solution is the never the most obvious, and the…
Backroom deals is where the real power games take place, and the politicians are just really the sales people to sell the populace on the ideas that have taken place within the backroom. And no where is this backroom dealing more evident than in the lead up to the start of what we know of…
It’s always good and fun to find songs with lyrics that slip through the radar, though they have catchy tunes to boot, and one such artist is Heather Small of the band M People and some of the work that they did and do. For Heather Small and M People did a cover version of…
It’s always good having a project or 2 on the go, in some cases many projects, for one it makes life interesting, and two, one will never get bored, as one always has threads on the go, and for those whose remember, 2 months ago I said I was going to change to a Linux…
The coaching of sport is changing, and the way that coaching was done is no longer as relevant as it was, and at some stage, everyone goes through this changing process as the new type and approach to coaching becomes more and more to the fore. Hockey Canada Ad – Relax It’s Just A Game…
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…
If one listens to what others are saying, one can always pick up wise words from others who have already covered the ground that one wishes to cover, and in sport, listening to other coaches is a vital component in improving, for one will always pick up wise words for those who are successful. The…
One of the most interesting aspects of coaching is in choosing the right words to say to your team or players, and just as importantly, one may have chosen the right words or word, but do your players understand what they mean, are they working from the same page as you the coach. http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Good-Coaches-Philosophy.pdf For…
