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…
One of the things that a modern coach becomes very proactive on is in building and maintaining the Learning Environment. http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/The-Learning-Environment.pdf And there are three aspects in being proactive in building and maintain the learning environment, with them being: Framing Reinforcement Reminders Where: Framing is the Initial Outline that one does upon meeting the team…
The art of communicating is in getting one’s message across succinctly, using as few words as possible, though creating a picture in people’s mind that they easily remember. http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Good-Coaches-Philosophy.pdf http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Modern-Coaching-Poster.pdf And the best coaches are masters at getting their message across succinctly Bob Paisley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xudo1NLICRw With a couple of Bob Paisley sayings being: “There’s not…
There is a changing face of coaching going on at the moment and viewing platforms like youtube are right at the forefront of this changing face, mainly for the reason that players can go onto places like youtube and learn any skill that they want to associated with their sport, so the coach is no…
I don’t know about anyone else, what I’ve found is that the Most Important part of a coaching session is the 1st 2 minutes, that time when you reconnect with the players after a break between games and practices when everyone has gone away and done their own thing. Dan Coyle – How To Engage…
The more and more books I’m reading about coaching, what is becoming clearer is what a good coach works to and from, and there are 3 common themes that continually come to the fore of what a good coach does. And those 3 things are simply these: They understand people and guide them They simplify…
I’m always on the look out for books about improving the environment which makes the learning process more likely to happen, and one such book I have come across is The Winning Mindset by Damian Hughes. The Winning Mindset – Damian Hughes https://www.bookdepository.com/The-Winning-Mindset/9781509804399 In his book he distills what successful coaches do in creating an…
For those interested in the sporting side of what I put out, today I have got a brand new poster called, Good Coaches Philosophy, that has just gone up on the website, and now the total number of posters done adds up to 44. http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Good-Coaches-Philosophy.pdf And as most will realise by now that this isn’t…
The hardest thing about teaching others about coaching is that there is so much to learn, you know, where do you start? And as I’ve developed along in my own coaching and looked back at what I’ve done I’ve simplified it down to 3 key elements, they being: Understand working with people Few core skills…
One thing that one realises as you do more and more research and as one just naturally gets older and gains more experience is the different vagrancies and meanings of words, for 2 people can be using the same words, but the real meanings that they have can be totally different, so everyone is speaking…
When one begins studying and researching what is going on in this world, one very quickly sees the tidal wave of information to go through, and what really goes through the mind is, where do I start? Awake or A Wake? Deep Truths Uncovered And Exposed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4h30m04Xy4 And the usual starting points are the financial…
Have you ever found that there are some people in your life, and they may even be family, where even just mentioning something about anything, sends them into a defensive mode and it happens so often you start feeling that they are like defenders of a system? You may have even read an article, say…
When one begins the process of creating things with their imagination, and it starts coming to fruition in one’s physical reality, if one isn’t prepared for it, there can be a most disconcerting aspect to it all. And that disconcerting aspect can be the speed at which things can occur, and if one isn’t ready,…
The most important premise about coaching and sport, is that it involves people, and yet the majority of our coach training pays little attention to this premise and facet of sport, and yet it is an area that has such a big impact on any coach’s effectiveness. And this is why I’ve spent so much…
The more and more research that one does into the way this world is being organised, manipulated, deliberately changed and socially engineered, eventually one will come across a UK organisation called Common Purpose. http://commonpurpose.org/ And what you find is that Common Purpose have offices and trainings all over the world. http://commonpurpose.org/find-us/asia-pacific/auckland/ http://commonpurpose.org/united-states/ http://commonpurpose.org/south-africa/ http://commonpurpose.org/find-us/europe-middle-east/abu-dhabi/ In…
The more and more as one becomes to understand people and the working with them, one begins to understand the subtle power of words. For the same words can have many meanings, for the words that one speaks will be interpreted differently by others, depending on the knowledge that they have. The Power and Influence…
