One of the most interesting aspects of the coaching process is in working out the steps one takes, and the further one develops in the coaching process what one comes to realise, is that there are steps within the steps which enables the coaching process to happen. So what do I really mean by this…
Coaching has got 2 parts to it, and we generally ignore the most important of the 2 parts to the detriment of the coaching process. Most will be well versed in one of the parts of the process, that of teaching the skills, techniques and tactics of one’s sport, though it is the other part,…
As one continues on with their coaching development, what becomes very apparent is how dynamic the process becomes. For what seemed to be important at the start, can start to develop less and less importance as time goes on. But ultimately it comes down to what one wants to achieve with what they are doing…
From time to time I receive interesting articles in my email and the other day I got one from Lee Smith Coaching and it was an article by Paul Cammarata on player development over merely coaching to win. https://leesmith.co.nz/win-paul-cammarata/ Obviously the article deals with junior sport and the age old debate of winning over player…
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…
If one wants to do well as a sports coach, ultimately it is about developing dynamic players who have the discipline to play a passing game. And one of the influences in developing what I do, was in watching the Liverpool Football team through the late 70’s and early 80’s. Liverpool Team in the 70’s…
If you’ve ever been a coach of players, you’ll know from first hand experience how tiresome it is if you have to keep prodding players along in getting them to expand their knowledge, though when players become explorers of information themselves, then the dynamics of coaching changes. Because Coaching is about creating explorers of your…
Most, as they get older and older, tend to reduce their ability of learning new skills and techniques, though as we know, things don’t stop moving. So even as one gets older, there is always the time to upgrade and learn new skills. For example, 2 of the skills I’m working for field hockey are:…
In searching for ideas, I spend time searching Youtube for coaching videos, and the reason why I search for these coaching videos, is not to copy them persay, but to gather ideas to enhance drills and games that we come up with. So the following is a few coaching videos, which people may find of…
There is one thing that people can do if they want to accelerate the process of becoming a better player. And that simple thing is this: Take ownership of your learning process For with the introduction of the internet and access to information, the number of people putting information out is always increasing, and there…
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…
One satisfaction of coaching is in inventing and coming up with one’s own training drills and practices to help solve issues that happen on the field and seeing those issued resolve themselves by the drills and exercises that one come up with. One might go, I could never come up with my own training drills,…
The more and more one coaches, and the longer that one coaches for, one realises that you don’t have to teach the players everything, what you realise is that the real trick of coaching is in building into the players the cores and a few key points and develop the players from there. Because the…
In all the years that I’ve been coaching, there is one thing that holds true, no one sets out to become worse at coaching and develop bad players, anyone who coaches at any form is always looking at becoming better at coaching and always looking to improve. http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Guide-to-Coaching.pdf And in the 30 years that I’ve…
One thing about playing sport, is that one has to become used to pushing through the physical discomfort of pushing themselves past their perceived limits. It is not so noticeable in adult sport, as those who have been playing for long enough have learnt to push themselves through that discomfort that they feel, and by…
When ever we play golf, we always have a selection of golf clubs that we choose, and depending on the situation that we are in, will depend on which of the golf clubs that we will use. PGA Golf lesson – The 3 Club System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBxr7QAMW-k Golf clubs are basically grouped into 4 types, they…
Coaching in the 21st Century is all about being creative and the only way one can become creative is to begin imagining a better possibility, in other words, coaching all begins in the mind. And the old days of coaching of just running a few drills and assuming that everybody wants to learn and improve…
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…
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…
