Today, merely coaching the skills, techniques and tactics isn’t enough when one gets into sports coaching, yet it is the main focus of what we do, and those that do branch out into other areas become better sports coaches for doing so. Sports Coaching today has become about creating an environment where the players, athletes…
As some will have noted by now, there is another 2 posters added to the poster section of the website which goes towards creating a clearer picture of the overall coaching picture. These posters that get created can come to me at anytime and for any source, as they help me to gain a clearer…
I’m always going to coaching seminars in the area that I live because I want to expand my knowledge, and occasionally I’ve gone to one in other areas, though being from a smaller area, one doesn’t get the chance and opportunities to go to as many coaching seminars, as say someone in a larger area….
The longer one coaches, the skills, techniques and tactics start to take on a less of a priority in what one does, as one begins spending more time building a platform from which the skills, techniques and tactics can be launched from. And the better a platform that one can make, the more that one…
The best thing about starting with an unknown is in solving problem, and so it is with coaching, for if one wants to solve Coachings engagement problem, one has to create a self-organising culture It appears that the way one goes about establishing a self-organising culture is to work to 2 simple steps, they being:…
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…
Over all the years coaching, and all the information gathered and sorted through, the basis of all coaching appears to come down to 2 essential questions. There’s obviously still a lot of information and knowledge behind these essential questions, though anyone starting out on the coaching path, these 2 essential questions are a great place…
Everything we ever do we develop a culture around it, and so it is with our coaching, and what we do and expect creates our coaching culture. And in developing our coaching culture, what is at the heart is the asking of questions, for that is the only way to truly get at the heart…
What is rarely understood about a playing season is that it can be broken down into 3 distinct parts, and unless one starts to understand these different stages of the playing season, one won’t really get an idea of constructing their season for making effect. For the preparation for the start of the season is…
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…
