Building skill isn’t the only thing coaches build into their players, for without building in character, one will have no true foundation to work from. Now don’t confuse personality with character, for character encompasses and can be summed up in two simple words: Discipline Commitment That’s it. Defining And Building Character: Jocko Willink And Capt…
Teddy Atlas is a legend in boxing circles and goes back to the days of Cus D’Amato, a legend in his own right. Now boxing may not be everyone’s cup of tea as a sport, though there is a lot that everyone can learn from the sport of boxing, and as usual, it is from…
Investigative journalists aren’t as many in the mainstream as they used to be, but they’re still there, though most have surfaced into other viable media, in what is known as the the alternative. And an interesting thing is that out of the top 6 books I’ve read, 4 of them have been written by Investigative…
Rock solid, things that are trustworthy and hardly move, for about 4 years ago, I put out a list of my top 10 books that I have read, and over the intervening time there hasn’t been any change, until the last couple of weeks when I came across the book Breath by James Nestor. And…
Sage has a couple of different meanings, in one it is a plant, and the other is in meaning wise, and over time as well live and gain experience, some through learning, and some through what we are told. And of course, don’t expect any sage advice for navigating this world whilst at school, for…
Enlarging just gets bigger and bigger and wider and wider, and some books and ideas come along which can take one’s thinking and concepts to a completely different level. And over the last 10 years, I’ve come across 3 books which has the capabilities to keep enlarging one’s concepts and understanding and move one to…
Book recommendations can come at a dime a dozen, for some books, one just wants to share with others, for all books have one or two main ideas that have the potential to change what you do, or change one’s comprehension. I’ve just recently finished a book called strive, about the struggle one comes across…
Unusual, well it depends on the angle that one looks at it, for what can seem and appear to be unusual to one person, to another is just another day at the office. It’s Not Unusual – Tom Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nagjPyNMu9Q And the following are three sports, that on the surface appear to be unusual, though…
Brick and mortar are used for building buildings, but if one wants to become a true learner, one needs to become like a sponge for if one puts a sponge into a pool of water, it sucks it up, if one puts a brick into a pool of water, it just gets wet. And it…
Using other people’s expertise is a common thing we do in the world without even realizing it, which means we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. For in using other people’s expertise can save us a lot of time and waste and help us to progress quicker, for they have made the mistakes which has…
Restraints creates boundaries, and within the boundaries, the creativity can flourish, and yet when we are looking to do things, we are looking to remove the restraints. And the above reminds me of a quote from Earnest Rutherford: “We haven’t got the money, so we’ve got to think” And when it comes to exercises and…
Learn, learn, learn – realistically, it’s all we ever do, right up until the day we die, and on the sports field, learning to play quicker is something we should all strive to do. And people think playing quicker means running faster, whereas in reality, it’s in moving the ball quicker between players. Speed Of…
Enjoying the creative process and learning to love, when one does that, one will never be bored, and no problem is ever insurmountable, it may take a while, but you’ll get there in the end. Then Adele Said “I Hate Wah-Wah Oh” – Tim Pierce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubGOWfLFniw The creative process is about play – playing with…
Analogy and metaphor are good ways to get across ideas and concepts, for everyone remembers a picture or a story used to express an ideas, they never remember the explanation. Little Book Of Talent # Tip 21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0JtjasYCU Of course, analogy and metaphor plays to the strength of the right side of the brain, because…
One thing to never lose is one’s child like curiosity and sense of wonder, for without those two things, all one ever do’s is bow to authority type figures, who may not have ones best interest at heart. One – U2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh-ACkYmdc4 For a curious mind is the doorway to exploration and opening things up…
Player centered learning is definitely a different beast when it comes to coaching, though it is the way that coaching has been morphing into over the last 10 to 15 years, and it is those that adapt to it the best are the ones who are going to improve the most. For player centered learning…
Combined training techniques, we tend to stick to our own disciplines and sports when it comes to adapting ideas, and yet when one looks around at many different sports, the concept of coaching combines 1 common theme, one is dealing with people and we all learn differently and at different speeds. But what if there…
Running with Sherman is a book about a rescue donkey and training it for burro racing, well no, it’s way more than that, it’s a book about human and animal interaction and how each can help each other in surprising ways. Running With Sherman https://www.bookdepository.com/Running-with-Sherman/9781781258279 Christopher McDougall Is Born To Run With A Donkey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Gxy4sdV-Q…
Spreadsheet are used for all sorts of things, and one can chart many a progress with them, for one can make up any chart with a spreadsheets basic outline, and can help ones coaching immensely. And when it comes to coaching, and if one is coaching at a lower grade, the spread of progress development…
Puzzle solving, we all can do it, though few of us really exercise the puzzle solving ability that we all have within. For life is ultimately one big puzzle solving process, and until we begin to realize that, what life and who we really are will always remain a mystery. http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Problem-solving-Poster.pdf And it doesn’t matter…
