Recently I was watching a video from Quantum Of Consciousness Channel for he has some really interesting ideas about what is going on in this world and reality and in one of his clips he was talking about a 2 day seminar that was given by Ken Cousens of GEMSTONE University. GEMSTONE University Amazing Reality…
One thing we need to be learning more about is our imaginations, for it is appearing to be the most valuable tool that we have at our disposal and is the beginning of all things, for one only has to look around where they are and see the benefit of others imaginations that have been…
I used to base my coaching from the unconscious belief that everyone wanted to learn and improve, but not anymore, as I gave away that fallacy many years ago and shifted to a new fundamental starting point for coaching which is that no one wants to learn and improve and I have to create the…
Todays world view of how our universe and reality works is changing, and changing rapidly at that, though looking at the main stream outlets and the traditional gate keepers, you wouldn’t think so. To give an insight into this new world view, the following 6 topics give a clue to a more expanded view of…
When one begins reading this blog, and as one continues you will start coming across a lot of varied topics and subjects and one may begin to wonder, what is this website and blog really about? On the surface it appears to be a coaching website, though when one begins exploring the blog and the…
When it comes to sports coaching, there are many obstacles and things that one must struggle through, though the biggest struggle one has to overcome in coaching is when you realize that you have to work it all out by yourself for what you want to do. You can go to all the course, collect…
One thing that I’ve noticed, and it doesn’t matter whether it is within a family, at the work place or on the world stage, the conversations that happen at the bottom is created by the decisions emanating down from the top. And this is no more borne out by what is currently happening on You…
If anyone wants to see the power of using simple techniques well, one only has to begin looking at the works and workings of magicians and card manipulators. And even though one may know what they are doing, when the simple techniques are done well, it looks like nothing has been done at all, yet…
With the more and more information that is coming to light, a very distinct picture of the future direction of sports coaching is emerging. And this future direction consists of a core of 3 main parts, where the basic concept of sports coaching is simply to: Create and Maintain a Learning Environment Activate the players…
I’ve mentioned previously that this blog goes off into some Left-Field topics and discussions, and just to show one how varied the reading that I indulge in is, here are 3 of the current books I’m reading. The first of the current books is: Dissolving Illusion – Suzanne Humphries MD https://www.bookdepository.com/Dissolving-Illusions/9781480216891 This book is about…
If one reads this blog for long enough, you’ll notice I appear to head off all over the place into very different and diverse subject material and you may eventually ask why I head off into what may seem like left-field tangents, with what may seem like no relevance whatever to sport and coaching at…
When we begin doing things like coaching, we always get a lot of information thrown at us, or alternatively, little or no information at all, which turns out not to be very practical at all. And we always get taught to coach the basics of sport, though well intentioned, again not very practical, for the…
When we teach others, we always want to tell them everything, but as we’re starting to learn, it’s not really an efficient way of teaching, for if we tell people everything, they tend not to remember as much as they should, so maybe we should be asking questions instead. For what is one of the…
When it comes to coaching sport, there is a lot of information out there and it’s very easy to get lost and confused amongst all of that information, so it becomes a case of starting somewhere and work your way from there, and what I’ve found is, that appears to be 3 areas, which in…
If anyone plays any form of sport at any level, apart from striving to get better, and trying to win, one of the underlying factors of what sport is really about, it is a journey of self-discovery, in other words, one begins to find out what you are really made of and who you really…
When one begins looking at coaching sports, there is a mass of information out there, where do you start, well you can only start with what you know and then it becomes a case of sorting the priorities for what one wants to achieve. And because in reality, as coaches, we spend so little time…
The interesting thing with so many people doing their own research and putting out the information that they are coming across, what is starting to happen is that traditional education can’t keep up and as new theories and models keep being explored. In other words, what is happening, is the traditional gatekeepers are being by…
The biggest hurdle for anyone who coaches to overcome is moving from a coach centric model way of coaching, to the more inclusive inquiry based way of sports coaching. And the reason being is that the change is so big and requires a whole new skill set, in other words, it’ll be like learning a…
Everyone will have a slightly different idea and concept about what real coaching is about, with the teaching of the skills, techniques and tactics high on the list. As we all know by now, that is only a part of the puzzle that constitutes coaching. When we get down to the nub of it, real…
If one ever wants to find out what really drives them, and why some people never seem to give up in the face of insurmountable odds, then one place to start is with Simon Sineks book, Start With Why. Start With Why – Simon Sinek https://www.bookdepository.com/Start-With-Why/9780241958223 And it’s companion volume, Find Your Why https://www.bookdepository.com/Find-Your-Why/9780143111726 For…
