Soccermatics is a book very similar to Moneyball, in which both are about statistics and how they apply to sports. Both Soccermatics and Moneyball are well worth the read for they shine a different light on the sports that they highlight, and show how statistics, when used in the right way, can enhance what one does….
Big Picture Thinking is not done by enough people, it’s plain to see, mainly because we’re not taught how to do it, and yet it is only through big picture thinking, that the details we are presented with begin to make any sense. The new poster on the website, Practical Coaching, is an example of…
Develop, develop, develop, that is the nature of one’s sporting reality. For in development, one is constantly improving. Though improvement doesn’t happen in a linear fashion, generally there maybe quick initial improvements, followed by a gentle incline, almost a plateau, then at some stage a big leap. Almost if one can picture the profile of stairs,…
Structured practices creates flexibility, hhmm – sounds a bit like an oxymoron, for how could something that is structured, create flexibility? It isn’t as contradictory as it sounds, for the structure isn’t in being dogmatic about sticking to things, it’s about having a framework, or structure, to build one’s practices around. And depending on the…
Eighty percent rule plays a big part in the functioning of our society, and it is no different when it comes to sports coaching. For the eighty percent rule is basically that 20% of your customers, spend 80% of the money, or 20% of the people will do eighty percent of the work. It’s a figure…
Grass Roots coaching is important to the very foundation of sport, we all know that, and yet it keeps posing a dilemma, for what do we do with it? How do we improve it and what information does it need? Jurgen Klopp On Grass Roots Football – Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHfBbEeHfys Jurgen Klopp On Grass Roots…
Fundamental to all coaching is in the laying of the foundation to whatever one does, and yet as mentioned many times before, the thing that is missed from our coaching education is the fundamental foundational aspect to everything that we do. And as usual, for ease of reference, another poster has been created to aid…
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 thing that drives anyone who wants to become good in what they do is, how can we make it simpler? For different sports it could be, how can we make something go faster, or how can we make something lighter, all the same concept, it’s all about efficiency and effectiveness and making it simpler…
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…
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…
A new book has come on the market that adds to the important work of the changing face of coaching, and that book is The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle and has come, what will eventually be known as his trilogy on coaching. For Daniels work will take on more importance as time goes by,…
We keep hearing the term of things like the Modern Game, but in reality, what is the modern game? Generally, it is of the teams that is winning at the time and the way the game is being played at that moment in time. For what you will find is that when a team that…
In all the years that I’ve been doing things, I’ve looked to break it down to it’s key components, so I could understand the bigger picture being worked from, and coaching has been no different as I’ve looked to create a practical outline for anyone wishing to know more. Hence the reason for this website,…
As one develops as a coach, what you will find is that the sports specifics will begin to consume less and less of your time, as one starts focusing on beginning to understand human behaviour. For the biggest fallacy in sport is that everyone who plays sport wants to learn and improve, and it wasn’t…
No doubt, some have been exploring the posters page on the website and come across the recent additions to all the others as I’ve had a very productive time lately, producing 6 new posters galore. I didn’t intend doing so many, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. I’ve also struck a bit of a…
It’s one thing knowing what the concepts, keys and principles are, though the key to quick start one’s understanding is in the asking of questions. For I’ve mentioned that the foundation for coaching is to: Create a learning Environment Activate the desire to learn And build what one does from the core skills, techniques and…
As soon as one begins the process of learning about and creating a learning environment, one has set themselves on the path of breaking the current coaching mould. For up until the last 5 years, the current coaching mould has been the coach centric model, with the players blindly following the coaches instructions, though as…
One thing one learns over the many years of doing things, is that simplest is always the best, and the way to do that is by understanding the nuts and bolts of things, in other words, getting right back to principles. And it’s the same with sports coaching, there are too many complicated concepts out…
Because the mind is a big component of our reality, and thus what we think effects our perception, two people can live in the same place but how they perceive it will be different. Sport is a great example of this, because: You can have two coaches from the same area, one will perceive little…
