Great things come in surprising packages, and none more in teaching skills. For realistically, every moment is a teaching opportunity and to use the skills that one has and has accumulated over the years and adapting them to the situation that one is in. For sometimes the solution is the never the most obvious, and the…
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…
Tales and Stories we all like, it is what cultures are built upon and from, and what tales will they be telling in the future about our times of now, for we are in a time of great change with AI so firmly being thrown into the mix. Sage Of Quay Radio – Sofia Smallstorm…
When one begins looking at how systems operate, what becomes apparent is that there are at least 2 types of organisational structures, where one type of structure squanders the talent within it and the other opens up and develops the talent within. With those 2 types of organisational structures being: Autocratic – Top Down Self-Organising…
Essentially whenever anyone learns about coaching and what it is all about, essentially everyone is learning the same skills and techniques, where the real difference that sets people apart is in allowing their personality to come through. And as an example of same techniques different personalities, one only as to look at the art of…
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…
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…
Have you ever been in a group, with very few rules and yet they still worked, and in fact they worked better than the groups with too many rules to work by, that’s the power of self-organising systems. And when you look at these self-organising systems, no one really seems to be in charge, and…
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…
As one coaches for longer and longer, what one begins to focus on more and more is the learning process and how people learn. And people can focus on the different genders as a difference in the learning process, which I’m sure there is a minor difference, though after 30 odd years of coaching both…
When people get into sports coaching they think it is about coaching a sports team, superficially on the surface that is true, though in reality it is all about engagement, getting the players to engage with the process. And the days of just expecting players to turn up, become involved and do what they’re told…
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,…
One of the most interesting aspects of coaching is in choosing the right words to say to your team or players, and just as importantly, one may have chosen the right words or word, but do your players understand what they mean, are they working from the same page as you the coach. http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Good-Coaches-Philosophy.pdf For…
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 advertisers, to magicians and mentalists, coaches and authority figures, they’re all into mind hacking the human brain, for whether they have something to sell, to take from you, or to get you do something, this mind hacking of the human brain is going on all of the time. Robbins Magic Of Consciousness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtIhN4AWLX0 Defcon…
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…
Why do people find curiosity so strange? Almost like an anomaly, whereas curiosity is the basis of being human, and to deny curiosity, is to deny one’s most important learning tool. You remove the curiosity, you remove the learning And if people are telling you to stop being so curious, they are effectively telling you…
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…
I’m always fascinated watching teams warm up and what they go through and what they do, and sometimes you ask yourself, are they doing a warm up or are they doing a training drill? For the clue of warming up is in the word: Warm Up I know that everybody will be different in their…
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…
