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 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…
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:…
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…
One thing about playing sport, is that one has to become used to pushing through the physical discomfort of pushing themselves past their perceived limits. It is not so noticeable in adult sport, as those who have been playing for long enough have learnt to push themselves through that discomfort that they feel, and by…
The more you begin to delve into understanding the core skills and techniques, you begin to realise how valuable they are and how much stems from them and ultimately the importance of them. And even though the number of core skills and techniques maybe small, numbering only as many as 7 or 8 of them,…
When you truly sit down and look at the sporting skills of anything that’s done, you can begin to group the types of sporting skills into four areas, with 3 of these groupings being very pertinent in becoming a master coach. And the four types of sporting skills are simply these: Generic Skills Platform Skills…
Whenever you get into maths and specifically physics, you always learn about pivot points and levers and with the right length of lever on the appropriate pivot point then any object becomes easier to shift. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTa2EFd3JF0 It’s the same with sport, both coaching and playing have their own pivot points and levers and when applied,…
You’ve started to look into nutrition, you’ve started to change what you eat and the natural supplements you take to compliment what you eat, so how do you go about improving your health further? There are 4 further things that can improve your health further, each on their own are good, though when you combine…
Ultimately, everything we do is about the creative process and the finished product is what people will admire, but the creative process is far more fascinating. I don’t know about anyone else but I just love watching the behind the scenes on the DVD’s and even down to listening to the director’s commentary for that…
Even though I talk a lot about sport, pretty much everything discussed applies to all aspects of life and so it is with the types of players you want and want to develop also applies to people within society. If you want to progress your team, the type of individual that you want is this:…
In my time of bringing together all this information, I’ve done a lot of reading from a lot of sources and from a variety of people which takes you on a journey of the mind for any reading will do this. The best books I’ve found which explains things the best are generally: Smaller Books…
What happens when most leave school, their learning slows down or stops all together, whereas the opposite should happen for life is a process of continual learning. Because: When you leave school, your learning should increase because you are no longer tied to a curriculum and become exposed to more and more subjects and topics….
The more you begin looking into things, what you realise is that there is a flow to life, and you’re being quietly but gently guided to what you’re good at, to your niche in life. And we also do have a form of free will and free will extends to the choices that we make…
In coming to understand the human psyche and how we behave you have to go back to basics and like any concept, it’s not that difficult to understand once you tune into the keys. Essential you need to know about: Learners & Improvers Needy People Psychopathic Mind And understand the aspects of: The Succeeding Mind…
The biggest hurdle in sport isn’t in understanding the skills, techniques and tactics, it’s in understanding peoples behaviour and knowing what makes them tick. In terms of coaching, I have found peoples personalities is a smokescreen to what goes into making a successful team, for two people can have the same type of personality and…
If anyone does not know much about the playing zone I would recommend reading The Mindful Athlete by George Mumford, which was published this year, 2016. http://www.bookdepository.com/The-Mindful-Athlete-George-Mumford/9781941529256?ref=grid-view It gives good examples of being in the zone and the steps and practices to take in getting there on a consistent basis. His concept of getting into…
