Raising something is always an interesting thing to do, and it is normally a desire which sets any raising aspect in motion. For desire is always the first step in wanting to improve in anything that one does. Desire – Napoleon Hill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igX5BknpkkA Though what about raising ones consciousness level? How does one go about…
Reinforcing something requires repetition, especially when it comes to learning and improving, and through a feedback loop, one gets to see how that improvement is going, or not happening at all. Feedback Loops: How Nature Gets It’s Rhythms – Ted Ex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inVZoI1AkC8 And of course, on of the greatest feedback loops is the equation for…
Motivation for players to improve is one of the biggest topics and task a coach will ever face, yet player motivation for improving is one of the least understood topics around, yet at it’s heart is some basic fundamentals to help. And over the years, one comes across some interesting material, which helps one to…
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,…
Trial and error, we all hate making mistakes and not getting things right, though when one really begins looking at it, all sports coaching really is, is a process of trial and error. And this is why having an overall picture in one’s mind become essential, for the point the one is aiming for, over…
Pushing the envelop can be unsettling for some, though by pushing the envelop, one begins expanding their knowledge out. And when one stops and begins explaining things to others, one can surprise themselves by what they have actually learnt over time. So in the spirit of pushing one’s boundaries further, the following are some you…
Path – Follow the yellow brick road, or do you. There are many paths we take in life, and at times we do not know whether we are on the right path or not, that comes with experience and inner knowing. Though one common road we all take, or should take, is the path of…
Juggling is something we do in our lives naturally, for we all have many things on the go, and if we didn’t know how to organise ourselves, all the balls that we have in the air, would fall to the ground. And it’s always interesting watching people juggling different objects and the timing that they…
Polymath is an interesting concept, yet it something our educational system doesn’t cater for, yet some of the most creative people, like Leonardo Da Vinci, are and were a polymath. So what is a polymath? Quite simply put, it is someone who studies and researches over a wide range of interests and subjects, and by…
Stepping out into the sea of information can be scary for a lot of people, especially if they have been through the indoctrination program that we call education, and a lot of people are happy to stay within the perceived comfort of the system, though at what price? What’s Your Price? – Black Pilled https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkEa4wOejNk Though more…
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…
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…
Whenever one tries something, or begins to learn something new, it is always through the process of taking small steps and this same principle of taking small steps applies to the process of waking up to the reality that surrounds us. For there are 2 types of waking up that one goes through, the first…
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…
If one ever starts anything, one thing is guaranteed, somewhere along the line you’re going to have failures and fail at things, it’s just the way it is, no one has ever come up with the perfect plan from the get go. Success comes from the accumulation of failures and learning from them and trying…
In the world of self-directed learning, people maybe a bit concerned that they won’t find any teachers on their path and in the progress of their development. Ultimately that is an irrelevance because with an open mind and when one begins to look, teachers are everywhere. Your teachers could be people around you or people…
When putting together sports team, ultimately what one is aiming at doing is creating quality teams, quality players and to play quality sport. And as much as people say that it’s all about the participation, secretly, deep down, they want to win and the way to increase the chances of winning is in creating quality…
If anyone wants an interesting read, try the book, And On That Bombshell by Richard Porter, the script editor of the hugely popular Top Gear program. Richard Porter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LStyF2u_e2s And On That Bombshell https://www.bookdepository.com/And-on-That-Bombshell-Richard-Porter/9781409165071?ref=grid-view&qid=1499147083742&sr=1-1 The book goes in behind the scenes from the very early days of top gear, right through its finish on the…
There are 3 elements to understanding the human brain and how it works and when you come to grips with them, the learning and coaching process accelerates. The things is, the human brain isn’t that mysterious and complicated to understand when you look it at from the big picture, it’s just that the left brain…
There is a simple way to begin to accelerate your rate of learning and that is simply by starting. I keep hearing people saying, I haven’t got time for learning, and I go, do you watch TV? If so, you’ve got time for learning. As an experiment, give up an hour of watching TV and…
