When you truly look at our world and reality, it works on principles, guidelines and natural laws and in reality, most of the time is in coming to understand what the principles are and the knowledge that governs them, and it’s the same with sport, where there are coaching principles, that when understood, one can…
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,…
People have an inherent curiosity for learning and as we get older, unless we hold onto that inherent curiosity, the learning process fades and this is the challenge for anyone who coaches is in coaching players to learn. You want to tap back into this inherent curiosity and kick start the learning process, regardless of…
When you truly look into the coaching process, what begins to emerge is 6 six key factors that goes into creating a learning environment. These key factors do not only apply to sport, they apply to any aspect of life in general with the 6 key factors being these: Open Curious Minds High Standards Praise…
So how does having an understanding of consciousness and how we communicate with it help in developing players. In reality, it forms the basis of player development, because: If players love what they do, just by this very act, they will create something within themselves that is greater than the sum of its part. And…
When looking for sporting talent, everyone gets blinded by the flashy skills, and the reason being is because they are easy to measure. And yet it’s ultimately not the physical skills that gets one to the top, it’s the driver in the head that completes the task. http://thetalentcode.com/2014/04/23/talent-id-2-0-stop-measuring-performance-and-start-testing-temperament/ Imagine having a flashy Ferrari that you…
The following three people are interesting in the information they look at and the ease they make it to understand. You only have to type their name into google and you tube to get under way, with the 3 people being: Malcolm Gladwell http://gladwell.com/ http://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell.html Adam Grant http://www.giveandtake.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x25tjsDpYw Daniel Pink http://www.danpink.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIhfzpfYH1U And when…
There are three people who I tune into regularly, either via their blogs or clips on you tube to keep up with what they are saying, doing and importantly, what they are thinking about. You only have to type their name into google and you tube to get under way, with the 3 people being:…
In the push to develop peoples talents and skills there is an aspect that gets continually missed and yet is so obvious when it’s seen in people who are successful. Because: Everyone has got their own particular talents and skills though the mind aspects that drive them to get the most out of their talents…
Here is a cool short clip put together by Sport Scotland in helping to understand what developing talent is really about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfUvchfrcS0 It’s too good of a clip to keep hidden and it is one that all should see, it could be one of the most important 2 min clips that has been put out…
I’ve been looking at ways to improving the sport that I’m involved in at a regional level. Because most only look for solutions from a narrow bandwidth, they don’t get to see the bigger picture and hence only come up with piece meal solutions. I know what I am about to suggest won’t apply to…
If you want to grow talent in people, there is fundamentally only three things to focus upon. They are: Developing Aspects of the Succeeding Mind Work on the Key Sport Skills Work on the Key Body Techniques And essentially that is it. And if you look at the people who have made it to the…
If you are interested seeing a glimpse of where the world of sports coaching is going, follow the works of Daniel Coyle and Rasmus Ankersen. Both have asked very similar questions and have grasped the concept of developing people into talented individuals irrespective of the area that the individual may express that developed talent. You…
