Teachers come in many shapes and forms and some of the most knowledgeable teachers are not within the official educational system. And when one starts delving into the world of Occulted Knowledge, there aren’t too many available teachers, though with the advent of the internet, the teachers of this knowledge have become much easier to find….
Challenges and goals are a main stay of life, living and truly being alive, for if one doesn’t have them, one will get bored, and the same would be true with A.I. For we know some of the challenges that the creators of A.I have shown it can do, mainly on an intellectual level, such as the…
Today, merely coaching the skills, techniques and tactics isn’t enough when one gets into sports coaching, yet it is the main focus of what we do, and those that do branch out into other areas become better sports coaches for doing so. Sports Coaching today has become about creating an environment where the players, athletes…
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…
If one talks a lot about working to a focus and an aim, and does what they do working from a few simple rules or principles, essential they are talking about the creating of a self-organising system. And as we know by now, the creating of something is only part of the equation, the maintaining…
Recently I’ve been looking at the world of quantum physics and the world of inventions and innovations, especially through the 17th to the 21st century, when a lot of innovation and major strides took place. Interestingly enough, 6 common themes shine through of the truly innovative thinkers with them being: An Open Mind A Curious…
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…
The best thing about starting with an unknown is in solving problem, and so it is with coaching, for if one wants to solve Coachings engagement problem, one has to create a self-organising culture It appears that the way one goes about establishing a self-organising culture is to work to 2 simple steps, they being:…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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:…
In searching for ideas, I spend time searching Youtube for coaching videos, and the reason why I search for these coaching videos, is not to copy them persay, but to gather ideas to enhance drills and games that we come up with. So the following is a few coaching videos, which people may find of…
When ever we play golf, we always have a selection of golf clubs that we choose, and depending on the situation that we are in, will depend on which of the golf clubs that we will use. PGA Golf lesson – The 3 Club System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBxr7QAMW-k Golf clubs are basically grouped into 4 types, they…
If what ever I’m doing, I’m always making adjustments, but not adjustments for the sake of making them, but adjustments for making things better and easier. And so it is with the chocolate fish challenge that I do with the younger team that I coach, http://beawinningcoach.com/chocolate-fish-challenge/ For not only is it a tool that the…
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,…
If anyone wants to see the power of using simple techniques well, one only has to begin looking at the works and workings of magicians and card manipulators. And even though one may know what they are doing, when the simple techniques are done well, it looks like nothing has been done at all, yet…
The interesting thing with so many people doing their own research and putting out the information that they are coming across, what is starting to happen is that traditional education can’t keep up and as new theories and models keep being explored. In other words, what is happening, is the traditional gatekeepers are being by…
