When it comes to people, we’ve all got this power learning within. Everyone has a slightly different way that they learn, for ultimately, we all teach ourselves, though there are some basic principles to understand if we want to unleash the power learning within others and from within ourselves. And there appears to be four…
The more one begins learning about the brain and its learning processes, the more fascinating the brain becomes, and like anything, it’s very easy to get bogged down in the detail before one has the bigger picture. Basically when we learn something or a new skill, the brain is reaching out and creating new connections…
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…
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…
In wanting to get the players to become better, there are two keys which keep coming to the fore. They being: Getting the players comfortable with asking questions Using vivid visual images in describing things The reasons why these two become key are: With asking questions, the doors to improvement are being opened With the…
If you’re the type of coach who wants to get the best out of the players, then two things must happen. These two things are simply this: The players must want to learn The players must want to work with you And as a coach it becomes learning about these two aspects and how to…
Here is an interesting article by Anne Murphy Paul about the benefits of getting children to explain an answer back to you. http://anniemurphypaul.com/2013/06/to-help-children-learn-deeply-ask-them-to-explain/ It’s not so much about getting the answer right or wrong, it more of a case of clarifying as you go, for as you verbalise how you got to an answer, you…
When you take on the role of a coach, irrespective of why or the sport that you’re coaching, it’s akin to teaching your players to swim. It may seem a bit odd, though let me explain: Imagine a river, and it’s a reasonably wide river, where with the naked eye you can only just make…
The following is a way to develop and maintain a learning environment. As a coach, begin by working out which of your players are extraverted and who are introverts. This is very important as it determines how you approach and talk to each type and if you understand introverts and extroverts you will understand people…
You can have all the knowledge and understanding in the world to work with, but usually it is only a small thing which makes what you are after in others work, in other words, a trigger. You can read and read and read about something, but until you can find what the trigger is to…
I have come across the work of Sian Beilock, she writes some very common sense stuff and I’ve purchased and read her book Choke, which is about learning how to perform under pressure, and you can see her blog on Psychology today. Sian’s book is well worth the read. One blog she wrote about concerned…
I have just come across a good article on the difference between introverted and extraverted leaders. It’s well worth the read and can be viewed at: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6494.html After reading the article, the same principles for leaders and employees can be applied to coaches and their players, that of: “Both types of leaders, the extraverts and…
You’ve played sport and you’ve decided to become a coach. That’s great. During your playing career, you’ve developed knowledge of the skills, techniques and tactics of your sport and you’ve also done coaching courses to expand your knowledge in this area. That’s all great, though one question I’d ask of you is this: What happens…
Imagine if we sent teachers out into the school system and all their training consisted of only knowing the subject material, eg; maths, science and English. I’m sure there would be a big hue and cry and how with only knowing the subject material we are not preparing our teachers for working in the real…
I have found a good website with teaching material. Type: Teaching tips into google or go to http://www2.honolulu.hawaii.edu/facdev/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm It covers a wide variety of material to help in creating a learning environment. Use others knowledge to benefit yourself
