We all want to win, but some people have a knack of winning more than others, and the more they seem to relax about winning and not really worry about it, the more success they seem to have, surely a paradox if ever there was one. For within this paradox is a process that they…
People have this misperception that when they do art, they are doing things like painting a picture, but there is more to art than the arts. For everything you do is art, for art is an expression of oneself, and in whatever one undertakes, one expresses themselves in doing that. So as a coach, to…
We’ve all heard the saying about working along the same wavelength, when one begins to understand more about frequency and resonance and apply it to ourselves, it begins to make a lot more sense. For even though we appear solid, we are a mass of frequency and vibration that interacts with others masses of frequency…
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…
The traditional model of a leader that is presented to us is one of someone in a perceived position of authority who can control people and also inspire them by what they do and say, though that has now become an outdated form of leadership, for a different model of being a true leader is…
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…
In the sports world, everyone is grasping with wanting to improve and get better and they look for many ways to do it, but until one starts looking at principles, you’ll never get to the true heart of how things really work and thus how to get true improvement. Principles are simply a guideline of…
Whenever you start to coach, there is a 3-stage process that one goes through, in other words, one enters a coaching process. This coaching process is something that occurs naturally for each is built upon each other, with the 3-steps of the coaching process being: Learn to Coach Learn to Be A Winning Coach Learn…
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…
One of the most fascinating things I find about what I am doing is how my questions evolve over time, especially to do around the coaching concept. And it’s only by doing stuff that the questions evolve out of what I’m doing and as I gain more knowledge, the questions evolve even further. The original…
There are many things that goes into creating learning environments and not one factor works on its own, it’s in how they interact which creates the learning environment. And the concept in creating learning environments revolves around 3 aspects with them being: Vital Behaviours Needy People Words With the two vital behaviours in any learning…
Recently I was watching a talk and someone mentioned the concept of the beginner’s mind, so I looked around and basically found out that at its heart was about retaining curious minds. It’s an eastern philosophy and as usual when people explain this stuff through the eastern philosophy they make it this mysterious concept. I…
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…
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…
The following are some principles and concepts I work to in my approach to sport. Some may apply to what you do yourself, some may not. The great sporting fallacy is that everyone who plays sport wants to learn, improve and get better There are two types of people who play sport, they being the…
In your coaching, if one only focuses on the skills, techniques and tactics of your sport, one will always be in the middle of the pack or constantly sliding back. Now compare the general skills, techniques and tactics to switching your focus to the following: Behaviours Keys Coaching Principles Framing Playing Principles The Hermetica With…
There is a very good reason for understanding concepts, whether that be in sport or life, and it’s simply this. Because: Once you understand the concept, you understand the game. And by extension, once you understand the concept, you begin to understand the thinking that goes on. And once you understand the thinking, then you…
A crucial aspect in coaching, and in fact anything in life, is in finding your concept to work from and to. But it’s a little explored area and yet is such an important part of the process, for once you have your concept everything you do and work towards stems from it. And there are…
When looking at the different areas we’ve been discussing about sport and you start looking at the percentage that they make up in the coaching process an interesting picture begins to emerge. For the breakdown of approximate percentages work like this: Concept – 2% Behaviours – 40% Core Key Skills – 10% Keys – 40%…
In truly coming to understand the playing zone there are 4 questions to ask. Most only ask 3. And the 3 questions that people mainly ask are: What is the playing zone? What is the experience of being in the zone? How do you get into the playing zone? And that is essentially the 3…
