One of the most interesting aspects of the coaching process is in working out the steps one takes, and the further one develops in the coaching process what one comes to realise, is that there are steps within the steps which enables the coaching process to happen. So what do I really mean by this…
One of the things that a modern coach becomes very proactive on is in building and maintaining the Learning Environment. http://beawinningcoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/The-Learning-Environment.pdf And there are three aspects in being proactive in building and maintain the learning environment, with them being: Framing Reinforcement Reminders Where: Framing is the Initial Outline that one does upon meeting the team…
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…
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…
There is one thing that people can do if they want to accelerate the process of becoming a better player. And that simple thing is this: Take ownership of your learning process For with the introduction of the internet and access to information, the number of people putting information out is always increasing, and there…
The more and more one coaches, and the longer that one coaches for, one realises that you don’t have to teach the players everything, what you realise is that the real trick of coaching is in building into the players the cores and a few key points and develop the players from there. Because the…
One thing about playing sport, is that one has to become used to pushing through the physical discomfort of pushing themselves past their perceived limits. It is not so noticeable in adult sport, as those who have been playing for long enough have learnt to push themselves through that discomfort that they feel, and by…
I don’t know about anyone else, what I’ve found is that the Most Important part of a coaching session is the 1st 2 minutes, that time when you reconnect with the players after a break between games and practices when everyone has gone away and done their own thing. Dan Coyle – How To Engage…
The more and more books I’m reading about coaching, what is becoming clearer is what a good coach works to and from, and there are 3 common themes that continually come to the fore of what a good coach does. And those 3 things are simply these: They understand people and guide them They simplify…
One thing I am doing now is I have given myself a new mission on collecting books. I’ll still be getting books on a myriad of subjects just so I can keep expanding my own knowledge and understanding of things, but a new mission is going to be collecting a specific type of book. With…
When people begin coaching, one of the first things they do is to begin looking for the secret to coaching, and if one keeps looking for long enough, what you’ll ultimately find is that there is no secret to coaching. For the secret of coaching is effectively an illusion, and where the real skill comes…
The most important premise about coaching and sport, is that it involves people, and yet the majority of our coach training pays little attention to this premise and facet of sport, and yet it is an area that has such a big impact on any coach’s effectiveness. And this is why I’ve spent so much…
When one starts to look at coaching from the aspect of creating and maintaining a Learning Environment and building into one’s players the core skills and techniques, what suddenly becomes abundantly clear is that a new approach is required for coach learning. For the old approach of coaching coaches by only teaching the skills, techniques…
There is a new world emerging, and it would be fair to say that the old antiquated authoritarian world is struggling as it comes to terms with the transparency world we are shifting into. The type of transparency isn’t the surveillance world that most would consider it to be and the social media circus of…
When it comes to sports coaching, there are many obstacles and things that one must struggle through, though the biggest struggle one has to overcome in coaching is when you realize that you have to work it all out by yourself for what you want to do. You can go to all the course, collect…
When one sees things in pictorial form, it can begin to clarify things so much better, for ultimately at the end of the day, words can only say and describe so much, and as a picture paints a thousand words, a diagram can say so much more. So in my understanding of coaching and the…
In becoming a better coach, depending on people’s behaviours will depend on one’s coaching response. And like anything, there are some general guidelines, though one still has to be flexible enough for the people and aspects which fall outside of those guidelines so one can adjust their coaching response to meet the needs displayed. And…
In all the years that I’ve been doing things, I’ve looked to break it down to it’s key components, so I could understand the bigger picture being worked from, and coaching has been no different as I’ve looked to create a practical outline for anyone wishing to know more. Hence the reason for this website,…
Most people at some stage would have worked within teams when the cohesion amongst everyone allowed the team to function at a greater level than normal. This would be because everyone was working from the same page, had synchronized up and developed, what is called Coherence Entrainment. Synchronization Of Metronomes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaxw4zbULMs And when one is…
One of the biggest challenges for any sports coach, is in the creation and maintaining of a Learning Environment, and one of the reasons why, is that it is a new branch that coaching is only beginning to get into and explore. For at the moment, the creation of a learning environment is a very…
