Whenever the word discipline is mentioned, most people switch off and tune out because of the perceived negative connotations of the word implying hard work. In the work that I do, we’ve discovered a phrase which means the same as discipline but doesn’t have the same negative connotation and that two-word phrase is simply this,…
The biggest problem for most coaches is that they wait around for talent to come, though by doing that, one will always be behind the proverbial 8 ball. To get ahead as a coach, one needs to be able to create talent. And if one has the belief that there is talent all around, that…
When one begins looking at motivation, the general concept is that you throw a few incentives at people to get them to do whatever is required to be done. From my experience, motivation goes much deeper than that, and for you to be able to motivate others requires a deeper understanding than most really get…
In anything that is done, you always have rules and principles that one works by, and so it is with coaching, and my first rule of coaching is one that everything builds upon. This first rule of coaching is that the brain wants to learn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgLYkV689s4 The desire to learn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzymbEl2DSg And in having that…
Our brain can seem like a mysterious world and place, and without much knowledge and understanding, it would surely stay that way. But times have changed and with the amount of research that has been and continues to be done, this mysterious world of our brain is beginning to be understood by more and more…
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…
The interesting thing about most needy people, especially when it comes to the sports world, is that they never quite fulfil their potential, there is always this continuous potential about them, that if you just hang in there long enough with them, they’ll get there. But as always, the Needy People never fulfil that promised…
Whenever one plays team sport, when it comes to performing on the field, there are three aspects that provide the beating heart for that performance, and one aspect that will destroy it. And the three things that constitutes the beating heart, as usual aren’t complicated, though the more you know about them and implement that…
If you’ve ever been involved in coaching junior sport, at some stage you come up against the player of the day scenario, and if you do it long enough, you begin to realise it’s a system that the kids see through and doesn’t help with their development at all, so I’ve totally gone away from…
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…
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…
If I was to say that we all had the potential to become a master coach at the sport that we coach in, most would probably say, get out of here, but in reality, it’s true. For first it helps to identify what a master coach is and secondarily is the steps you take to…
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 discussing psychology, it becomes understanding how the brain works and recognising the patterns that people work to. So for my curry night in discussing psychology I would invite Carol Dweck, Angela Duckwoth, Ian Leslie and Dan Pink for in their specialist topics of Growth Mindset, Grit, Curiosity and Motivation because they cover pretty much…
Ultimately, everything we do is about the creative process and the finished product is what people will admire, but the creative process is far more fascinating. I don’t know about anyone else but I just love watching the behind the scenes on the DVD’s and even down to listening to the director’s commentary for that…
Even though I talk a lot about sport, pretty much everything discussed applies to all aspects of life and so it is with the types of players you want and want to develop also applies to people within society. If you want to progress your team, the type of individual that you want is this:…
Everyone who coaches wants to put together a successful team, haven’t met one yet who doesn’t. But putting together successful teams just doesn’t happen, there is a few things things that must be done and be understood which we’ll cover in the next few blogs, though a quick summary of what we’ll look at are:…
The interesting thing is about behaviours, is that when you begin looking at needy behaviours in people and then start comparing them to the behaviour of a two year old, what you begin to notice is remarkable similarities. Lots of tantrums, sulking and disruptive behaviour when others aren’t fulfilling their supposed external needs, which is…
Even though fitness is part of the code, it is such an important area that it requires its own section. The reason being is that: The fitter you are the better you play and the quicker you can recover And there are two aspects to fitness with them being: Physical Fitness Mental Fitness With physical…
Everything done isn’t only aimed at the coaches, it’s also for the players to help them gain an understanding to so true coaching, in its purest sense, becomes a partnership between the players and the coach. And as player, if one wants to get the best out of themselves, it is good to have an…
