Ridiculous running times have been achieved this year with world records being broken in the men’s 5,000 meters, 10,000 meters and half marathon distances. And these records have been set in such a short space of time, with the current records now standing at: 5,000 Meters – 12 min 35.37 secs 10,000 Meters – 26…
Building skill isn’t the only thing coaches build into their players, for without building in character, one will have no true foundation to work from. Now don’t confuse personality with character, for character encompasses and can be summed up in two simple words: Discipline Commitment That’s it. Defining And Building Character: Jocko Willink And Capt…
Teddy Atlas is a legend in boxing circles and goes back to the days of Cus D’Amato, a legend in his own right. Now boxing may not be everyone’s cup of tea as a sport, though there is a lot that everyone can learn from the sport of boxing, and as usual, it is from…
Book recommendations can come at a dime a dozen, for some books, one just wants to share with others, for all books have one or two main ideas that have the potential to change what you do, or change one’s comprehension. I’ve just recently finished a book called strive, about the struggle one comes across…
Brick and mortar are used for building buildings, but if one wants to become a true learner, one needs to become like a sponge for if one puts a sponge into a pool of water, it sucks it up, if one puts a brick into a pool of water, it just gets wet. And it…
Learn, learn, learn – realistically, it’s all we ever do, right up until the day we die, and on the sports field, learning to play quicker is something we should all strive to do. And people think playing quicker means running faster, whereas in reality, it’s in moving the ball quicker between players. Speed Of…
Analogy and metaphor are good ways to get across ideas and concepts, for everyone remembers a picture or a story used to express an ideas, they never remember the explanation. Little Book Of Talent # Tip 21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_r0JtjasYCU Of course, analogy and metaphor plays to the strength of the right side of the brain, because…
Player centered learning is definitely a different beast when it comes to coaching, though it is the way that coaching has been morphing into over the last 10 to 15 years, and it is those that adapt to it the best are the ones who are going to improve the most. For player centered learning…
Combined training techniques, we tend to stick to our own disciplines and sports when it comes to adapting ideas, and yet when one looks around at many different sports, the concept of coaching combines 1 common theme, one is dealing with people and we all learn differently and at different speeds. But what if there…
Spreadsheet are used for all sorts of things, and one can chart many a progress with them, for one can make up any chart with a spreadsheets basic outline, and can help ones coaching immensely. And when it comes to coaching, and if one is coaching at a lower grade, the spread of progress development…
Magical, when things goes the way that it was planned on the sports field, nothing beats it, and as we know by now, there is more to coaching than merely the skills, drills and tactics. How one manipulates the reality around them, becomes a big part of the equation. For coming to a greater understanding…
Grass Roots development has always been an issue when it comes to any national sporting scene, and many, many countries and sports has looked into and it has always been put into that too hard basket. But what if in developing grass roots, it come from the bottom up rather than being implemented from the…
Hacking, when people hear that word it brings up a lot of negative connotations, but is it really that bad, ultimately it all depends on the intent. For when one looks at it: Mentalists and Magicians are hackers Social Engineers are hackers Locksmiths are hackers Teachers are hackers Why not Sports Coaches? How To Become…
Magical, when things are done well, it almost seems like it, and some of the greatest magical illusions use some of the simplest of techniques. And the following clip is simple magic tricks done with a pen using simple techniques when seen from behind, though appear magical when the techniques are hidden. 12 Pen Tricks…
Simple technique changes can have great effects, going from making a hard job to simple, from having trouble executing a skill, to creating more power in what one does. And no where is this use of simple techniques more prevalent than in doing magic tricks and illusions, for some of the greatest magic tricks use…
Getting ahead, well we all want to do that, though the issue really is, how does one get ahead, especially when it comes to coaching. One way of getting ahead of the curve is in having a focus on the core skills and techniques and in understanding people, for those two things are at the…
Learning about Discernment, first one needs to know the meaning of the word and can be summed up as follows: Discernment – Keenness of intellectual perception, insight, acuteness of judgment Which seems to be something which a lot of people are missing, or have even been trained out of. For discernment is not about jumping…
Take the long way home, a great song by the 70’s group Supertramp, and I’m always fascinated by the ideas that people start with and the product they end up with, for the majority of the time the two are not the same. Take The Long Way Home – Supertramp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsYfeMMeNVg It’s a bit like…
Interesting, especially at the moment with all the effort being put in against information which goes counter to the “official narrative”, but that’s not what this entry is about. It’s actually about the word “fun” and how it’s such a loaded term, for if you ask people what the word fun means, one will get…
More Questions can be raised than answers given, and if that is the case, then guess what, we’ve all got a lot yet to learn. And if after going through the material on this website, and one comes away with a good understanding of the basic concepts of Coaching, Health and the Nature of this…
