As good and as excellent the modern medical system is, at its underlying fundamentals something isn’t quite right and it’s in how it approaches illness and how it looks to rectify illness that is the biggest giveaway. Most would have the experience that when they go to the doctor, that most of the time they…
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…
The hermetic principles are a set of principles that date back thousands of years that help explain the workings of our reality. If after reading about the principles and they seem vaguely familiar, if you’ve ever read the book, Think and Grow Rich, you will find that the principles within the book are very similar…
How does one keep being successful once one achieves? In other words, the cure for complacency This is the very question that Rasmus Ankersen asked. And in his new soon to be released book – Hunger in Paradise, he looks to answer this very question, for success and abundance kills the desire to achieve. It’s a…
Unlike what the name suggests, being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) has got nothing to do with emotions and is more to do with the nervous system and tolerance towards things. And being an HSP effects approximately 20% of the population and the chances are someone in your team or yourself is one. http://www.hsperson.com/pages/test.htm And…
How often do you say something and others interpret what you’ve said as something completely different? Or you’ve said something in all innocence and yet the people hearing it take it as completely offensive or out of context? That is the challenge of communicating, making sure that others hear and understand what is being said,…
When it comes to techniques, there will be certain actions that are done that makes players stronger and more consistent in stance and skill execution. And these techniques can be broken down into three areas, they being: Strong Body Position Strong Body Action Movement Around the Field And again, it’s looking at the key aspects…
When it comes to the skills of a sport, we always talk about the basics, but what does the basics really mean and how helpful is it really knowing them. When we talk about the basics, depending on the sport, it is generally: Passing Receiving Dispossessing (Eg: Tackling) Moving with the object (Eg: Running with…
When coaching psychology is ever mentioned, we think of the mental game, attaining the peak performance. After looking at the evidence, we need to take a step back and look at psychology in terms of working with people. For as a coach, if you can’t work with people and importantly, get them working for you,…
As a coach, there are two things to be aware of when dealing with people when it comes to sport. They being: People who don’t want to learn People who are disruptive Because these are two aspects which will kill or destroy any team being put together So one of the fundamentals of coaching becomes:…
This fascinating talk was posted on the TED website from educator Christopher Emdin. http://www.ted.com/talks/christopher_emdin_teach_teachers_how_to_create_magic Check out Chris’s website because he has got some fascinating articles and talks himself http://chrisemdin.com/ The basic premises is getting the children (also add in adults) to become engaged in the learning process, yet the system that’s been created is turning…
The following comments are by Dick Tonks, one of the coaches responsible for taking NZ rowing to be a dominating force in the world. The words are taken from the book Winning Ways by Joseph Romanos, a prominent sport journalist who has written many a book about sport in New Zealand. “When you’re coaching, you…
In general, in asking questions about a subject, people consider that you must be dumb, because you don’t know. If this is the underlying belief, people are going to be reluctant to ask question because why would you want to expose your ignorance in front of everyone. It’s time to flip that belief and come…
To create a successful winning team, it’s all about the strength of character Which is: The ability to be able to do the simple things over and over again The ability to bounce back when things go wrong The ability to dig deep when you don’t want to go any further The ability to help…
Having just been involved in running a couple of tournaments and in dealing with people, with the difficult and awkward ones, the same personality traits keep coming through loud and clear. The problems always come from the people who are: Takers Little or no respect for others And then throw being: Belligerent Into the mix…
Here is an interesting blog entry written a couple of days ago by Daniel Coyle and the benefits of acknowledging and learning from mistakes. http://thetalentcode.com/2013/12/31/how-to-make-better-mistakes/ Basically organisations that embrace mistakes and learn from them become the better performing organisations and importantly become better places to work and apply ones trade. The same also applies to…
As you begin working with others what becomes evident is that everyone has got psychological needs they require to fulfil whether they realise it or not. With the 5 psychological needs being: Survival Belonging Power Freedom Fun The two I want to focus particularly on are the need for: Freedom Fun Because depending on the…
Description With a growth mindset, you are aware that the talent you have is just a starting point and that with work and effort you can get better and grow the talent that you have got. And you are also aware that the brain is like a muscle and that with work it gets stronger…
Description There are a myriad of character strengths, though four to mainly focus on are: Honesty Integrity Sincerity Respect And these aspects are applied to: Yourself Others What you do How you do it Quotes Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there – John Wooden If you…
Description Though inner peace may seem a bit out there, in reality it is not. It’s just having the ability to let things go, not to take offence at what people say and do and to realise that you are not your thoughts. Quotes Most folks area as happy as they make up their minds…
