People think that time is a constant, a fixed thing, but it is not, for time can be expanded or compressed when we do things. People also think that time is the tick, tick, tick of the clock, but it is not, it is also linked to space and distance, for if you are expanding…
When talking about time, space and distance it can get really confusing because you cannot separate the 3 for they are all linked together. Because you end up with a: Distance Time Continuum = Space – Distance – Gap – Time And It’s all about the space between two points that create the distance Or…
As scientists continue to look deeper and deeper into things, what you see that they keep finding, isn’t something there, but nothing. Because when you get down to the level of the atoms and lower, what you find is that they are mainly filled with space. And when you go in the opposite direction from…
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…
If anyone does not know much about the playing zone I would recommend reading The Mindful Athlete by George Mumford, which was published this year, 2016. http://www.bookdepository.com/The-Mindful-Athlete-George-Mumford/9781941529256?ref=grid-view It gives good examples of being in the zone and the steps and practices to take in getting there on a consistent basis. His concept of getting into…
When writing or talking about sport on can not exclude the playing zone because there are times in sport when one’s play enters a different dimension and one begins to enter a state of flow. These are the times where the ball appears bigger, the gaps appear larger, time appears to slow down and one…
If you can see the playing zone as part of an information field that we are a part of and therefore can affect, then how you approach sport begins to change because one then begins to look at both the body and the mind to prepare in training for when it comes time for competing….
We’ve come a long way in our understanding since I began writing this blog 4 ½ years ago, but in reality it’s a process I’ve been working through since 1988 when I first began coaching, and even back further when I first started playing and watching sport. So let’s have a bit of a summary…
The more ones reads about the function of the brain and how it works and operates and reads about the experiences of people in the playing zone and other higher consciousness experiences, what becomes abundantly clear is that the playing zone is a function of the right hemisphere of the brain. Because: Being in the…
To get into the playing zone on a regular basis, there is four states that one must begin working to and become part of their routine. The states that one must work to are as follows: Disciplined Simplicity Relaxed Focused For without attaining these states, having access to the playing zone on a regular basis…
When you begin to see consciousness as an information field and creative force and how we interact with it, the works of others begins to make a lot more sense. Up to now, for whatever reasons, people in the past have had to wrap up what they wrote and spoke about in some sort of…
I’ve completed another two posters on consciousness. This time it is to do with how consciousness communicates with us and then another poster on the two-way communication process that goes on. And then when you add all 6 posters together plus the two on the playing zone, a clearer picture begins to emerge. Posters on…
So all this talk about consciousness, how does it help in putting together a team? The first thing it shows is that there is more to putting together teams than just training, and secondly and more importantly, you can get more out of people than even they realise. For when you understand about consciousness, you…
I don’t know about anyone else, but as one was growing up you start coming across things like the Pyramids of Giza and other ancient structures such as Machu Picchu and one begins to wonder what they’re all about and I had a feeling that the ancients knew more than us. I couldn’t pin it…
An interesting observation has occurred when one begins delving into the playing zone and it’s the difference between understanding the playing zone and understanding the concept of how the playing zone works. Most people are getting the concept of being in the zone or in the flow, but to step further is proving to be…
I’ve been off line for the last week or so because of the forced updates from Windows 10 and subsequently my computer has frozen. So I’ve had to get a new computer and having to reset everything back up, but hopefully we’ll be back to normal transmission soon. But because I’ve had to start again,…
In beginning to explore consciousness there are two assumptions and hurdles that people must overcome. For once one starts to see the reality, then the true exploration of consciousness can begin. The two things that people must come to grips with are as follows: There is a small minority of people out there who, for…
There is one fundamental thing that people should be doing on the sports field but few people pay attention to. And that fundamental thing is the creation of space and time on the sports field because it stands to reason that if you create more space and time on the sports field you will become…
When it comes to understanding consciousness, it would be fair to say that we don’t know too much about. And in a way that’s a bit like our understanding of electricity, for: We don’t really know what electricity is We don’t really know how electricity works We do know how to interact with electricity And…
When entering the playing zone, your performance certainly rises to a different level, but the question really is, by how much? Measuring a raise in the performance level through the playing zone is always going to be a subjective measurement because there are so many factors involved and working from a different realm. As a…
