History, depending on the material one reads, depends on the version of history that one gets. And it’s always good to have hard copy in hand, because in this day of digital material, it has become much more easier to erase and change the narrative. History Never Repeats – Split Enz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzuJXqgsiSM Unfortunately history does…
Learning lessons from history abound, if we take the care and time to look around, watch and listen, for everything happens in cycles and patterns and should be one of the first things taught whenever one looks at history. History Never Repeats – Split Enz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzuJXqgsiSM And one of the reasons I haven’t bought into…
Hypnosis works on many different levels and the basic idea and premise of hypnosis is to put one into a relaxed state, by pass the consciousness mind and to implant ideas into the subconsciousness mind, which then manifest back out into the consciousness mind. In the following two short clips are people who are wide…
Many rivers to cross, many mountains to climb, so many drills to use, which one do you chose. Well actually, it depends on what one wants to do. For when putting together a training program, one can begin to get bogged down in the plethora of choices that are available, and when one divides it…
Borrowing other coaches drills, exercises and ideas seems to be frowned upon, and yet it is what the great artists do, they grab ideas from others, add their own twist to it, and it becomes an original. “Bad artists copy, good artists steal” – Pablo Picasso So if one is starting out on the coaching…
Mentalists and Magicians do some amazing tricks, and we as coaches can learn a lot from them, for their understanding of the human mind, psyche and behaviour are what we as coaches need to know. I don’t know about anyone else, but I’ve learnt a lot about sports coaching from Occultists, Social Engineers, Magicians, Mentalists…
Basic Concepts are always a good starting point to begin with, though with all of the information and data that we are surrounded with, most of the times, the basic concepts are buried beyond view. And it’s only when the core concepts come into view, that a truer understanding can begin to take place, and…
Real or not, who knows, for the more study and research that one does, something that one quickly comes to see is that – Everything within the mainstream worth knowing is a lie. Anything Worth Knowing Is A Lie – Mike Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRpOUA0w3xU For everything presented to us in what we perceive as the mainstream,…
The biggest thing one will notice with this coaching guide is it’s length, or lack of it. This coaching guide isn’t designed to cover every aspect of coaching, but to give an overview of the principles at work in the coaching process. For during the reading, a concept will be formed, a picture will be…
In whatever one does, one should always start with the big picture, and the basic concept of coaching sport is simply this: All Coaching is trial and error And 90% of Coaching Sport is Fitness, Core Skills, Playing Structure and Understanding People and we spend 90% of our time developing the other 10% For the…
The outline to the coaching process is not complicated, and the more we look at principles, the less complicated it becomes, and having an outline allows one to be able to build a framework and structure for what they do, and the coaching outline consists of 5 basic things, being: Trial & Error – It…
Anyone undertaking any coaching what so ever should have some form of philosophy about how they go about things. It doesn’t have to be complicated and could be as simple as: Understand People and Guide Them Simplify Things Get One’s Message Across Succinctly And most coaches will have a philosophy about how they want the…
Modern Coaching isn’t about being a dictator to the players, those days are long, long gone, though one still has to maintain control of the environment because: Once one loses the environment, one loses the ability to coach Modern Coaching is about creating an environment where the players want to learn, get better and help…
A basic coaching fundamental is about building a solid foundation within your players, which creates a core for the players to work from and can be bought about by: Creating and Maintaining a Learning Environment Cultivate Growth Mindsets In All Activate Players Self-Education Abilities Build Core Skills & Techniques Into Players And as one continues…
Skills are an important part of the game, though some are more important than others, and skills can be grouped into 4 types, with them being classed as Generic, Core, Key and X-Factor Skills, and an explanation of each being: Generic – Are the non-descriptive skills that describe the basics of a sport, such as,…
Understanding People can be a complex aspect of the coaching process, though basically people can be grouped into 2 types, they being: Learners & Improvers – Are the types of people who work for the team, cooperate and continually look to learn about and improve their game and skill and understanding of the sport that…
It doesn’t matter whether one coaches sport, or plays sport, if one’s health isn’t at an optimal level, one’s performance will never be as high as it could be. For to have a better understanding of health, it helps to be aware that: The body is both a Self-Contained Ecosystem and a Self-Healing Organism Therefor:…
We have come to the end and what has been presented in this guide is a lot of ideas and concepts to get one thinking. So now the real work begins, because coaching is not a passive exercise, it’s an active pursuit, the solving of puzzles, mysteries and enigma’s in an environment of ever changing…
…………. because with coaching being such an active pursuit, one of the first things that may begin forming in the mind, is the generation of questions. For some this could be off putting, though is a normal part of the coaching process, and after reading this guide, depending on the ages and level one is…
Non-descriptive terms abound in this world, and nowhere is this more obvious than with the term climate change, for what does the term climate change actually mean? So searching the web, watched a few you tube videos, managed to come across this official description of what climate change is: “Climate change refers to significant changes…
