Beware the leaky bucket
The quickest way to fill your bucket of potential is to dump as much water as possible into the top. To find any old...
Control
Often, our job is not to teach a young athlete something new, but draw their attention to the familiar.
In a recent workshop I ran...
EP 72- Mustafa Sarkar – How to create psychological resilience
“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower. ”
On the show today, I chat with...
Structure without control
Structure is the arrangement of the parts of something complex.
It's found in nature, architecture, meaningful relationships, and an enriched learning environment.
We need structure.
It provides...
The law of gravity
On earth, gravity gives weight to our body, constantly pulling us down.
Yet in many sports, success depends on overcoming it.
We can fight against it,...
What is stress inoculation training?
On May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner took a small amount of fluid from a milkmaid's hand lesion and scratched it into the skin of...
Ash Barty – a quitter and a winner
At 15, she was the best junior player in the world.
Two years later, she was a three-time doubles slam finalist.
Then she quit tennis.
Now, five...
EP 71- Tim Driesen – High Performance Athlete Development Leader at...
“You can rely on talent up until a certain time, whatever talent is, but it’s not going to make you the best in the...
Prioritise the process
There's no such thing as being time-poor.
Rather, it's a misallocation of priorities. When the (seemingly) urgent takes precedence over the important.
The result, is a...
EP 70 – Matt Hunter – Director of Youth Sports Performance...
“If you not keeping them around because your training sux, or you’re not a good guy to hang out with, then you don’t get...