Debunking a common myth: Youth weight training
There are these common generational myths that have been passed down to us and it would be fair to say that we really don’t...
3 essential physical skills for surfing
You love the ocean and the adrenaline-charged feeling of carving fresh lines down a wave. It makes you feel alive.
Your joy of surfing began...
The Bank of Confidence: What to Deposit for Sporting Success
Confidence is impossible to touch. Unlike speed, which can be easily measured, confidence is intangible. However, defined as one’s belief in their own abilities,...
Supplements & Youth Sport: An introduction
Sport is more competitive than ever before at school level, I certainly don’t need to convince you that, which is leading to athletes doing...
Advice for Young Athletes from Dame Valerie Adams
(Listen to the excerpt from Valerie Adams here)
“I think if you hand everything to a young athlete they’ll never learn. You actually need that...
10 quotes every athlete should live by
Planning is so crucial for the modern athlete. Athletes must juggle ever-increasing training and competition schedules, academic and social stresses at school and...
Preparing for school and club sport
Now that school and club sports teams trainings and games are gearing up again, what can your young athletes do to better prepare for...
Listen and Learn: The power of knowing your athlete
In episode 27 of the Athlete Development Show, I spoke with Mystics and Silver Ferns defender Michaela Sokolich-Beatson. On the show, I asked Michaela...
Flip the narrative
Tuesday and Thursday night practice is a time for improvement.
A time to focus on what's not so good in our bag of tricks. To...
How can you build psychological safety?
When it comes to pursuing excellence, moving from where we are now to a place that is more effective, how we behave is what...