EP 19 – Fiona Mather – What we can learn from...
ADS 0019: Fiona Mather – What we can learn from the horse racing industry
My guest of the show today is Fiona Mather (@FifiMather).
Fiona...
8 essential ingredients to getting faster
Speed is one of the most sought after attributes in sport today. Not only does it hugely benefit your own performance, it’s often associated...
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...
7 Things Great Youth Coaches Get Right
Remember the backyard shooting games you played as a kid? ‘Around the World’, free throw shootouts, and one-on-one battles.
When the ball was bouncing, it...
EP 52 – Jayne Dunbar – Sport as a Vehicle for...
My guest on the show today is Jayne Dunbar (@dunbar_jayne). Jayne is the Careers and Pathways Project Leader at Hobsonville Point Secondary School, in...
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...
Ep 2 – Mike Stanley: Identifying Talent, School Academies, and the...
Today’s guest, Mike Stanley, has enjoyed a wide ranging career in sports, as an athlete, a coach, and an administrator.
Mike was a member of...
The R Word: Responsibility and how we can develop it in...
If there’s one thing sport can teach, it’s responsibility.
Being responsible means performing a particular task assigned to you by someone else, or created by...
3 Common Mistakes Youth Athletes Make
The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace a long-term learning process specific to your individual goals and needs. Unfortunately, the ease and safety...
How To Know If You’re Doing Too Much
Training stresses your body’s physiology.
For example, weight training causes micro tears in your muscles as they work hard to resist a load. Endurance training,...