Coach Advice: Make time or it won’t happen
In the hustle and bustle of life it’s easy to make promises and plans and then fail to follow through with them. Training gets...
EP 58 – Dr Harry Bowles – Do I Really...
My guest on the show today is Dr Harry Bowles (@HBowles124), a lecturer in Physical Education at Cardiff Metropolitan University in Wales. Harry is...
Goal setting. Are you doing it right?
Setting goals is easy. All you need to do is to decide what it is you really want and write it down. The hard...
Are your athletes listening?
Whilst setting up to present at a coach seminar on the weekend, the speaker before me jokingly noted – “most of us are just...
EP 23 – Simon Walters – Parents in Youth Sport
Parents play a major part in every young athlete’s story. So much in fact that the type of support they provide can make or...
Q&A with a sport scientist. What do they do?
Michael Halliday is a Head Coach at AD and the Lead Coach at the AUT University Akoranga Campus on the North Shore. He is...
Dear Coach, all that matters to you is the result.
All that matters to you is the result.
You say that you care most about the intrinsic values sport offers, like fun, fair play, teamwork,...
Developing young people through sport
Young athletes are being pushed to their limits more than ever. For many, the pressure to succeed begins at an ever-increasingly young age and...
EP 61 – Todd Beane – The TOVO Approach to Maximising...
Todd Beane (@_ToddBeane) is Founder of TOVO, an educational approach dedicated to improving the cognition, competence and character of young footballers. TOVO runs a...
The problems with developing early and how to avoid it
There are two times in life when you go through an accelerated period of growth.
The first is during infancy. It’s a rapid stage...