Tag: athlete development

The positive benefit sport can provide kids is highly dependent on one thing: continued involvement. If a child drops out, which evidence suggests is happening...

"I have a kid who could be a pretty good athlete, but if he gets a 97 on a test, his parents ride him...

Wherever you look, the world is becoming more specialised. Education. Business. And sport… where specific environments are being prioritised at younger and younger ages to...

I’d like you to do something for me. Take a jump to the left, and then a step to the right, put your hands on...

A great vegetable garden requires regular attention. But when your plants just don’t seem to thrive, no matter how much attending, pruning and fertilising you...

For over 10 years, we've been helping young athletes to move better. It's what our academy programme is all about. But what really is skilled movement? Well, this is how...

Reaching elite performance takes time. Years, in fact. Such time, while diffused with the satisfaction of improvement in skill and application, also comes with an...

Give a kid a skateboard, step back, and watch what happens. Very quickly they recognise the opportunity to play. To see what happens when they lean...

The quickest way to fill your bucket of potential is to dump as much water as possible into the top. To find any old...

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...