Tag: Coaching
It means more when there’s a ‘why’
Too often do we get caught up in the content. We believe that simply knowing more ‘stuff’ is what's important. Or that just by putting more information in front of our...
What can we learn from skateboarding?
No coach. No rules. No scheduled training sessions. Yet hours of purposeful practice. Why?
Part of the beauty of coaching early morning training sessions is...
Get down and give me 10
Yesterday while out running with my Aussie Shepard I ducked into my local primary school to bust out some bodyweight gymnastics on the jungle...
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...
More instead of better?
As a young athlete it’s easy to get caught up watching the professionals. They make the game look so easy. The Sonny Bill Williams’...
5 minutes late, again.
“But coach, it’s only 5 minutes, I slept in.” You’re right, it is only five minutes. Is punctuality really that important?
The thing is that...
3 Ways to Better Engage with your Athletes
1. Always greet your athletes with an open ear
We’re often so invested in getting the content of our session out that we treat our...
Difference between good and great
Recently I attended the sports awards dinner for a local high school. I missed another that same night, and will be heading along to...
The Natural, The Thinker and The Hustler
Have you ever wondered why some athletes appear to engage much more in certain types of exercise and activities than others? Consider an athlete...
3 steps to becoming elite
Over the past 10 weeks I’ve been helping 10 top athletes from a local school take the next step up to elite performance. We...
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5 Reasons Why Competition is Good (and bad) for your Child
What does the word ‘competition’ bring to mind? Is all competition a good thing? How do you distinguish between helpful competition and that which...
50 Questions Every Youth Athlete Should Ask Themselves
Asking good questions is an excellent way to assess your performance and become more in tune with what to focus on to get better.
At...
Implementing a set programme into your swim sessions
Training sets and fitness goals are a great way to improve your current swimming ability. More often than not, I see people swimming lap...
Weight training and cardio – together or separate?
Which should I do first - cardio or weights? Is doing cardio better than lifting weights for me? These are two questions I’ve found...
How to use a pull buoy in your swim training
When you are at the pool you might see people in the water using a range of equipment, and wonder what the benefits are...
