Articles on sports coaching and developments in performance science for athletes and coaches.
The great philosopher (and possibly football coach) Aristotle once said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.”
That being the case, (and with apologies to Stephen Covey) – what are The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Coaches?
What are the things that great coaches do every day that makes them great?
Attention all life coaches! What are you coaching?
Seems like there are many, many life coaches and almost as many life coaching courses out there. So what exactly are you coaching?
Here’s a quote from a well known life coaching program:
“Our program will show you to help your client achieve success in business, finance, asset accumulation, financial management and wealth creation”.
Doesn’t sound like a life coach – sounds like a CPA.
The most important thing a life coach can coach is living! (more…)
Apply the same standards and expectations to yourself as you expect from your athletes.
Apply the same standards and expectations to yourself as you expect from your athletes.
One more time, just in case you didn’t get it.
Apply the same standards and expectations to yourself as you expect from your athletes.
Think about it. How can you coach at your best and provide quality coaching services to talented athletes when your own standards and what you expect of yourself is LESS than what you expect of your athletes? (more…)
Training Load Lecture Number 1 of every coaching course in the world starts with the 3 standard variables in load management and exercise physiology:
But, once you have coached for a few years and actually worked with athletes, the fourth and perhaps the most important variable of all becomes apparent as the critical determinant of exercise and training:
4. Athlete engagement – How completely the athlete is engaged in doing the activity.
These are the most common arguments for why the MD/ID approach to sports science will not work: However, the single counter argument to refute all these is this: Performance is multidisciplinary and multi-factorial by nature. Performance is the balanced integration of physical, mental, technical, tactical, cultural, genetic and other factors. Nothing Read more…
How to Spot a Terrible Coach. By Wayne Goldsmith It’s easy to spot a good coach – energy, passion, enthusiasm, dedication, connection with their athletes, knowledge…and it’s just as easy to identify a terrible coach. Terrible coaches “Tell and Yell” – they don’t listen to their athletes or learn Read more…