11: Character Over Talent
This week, Wayne talks about the importance of coaches looking at character before natural talent when recruiting players. Originally broadcast on Radio Sport Mornings, Radio Sport NZ. Presented by Jason Pine.
10: Tempering Emotions After Round One
This week, Wayne talks about “round ones” in sporting competitions. How much teams can learn from “one game” and how fans and media need to resist the urge to label a team’s season after just one round. Originally broadcast on Radio Sport Mornings, Radio Sport NZ. Presented by Jason Pine.
Five E-Zy Lessons For The Parents Of Kids Who Play Sport
Sporting Parents Tips. Sporting parents are critical to help every child realize their full potential as athletes and as human beings. This episode discusses the 5 Es of Sports Parenting: ENJOYMENT ENCOURAGEMENT EXPERIENCE EMPATHY EVERYONE Originally broadcast on Radio Sport Mornings, Radio Sport NZ. Presented by Jason Pine.
Sports biggest challenge
Competitive Sport is Dying. How do you make sport more appealing to kids in that age range? How do you coach them? How do you change competitions to make them more engaging and exciting for kids 6-12? This week, renowned coaching professional Wayne Goldsmith talks about the biggest challenge facing Read more…
Hot Topics
Performance Science and Why it’s time has come.
“In short science has its limitations. Western science is characterised by
reductionist principles; but we reach a point at which the reduction becomes
disassociated from the phenomena it is trying to explain” P.Jones 1998
It’s time.
It’s time for the Sports science industry to seriously change the way we do business.
It’s time we let go of the outdated, simplistic single cause / single effect model of research and embraced a genuine integrated, multi disciplinary approach to solving performance problems.
It’s time for Performance Science to come of age. (more…)
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What’s all this Leadership by Empowerment stuff about?
Leadership groups, leadership teams, player leadership teams, team councils………
What’s going on here? Players making decisions? Players leading? Players taking ownership of their training and playing programs?
- What’s all this empowerment stuff about?
- What does engagement mean? Is someone getting married?
- And what the hell is a leadership group?
I thought coaches coached, managers managed, fans cheered, doctors doctored and players played.
All of sudden every AFL, rugby, football, cricket, netball and rugby league team has embraced a player empowerment leadership model. Five years ago, most of us couldn’t even spell it.
Let’s have closer look at what’s going on. (more…)