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…
Sport on the Road. Wayne Goldsmith (renowned coaching professional) talks about professional teams on tour – chatting about winning and losing on tour, unique challenges like dealing with hostile media, different climates, travel, and living together in close quarters. Originally broadcast on Radio Sport Mornings, Radio Sport NZ. Presented by Read more…
Playing Through the Pain: Drugs are for Mugs. Renowned coaching professional Wayne Goldsmith talks about playing through pain, as well as the use of painkillers in professional sport. Is it heroic? Are painkillers just another form of performance enhancing drugs? Also talking through the long-term risks and letting young athletes Read more…
“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It’s time we let go of the outdated, simplistic single cause / single effect model of research and embraced a genuine integrated, multi disciplinary approach to solving performance problems.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…)
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?
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…)
High Performance sport is founded on a relatively simple equation: you either win or you lose.
And when you lose, it is natural to look for the reasons “why” through performance reviews etc.
A critical aspect in understanding the “losing process” is to find the answer to this question….were you outplayed or out-talented? (more…)