Sporting Parent? Chances are – at some time in your life – you’ll be one. I’ve been very fortunate that over the last 25 or so years, I’ve delivered sports education and parent education programs right around the world. One of the most enjoyable things I do at the start Read more…
The Real Role Of Sporting Parents – Being The Sporting Parents Your Kids Really Need You To Be. Having delivered hundreds of sporting parents seminars all over the world, I am often asked, “What is the real role of sporting parents? Is it to merely pay sporting registration fees and Read more…
Over the past 25 years I’ve been asked to work with sporting organizations all over the world and help them build and grow a successful sporting culture. And no matter how many times I do it, I am stunned at the lack of understanding of what a sporting culture actually Read more…
Holistic Coaching – Coaching the Whole Athlete. For the most part, coaching is focused almost exclusively on the physiological development of athletes. It’s easy for coaches to be centered on the physiological aspects of athlete development as they can be seen, be measured, be counted, be observed. Yet, human beings are Read more…
Sporting Parents. Sporting parents are the key to sporting success. They teach values. They help to build and grow virtues. They foster and nurture character. Sporting parents teach important life lessons: lessons about responsibility, about accountability, about honesty and respect and integrity and humility. Sporting parents working in partnership with Read more…
Perform the Skill. This is the first, and unfortunately for most athletes, the last step in their skills learning program. Coaches come up with a drill, athletes copy it, try it, learn it. Sports Skills Step 2: Perform the Skill very well. Skills mastery comes from regular practice combined with Read more…