sports-performance

What’s all this Leadership by Empowerment stuff about?

Leadership in sport has changed. It’s no longer about the head coach or team captain standing and demanding winning behaviours and successful standards. It’s about engaging with everyone in the team, inspiring them to be committed to the team goals and to empowering them to be all they can be as individuals within the team environment. This article challenges coaches to look at the traditional leadership model in sporting teams from a new angle.

By Wayne Goldsmith, ago

The Crawford Report on Australian Sport – a preview from the crystal ball….

So, the time is almost at hand.

The release of the report all Australian Sport has been waiting for over a year…the Crawford Report – is due any day now. (You know it is about to be released because the politicians are trying so hard to deny the final report exists).

For those of you not familiar with Crawford, take a look at

If we had a crystal ball, I wonder what will be contained in the report……..I wonder….I wonder….(imagine a fade out here like those movie “dream” sequences). (more…)

By Wayne Goldsmith, ago

Sports Skills: The 7 Sports Skills Steps You Must Master in Every Sport.

 

Coaching Sports Skills is a the very heart of coaching in every sport

Every coach, every athlete, every media commentator and every fan will tell you that the fundamental element of all sports is skill.

Kicking and passing in football.
Throwing and catching in cricket and baseball.
Diving, turning and finishing in swimming.
Tackling and passing in rugby and rugby league.
Passing and shooting in basketball and netball.

Learning, practicing and mastering the basic skills of sport is one of the foundations of coaching, sports performance and athletic training.
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By Wayne Goldsmith, ago