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…
Sport: The Buck Stops with….. Modern sporting teams have a cast of thousands…………managers, sports scientists, medical staff, researchers, analysis experts, strength and conditioning professionals, Board members, media teams, marketing and advertising staff….it takes a lot of people to make sport happen. However, when it comes down to it, it is Read more…
The Pitfalls of Punishing Potential. Renowned coaching professional Wayne Goldsmith talks about punishing athletes for not performing, and offers some different ways to change their attitude and mindset. Originally broadcast on Radio Sport Mornings, Radio Sport NZ. Presented by Jason Pine.
Gaining and Retaining Coaches. Renowned coaching professional Wayne Goldsmith talks all about coaches and how professional clubs go about selecting the right coach, or ditching them! Why do coaches change clubs (or why not), why do some coaches succeed in some clubs and not others, the “100 days” rule, and 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It’s time we let go of the outdated, simplistic single cause / single effect model of research and embraced a genuine integrated, multi disciplinary approach to solving performance problems.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…)