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How to practice: should we teach this first?
“Rather than teach what to practice, I should start with how to practice”
This was the lesson I learnt from working with golf coach John Jacobs on a recent training day.
John had set up a simple pitching task for the 10 golfers: they had to try and pitch 10 balls into some different spaces he had marked out with cones.
Read MoreCoach Development: One size does not fit all.
Coach Development Mind Map
(Full image was sent out in today’s newsletter and is presented in our coaching courses).
Read MoreCoaching disabled athletes: Global Coaches House
Paralympics Wrap Up
After watching the blind football team play at the Paralympics, I went to the final session of the Paralympics Global Coaches House, chaired by Professor Pat Duffy.
Read MoreCoaching Legends: Learning from the best.
Standing on the shoulders of giants.
I spent Monday in the presence of some Coaching giants: Frank Dick, Bill Sweetenham and Vern Gambetta at the Global Coaches House.
Sharpening your coaching knife.
I think that coaching is like a knife and has to be kept sharp.
You can’t put it into a drawer for a few months and pull it out expecting it to work.
Neither can you use it all day long, week in and week out: it becomes dull
The trick is to balance regular coaching, with regular development and reflection.
Have a good Bank Holiday weekend
Read MoreBridging the Gap: Coaching Theory to Practice
Bridging The Gap
Will Roberts: Senior Lecturer in Sport, Coaching and Physical Education
There is an increasing amount of research in the fields of strength and conditioning and sports coaching, and with an increasing interest in the profession of coaching there are more and more practitioners in both of these fields.
The problem
It is quite common that researchers rarely ‘do’, and practioners rarely have the time to ‘research and reflect’.
Read MoreCoaching audit: time to be self critical
Having been in business full time for approaching 10 years, I thought it was time to assess where we stood. Having had a couple of heavy deadlines earlier in the year, I decided to take the time to get some input on where the company stood.
I am in the last stages of a 4 part audit of Excelsior.
Read MoreUsing Beetroot Juice to run faster.
Does Beetroot Juice help you get fitter?
We all know one of the unfortunate side effects of eating beetroots, but drinking their juice may help you improve your sporting performance too.
Matt has done some research on the evidence to date, and this does seem to be relatively true. There is certainly some evidence for its use in improving oxygen utilisation during exercise. Here it is in more detail.
Read MoreTransformational Coaching Course
I attended the first meeting of the new intake of the Transformational Coaching course at Bath Uni on Friday night. Organised by Paula Jardine and led by Will Roberts, this course is designed to help challenge, educate and develop coaches from across the South West of England.
It was a productive meeting for me, with my thoughts and ideas being challenged and stimulated- despite it beinglate on Friday night.
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