Improve your coaching through storytelling.

improve your coaching through storytelling

Ever wondered why you aren’t getting through to your athletes or peers? You have listed the references, provided the data, and shown a few charts, just like your undergraduate lecturers told you to. They would be proud.  Professor Bill McGuire, of UCL, said this, ‘Scientific papers, however well-written, rarely carry the emotional weight of a…

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Improving coaching communication through writing

Elements of style

Coach communication: writing On every coaching course I have attended, the tutor has pointed out the section in the workbook entitled “communication”.  There follows a group nodding of heads where every budding coach agrees that “communication is a good thing”.  If we are lucky, the tutor might divide communication further into “verbal” and “non-verbal”.  We…

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Roller Derby: Coaching and Playing

Are you a blocker or jammer?

roller derbyRoller derby is not a run-of-the-mill sport, and its members are not typical athletes or sports people.

It is, however, a fantastic addictive world of camaraderie, intense physical effort, fast paced action, mind-blowing tactics and a touch of silliness.

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