Posts Tagged ‘cpd’
How to Create Excellence In Coaching
For a start, I am not sure I have achieved this, but there are a few things that you can do to help make yourself and your coaching better.
Read MoreCreativity in Coaching
So how do we become creative in our coaching? For those of you studying at University, you may be under the impression that there is only one way of doing things. Try to look outside of the parameters of the people who are marking your assignments.
Here are some useful tips to get the ball rolling:
Get some space between you and the daily grind- 15 minutes of non electronic communication\ noise time. It is difficult to be creative with your mind being full of bills\ work\ relationships.
Read MoreGetting to grips with infographics and data visualisation.
After many hours of staring at screens and wrestling with Excel, I have finished my final work on the “Introduction to Infographics and Data Visualization” course.
What started as interest in infographics turned into an understanding of how data should be presented in order to clarify and educate, rather than to obfuscate.
Anatomy and Physiology Learning in the 21st century
Here are some free resources that may help you get to grips with learning your anatomy and physiology.
Introduction Level
BBC GSCE Bitesize – GCSE revision guide
BBC Learning – links to various revision guides and other information
Read MoreHow to acquire skill in strength and conditioning
“Skill learning isn’t just skill learning, it’s preparation”
John Brierley in his skill acquisition lecture on our level 3 coaching strength and conditioning for sport course.
Ever see the 5 sets of 5 programme for squats, power cleans and bench press? Dull as dishwater!
Read MoreThe Uncertainty Principle: From the Big Bang to Dark Energy Review
“Physics is uncertain. There is an overall predictability of patterns, but individual prediction is hard”
Hitoshi Murayama, Tokyo University.
I took this 5 week course due to having an interest in Astronomy and the big ideas of the Universe.
Read MoreHope, mindfulness and compassion
“Do you coach with compassion or for compliance?”
Effective leaders bring out the best in people, they do this through inspiring hope,being mindful and coaching with compassion (1).
That was one snippet from my recently completed 6 week course led by Richard Boyatzis called “Inspiring Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence”.
Read More“It’s the people business stupid”: GAIN 2013
Coaches are in the people business
I have just returned from another fantastic GAIN (Gambetta Athletic Improvement Network) in Houston, Texas.
The 5 day event was full of ideas, tips and sharing of coaching philosophies.
Read MoreAre you a Dot Collector or a Dot Connector?
Anyone can go to a workshop, read a book or watch a YouTube video and get a drill or exercise.
A good coach knows how to assess whether this fits into their System of training, and if so how and when to use it.
This is the difference between just collecting dots and knowing how to connect them.
Coach Development Workshop: John Brierley
Last week I was lucky enough to attend a workshop at Exeter University led by John Brierley . This was part of the Transformational Coaching programme organised by Paula Jardine and led by Wayne Roberts.
John has a massive range of experience, including being the Team Leader of Athletics at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, and fitness consultant to Birmingham City FC for 4 years.
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