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7th November 2024
Essays to help sports coaches and P.E. teachers. My latest book, ‘Coaches’ Corner,’ is now available to buy on Amazon. It contains over 50 essays about athletic development, coaching, and physical education based on my work over the last ten years as Head Coach of Excelsior Athletic Development Club. How and what I’ve coached has […]
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The Coaching Tool Box
Does your Coaching Tool Box need a spring clean?
One of my projects this summer has been to sort out the Tools in my Coaching toolbox.
After 20 odd years of training and coaching, the tools can get a bit disorganised. What you learn in the last year tends to stay at the top of the toolbox and is first reached for.
The good stuff that worked 20 years ago is getting a bit rusty at the bottom of the bag.
I am sorting out warm ups, strength exercises, power exercises, flexibility work, work capacity drills, speed sessions, agility progressions and coaching concepts into a system that I can access all of them more clearly.
I hope to make it as tidy as this garden shed.
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Millfield School
For the past 2 years, as Head of Athletic Development, James has made a significant contribution to the development and understanding of athletic development among our sports programmes. With knowledge and passion, he has continually championed best practise in relation to the athletic development of young athletes, and been unstinting in the rigour of its delivery. As a coach, James has made a direct contribution to the development of several prominent individuals, as well as more broadly to our squads.
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