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April, 2008
You can’t buy a Football Premiership.
Read the title of this article.
Now read it again.
Read it one more time.
Now, just to be sure you get it - You can’t buy a football premiership!
Here’s why.
April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, American Football, Football, Football (Soccer), Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union
How to Develop World Class Coaches
OK. Let’s talk about how to develop world class coaches.
Grab a piece of paper. On one side of the paper, write down the characteristics of a great coach.
Does your list include any or all of the following:
- Outstanding communicator
- Visionary
- Leader
- Innovator
- Negotiator
- Conflict resolver
- Media manager
- Public relations genius
- Team developer
- People manager
- Technical / tactical / strategic skills of the highest order
- Philosopher
- Politician
- Futurist
OK - now turn the page over and write down a list of all the coach education programs which cover the above?
Is this side of the paper blank? Yes? Then we can begin.
April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: American Football, Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Triathlon
Drugs, Alcohol and Elite sport: a real life approach
Every time a professional player or elite athlete tests positive to drugs or is caught abusing alcohol, you can guarantee three things will happen:
- Newspapers and other media will over react and claim an isolated incident is evidence of an inherent drug and alcohol abuse culture in the club or sport (or all of sport);
- The club or sport will over react and ensure a drugs and alcohol education program is put in place as soon as possible;
- Everyone associated with the incident will over react, deny responsibility and blame someone else.
What’s the reality?
- Some athletes take drugs. Some drink alcohol. It’s a fact.
- Some will take performance enhancing drugs - and get away with it. Sad, but true.
- Some will abuse alcohol and binge regularly. Again, sad but reality.
- Some will abuse social drugs and because of clearance times and the sport’s testing policy effectively be “addicts” but still be able to compete at the highest level. Tragic - but true too.
April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: American Football, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Soccer, Swimming, Triathlon
Finding the Right Head Coach
With all the movements and changes in the NRL head coaching ranks at the moment, it is worth having a closer look at how to go about hiring the right coach.
The most important step for any club, is to first clearly understand what they want from a head coach!
Do they want a leader - an inspirational head coach?
Do they want someone who is an expert in change management - someone who can make hard decisions and radical changes to the Club’s culture and performance environment?
Do they want a technical expert - someone with great skills in one element of the game, e.g. attack?
Do they want a coach skilled with dealing with the media?
Do they want a hard nosed, disciplinarian with a strong work ethic and uncompromising nature?
Do they want someone who can build effective teams and get people working together towards a common goal?
Do they want someone with knowledge and skills in sports science and performance enhancement?
Do they want someone who has played the game at the highest level and has an understanding and empathy for the playing group?
Do they want someone who can create leaders in the player group and create a player driven culture?
Do they want an innovator? Someone who can accelerate change and implement new ideas?
The answer most clubs will give is - “all of the above”. Read more
April 9, 2008 | 1 Comment
Tags: AFL, American Football, Football, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer
