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July, 2008
Beijing Blast Number One - Five really dumb things most athletes heading to Beijing would have done in the past six months
Lots of athletes go to the Olympics - very, very few come back with a medal.
Why?
Lack of Talent? Unlikely.
Poor Skill? Possibly.
The wrong parents, i.e. Genetics? Could be.
But the reason most of them don’t win a medal is that they made five dumb mistakes in the past six months.
July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Beijing Olympic Games, Boxing, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Football, Hockey, Olympics, Rowing, Softball, Swimming, Track and Field, Triathlon, Wrestling
Beijing Blast - the inside story of the 2008 Olympic Games
Welcome to the BEIJING BLAST.
For the next month, check out the great new posts about the issues and inspirations, medals and mayhem, records and ruin, controversies and criticisms, struggles and successes, fantastic feats and failures, trouble, tragedy, triumph, tears and turmoil that is the Olympic Games.
Forget the media blackout in China.
Hear it here - at the BEIJING BLAST.
Want the real inside story?
Read it here at the BEIJING BLAST.
Get with the BLAST - or hear about it………LAST!
Beijing Blast number one - coming soon.
Wayne Goldsmith
July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment
Tags: Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Gymnastics, Hockey, Olympics, Rowing, Swimming, Track and Field, Triathlon, Wrestling
Where is leadership in sport going: the future of leadership.
First…there were the LEADERS. The autocratic, dictatorial, “my way or the highway” type leaders.
Then came the LEADERSHIP GROUPS, LEADERSHIP COUNCILS, LEADERSHIP TEAMS.
So what’s next?
There is a revolution in leadership coming: the way we think about it, the way we talk about it, the way we develop it is all about to change.
Read on………………….
July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, American Football, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Hockey, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Soccer
Why Bench - marking is a waste of time in High Performance Sport.
Benchmarking.
It has become one of the Buzz words in high performance sport.
Benchmarking means that someone in an organisation decides to find out what the best people in the industry are doing, learn from them and usually copy what they are doing.
For example, coaches in professional football codes will sometimes visit successful programs in other codes - maybe even in other nations - to try and learn what they do and how they became successful.
Institutes and Academies of Sport and Government sporting authorities often send people to other countries to benchmark systems, structures, programs and innovations.
It seems like a good idea. Travel to see another program, get some instant solutions to problems and some new ideas to help enhance performance - seems like a great idea.
However…………..
- It’s a waste of time
- It’s a waste of money
- Even if you have the time and the money it doesn’t work.
July 10, 2008 | 1 Comment
Tags: AFL, American Football, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Coaching, Cricket, Diving, Football, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Triathlon
The Rugby Union and Rugby League Guaranteed to Succeed Game Plan
Is it just me or does it seem like every coach involved in rugby league and rugby union has the same game plan?
With all the money spent on coaching, analysis, technology, video, training programs, performance enhancement, player development, facilities, equipment, ball technology, strength training, conditioning, wrestling, leadership development, boots, nutrition, psychology, protein supplments etc etc you would think that rugby league and rugby union would be havens for innovation, creativity and genius.
So why does it seem like every team, every coach and every player is reading from the same play book when it comes to game plans?
July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union
Reverse Coaching - Coaching in Reverse.
Coaching is one thing.
But Reverse coaching?
What the heck is Reverse Coaching? Has this Sports Coaching Brain guy gone completely mental?
July 1, 2008 | Comments Off
Tags: AFL, American Football, Athletics, Basketball, Boxing, Cricket, Cycling, Diving, Football, Gymnastics, Netball, Rowing, Rugby, Rugby League, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Triathlon
