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November, 2009

Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 Checklist – Are you ready to Win?

With the 19th Commonwealth Games in Delhi less than a year away, people are starting to get excited about the opportunity for high level competition and the potential to win medals and glory for their nations, their teams, their sports and themselves.

There will be three types of athletes, coaches (and even nations) at the Commonwealth Games next year in Delhi:

1. Those who have planned and prepared poorly and have no chance of winning;
2. Those who have done some basic planning and preparation and with a little luck have some chance of winning;
3. Those who have planned and prepared professionally, thoroughly and systematically and with an uncompromising attention to detail and who will win.

The question you have to ask yourself is…..which one am I? Read more

Crawford Report on the Future of Australian Sport – What does it mean for you?

Well – the wait is over.

The Crawford Report on the Future of Australian Sport has been released.

Check it out at http://www.sportpanel.org.au/internet/sportpanel/publishing.nsf/Content/crawford-report

(While you are there, check out my own submission – which if I don’t mind saying so was about 90% right): http://www.sportpanel.org.au/internet/sportpanel/publishing.nsf/Content/Wayne+Goldsmith

So….what does it all mean? Read more

Ten Qualities of Great Coaches – Presentation

A Sportscoachingbrain Presentation: Ten Qualities of Great Coaches

Yours to read, enjoy and use.

Wayne Goldsmith

Daily Athlete Training Environment – D.A.T.E.

OK – Someone had to do it. It was almost toooo obvious.

From this moment forward, the term “Daily Training Environment” no longer exists in sports terminology or high performance sports culture jargon.

Goodbye – you are the weakest link.

Say hello to D.A.T.E. – Daily Athlete Training Environment.

Think of all the Government sporting policies and strategic planning documents around the world that now have to be edited and changed!

Why D.A.T.E.? Read more

Coaching = Engagement.

We have all done it.

We have all been involved in debates, discussions and deliberations about what coaching is.

Some people say it is about teaching and learning skills. Others say it’s about sports science and applying a scientific method approach to planning and periodisation. Others say it’s about communication and caring. Still others believe coaching is about emotions like passion or it’s about values like commitment, honesty, integrity, humility, courage and discipline.

To add to the confusion, you get the coaching “zealots” who are promoting one type of coaching philosophy over another (in an effort to create a commercial success from their theories about coaching) who are convinced coaching is about the ABC Technique of Coaching or Homer Simpson’s Guide to Effective Coaching or some whiz bang made up word like Coaching Readiness for Accelerated Performance (I hope you spotted the acronym)!

Coaching is about one thing above all others…engagement. Read more

High Performance Sport:What are the “non – negotiables?”

What is High Performance?

I spoke at a conference once and after the formal side of the presentation I invited questions from the 100 or so gathered coaches and sports managers.

The first question from the audience was, “Wayne, you’ve spoken a lot today about HIGH performance. Will you be covering Performance at sea level (i.e. low performance sport)?”.

Many people think that the world of high performance sport is a bit mystical and magical and that it takes a lot of money, a PhD and a laboratory to do it well.

In reality, creating and sustaining a successful high performance culture is more about attitude than altitude, more about motivation than money and more about learning than a laboratory.

So, to help you understand what High Performance is really all about……. Read more

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