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May, 2010
Sports Science Killed the Coaching Star, Sports Science Killed the Coaching Star….
Heard that old song by the Buggles, “Video killed the Radio Star”?
We have our own version in sport – it goes “Sports science killed the coaching star, sports science killed the coaching star” - only problem is that in our version, we really did kill off all the coaches.
May 25, 2010 | 16 Comments
Tags: AFL, American Football, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Coach education, Coaching, Cricket, Cycling, Diving, Football, Gymnastics, High Performance, Hockey, Netball, Performance Science, Rugby, Rugby League, Shooting, Soccer, sports science, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Track and Field, Weightlifting, Wrestling
50 Ways to Enhance your Coaching Performance in High Performance Sport.
Recently I got an email from someone saying, “Hi Wayne. You seem to have a lot to say about what people are doing wrong in high performance sport. How about you “put your money where your mouth is” and post a list of things people can do to enhance the performance of their athletes, teams and programs.”
OK. I did. Read more
May 18, 2010 | 6 Comments
Tags: AFL, American Football, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Coach education, Coaching, Cricket, Cycling, Diving, Football, Gymnastics, High Performance, Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, sport, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Track and Field, Triathlon, Weightlifting, Wrestling
Money (rarely) Matters: Why believing that Money is the Only Solution to Problems in High Performance Sport is silly.
I get asked to help athletes, coaches, teams and sporting organisations all over the world.
My process is simple.
Find out what the problems really are, find out where the problems really are, find out who the problems really are and figure out how to fix them: what I call the PPP approach – Practices (i.e what people do), Places (i.e. culture, environment) and People.
I look at lots of things: coaching, player talent and abilities, sports science, sports medicine, facilities, equipment, management, strength and conditioning and of course I look at the resources (money) available for the organisation to spend enhancing the performance of their high performance program.
Want to know how I know when money is not the real problem in the organisation?
When they tell me that it is. Read more
May 14, 2010 | Comments Off
Tags: AFL, American Football, Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Coach education, Coaching, Cricket, Cycling, Diving, Football, Gymnastics, High Performance, Hockey, Netball, Performance Science, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, sport, Sports Management, sports science, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Training, Triathlon
Thinking Outside the Box in Coaching in High Performance Sport – Creativity is King!
There is a tribe in the highlands of Papua New Guinea who have never seen modern technology, who could not even imagine using the latest electronic tools, who can not comprehend western society concepts of computing, social media, high speed Internet links, laser technology or satellite navigation.
This tribe, believes that the best way – the only way - the way everyone must adopt to cut down a tree is to make an axe by lashing a sharp rock to a piece of wood. This knowledge has been passed down from generation to generation for centuries….this tribe knows for certain that the only way to cut down a tree is to use a hand made stone ax.
And then, one day, through the forest, comes a man from the USA carrying a chain saw……. Read more
May 4, 2010 | 6 Comments
Tags: AFL, American Football, Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Coach education, Coaching, Cricket, Diving, exercise, fitness, Football, Gymnastics, High Performance, Hockey, Netball, Performance Science, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, sport, Sports Management, sports science, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Training, Triathlon
