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Ten Tips for Keeping your Relationship Healthy when you work in High Performance Sport
The term “Sporting Widow” (or widower) is almost a cliche in high performance sport as many, many relationships have fallen apart in the industry due to the demands and pressures of travel, preparation, competition, training camps etc etc.
This article is for all my coaching, sports science, sports medicine and sports management colleagues (and their long suffering partners and families) written after many years chatting over beers and lamenting the challenges of working on the road, away from loved ones trying to balance success in high performance sport with a successful relationship.
June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, American Football, Athletics, Basketball, Coaching Tips, Cricket, Cycling, Diving, Football, Gymnastics, Netball, Olympics, Rugby, Rugby League, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Triathlon
Hiring and Developing a COACHING / PERFORMANCE TEAM
Gone are the days of the “GURU” coaches.
Sure, the great names of coaching have all been “one man bands” - strong, decisive, authoritarian, leadership focused head coaches who controlled every aspect of the team’s performance.
However, elite sport has developed at an incredible rate over the past twenty years and the knowledge and skills required to win an elite sporting competition are greater than any one person can bring to the table.
Think of the advances in sports science, sports medicine, analysis, IT, nutrition, psychology and technology since the 1980s.
How can we expect that any one person can be THE expert in all performance areas plus coach the team, deal with the media, work with Club Board and Executive, recruit new players, talk to sponsors, meet the fans etc etc etc?
So - the Coaching Team and Performance Team concepts are born.
June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, American Football, Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Coaching Tips, Cricket, Diving, Football, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field
Sports Science: Observations of Philosophies in Sports Science and Sports Medicine in High Performance Sport
Sports Science has to Change
Over the past year I have had the fortunate experience of working with some of the leading sporting nations in their quest for elite sporting excellence. I write this article as a plea to all sports scientists, regardless of discipline, to evaluate what they are doing and think about being more innovative and creative in their methods and practices.
February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, American Football, Baseball, Basketball, Coaching, Coaching Tips, Cricket, Cycling, Diving, Football, Hockey, Netball, Rowing, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Triathlon
Life coach? Teach living!
Attention all life coaches! What are you coaching?
Seems like there are many, many life coaches and almost as many life coaching courses out there. So what exactly are you coaching?
Here’s a quote from a well known life coaching program:
“Our program will show you to help your client achieve success in business, finance, asset accumulation, financial management and wealth creation”.
Doesn’t sound like a life coach - sounds like a CPA.
The most important thing a life coach can coach is living!
February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: Coaching, Coaching Tips
