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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
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
Multi-Disciplinary Sports Science: The Obstacles to Overcome
Over the past fifteen years Wayne Goldsmith has worked with coaches, athletes, sports scientists and sports administrators in Australia and around the world.
During the past year he has worked as a consultant to the United Kingdom Sports Institute, United States Olympic Committee, the New Zealand Academy of Sport and the Australian Sports Commission on high performance sports science and coaching education.
This article presents Wayne’s observations on the field of sports science and raises some challenges for sporting and academic institutions. Read more
February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, American Football, Athletics, Basketball, Coaching, Cycling, Diving, Football, Netball, Rowing, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Swimming, Track and Field, Triathlon
101 Coaching Tips
It takes 20 years to become an overnight success. Successful coaches have by a combination of experience, skill, education and practice, developed ways and means of getting the best out themselves and their athletes.
Here are 101 Coaching Tips to help you achieve your coaching goals. Read more
February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, Athletics, Basketball, Coaching, Cricket, Football, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Triathlon
Ten Tips to Make Sure Your End of Season Re-view is a Pre-view for Success for Next Year
The end of season is fast approaching for all AFL teams. Typically the end of season means a well earned rest, a few quiet drinks with team mates, some time with family and then… the end of season review.
Every team does some kind of season reflection or review – in most cases motivated by one or more “P” – Performance, Politics, Pressure.
The Performance Review: is one motivated by a drive to improve the performance of the team – players, coaches and staff – for next season.
The Political Review: is a review often driven by the Board or Executive to achieve a political agenda or philosophical shift in the club.
The Pressure Review: is one forced on a team by media, fans, club, Board or other stakeholders as a result of a poor performance.
By far the most effective review is one that is deliberately and strategically placed in the team’s “performance cycle” each year and is embraced by coaches, players, staff, Management and Board as being an important and positive aspect of progressive performance from season to season. Read more
February 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, Coaching, Football, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer
Sustaining success! The Coach’s Holy Grail.
Many coaches will say they want to be successful.
No they don’t. Not really.
They want to be successful again and again and again and again and again. They want to SUSTAIN success and ALWAYS have a competitive program, winning athletes and quality players.
So how do you it? How do you SUSTAIN COMPETITIVENESS AND SUSTAIN SUCCESS?
February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment
Tags: AFL, Athletics, Basketball, Coaching, Cricket, Football, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Triathlon
The Psychology of Winning: How to Develop a Winning Attitude in High Performance Sport
World Cup Final Day.
The team gathers in the locker room.
This is an intense, high pressure environment that few experience and even fewer survive.
A former player – one of the nation’s greatest - walks into the change room. There is a respectful hush as he starts to speak.
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February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, Athletics, Basketball, Coaching, Cricket, Football, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Triathlon
Coaching in the Century of Entertainment
“Enter-Training”: “Entertained, not just trained”
Coaching in this century is more about entertainment and enjoyment than just education and athletic excellence.
Coaches, teachers and instructors around the World are experiencing frustrating times coming to terms with the rapid changes in society and the impact these changes are having on the learning behaviors of kids.
And this is not just a local problem. On a recent visit to the USA, coaches in five states identified their biggest coaching challenge as working with athletes in rapidly changing times.
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February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, Athletics, Basketball, Coaching, Cricket, Football, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Triathlon
Taking the Plunge: Becoming a Full Time Coach
“The best way to develop a healthy dislike for football is to try and make a living from coaching it” (US Football Coach)
The desire to coach full time is for many coaches a dream. Coaches live for their sport. They talk about it. They think about it constantly. They dream about winning gold medals and premierships. To be able to coach full time - that is the Coaching “Holy Grail”.
Coaches who are trying to manage a full time career outside sport, balance family commitments, take care of their personal health and wellbeing AND coach to the best of their ability often lament:
“If only I had the time…….”
“If only I didn’t have to work to pay the bills and could just coach, then I could do a great job”.
“If this (coaching) was all I had to do, the team would be invincible”.
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February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, Athletics, Basketball, Coaching, Cricket, Football, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Triathlon
Ten Golden Rules about Presenting Sports Science information to Coaches
I have been to hundreds of coaching courses, coaching workshops, coaching conferences and coaching seminars. Invariably, the course convener invites a guest speaker with a specialist sports science background to talk about physiology, biomechanics, nutrition, psychology or another sports performance topic.
And, in all of the hundreds of courses, workshops, conferences and seminars I have attended, I have seen the same mistakes being made by the guest speakers. So I decided to do something about it.
February 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, Basketball, Coaching, Cricket, Football, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Triathlon
