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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
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
What is High Performance?
One of the most commonly asked questions in this business is, “What Exactly is High Performance?”
People talk about, write about, think about sports science, sports medicine, exercise physiology, talent identification, performance psychology, biomechanics, skill acquisition, elite coach development, recovery, sports physiotherapy, sports massage, performance analysis and all the elements and components of high performance sport, but what is it? What is this thing called High Performance?
I can summarise it all in one word………Change.
June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, American Football, Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Diving, Football, Gymnastics, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Triathlon
The Greatest Assistant Coaching Article Ever Written (i.e. because we think it’s the only one): 50 of the best Tips on how to be a World Class Assistant Coach.
By Lindsay Gaze, Michael Foley, Dave Claxton, Craig Tiley, Scott Johnson, Bill Sweetenham, Andrew Friend, Keith Davies, and Wayne Goldsmith
Foreword:
Leading international Rugby Coach, Head Coach of USA Rugby (and former Wallabies Assistant coach) Scott Johnson and I were exchanging emails about coaching. Scott said, “You read a lot about coaching and plenty about being a head coach, but where is there something written about being a great assistant coach”.
I accepted the challenge, contacted some coaching friends and colleagues and this is what we came up with.
Sincere thanks to Lindsay, Michael, Dave, Craig, Scott, Bill, Andrew and Keith for their ASSIST-ANCE.
WG
June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, American Football, Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Diving, Football, Gymnastics, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Triathlon
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
Ten Reasons Why Change is so Hard to Introduce in Sport
Change is one of the most talked about aspects of sport.
But change is also one of the hardest things to actually introduce successfully and sustain in any sporting environment.
Why?
Because people who introduce change are often seen as radicals or “ratbags” or people who know nothing about the sport or people who don’t understand the sport’s culture or similar negative label.
Change innovators in sport have to fight through three phases to make a real difference:
- Ridicule - Real innovators, lateral thinkers and change drivers have to first face the conservative thinkers in the sport who will label their push to change as stupid, ill informed and ridiculous.
- Resistance - If the idea gets through Phase 1, it then meets hard opposition from people who are benefiting from the current thinking and who will fight hard to resist new ideas and any challenge to their position and beliefs.
- Acceptance - finally if you can get through the days, weeks, months or even years of fighting, political maneuvering, back stabbing and other obstacles you have to overcome, you can introduce real change and ensure the sport progresses.
June 10, 2008 | 1 Comment
Tags: AFL, American Football, Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Cricket, Diving, Football, Gymnastics, Netball, 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
What’s all this Leadership by Empowerment stuff about?
Leadership groups, leadership teams, player leadership teams, team councils………
What’s going on here? Players making decisions? Players leading? Players taking ownership of their training and playing programs?
What’s all this empowerment stuff about?
What does engagement mean? Is someone getting married?
And what the hell is a leadership group?
I thought coaches coached, managers managed, fans cheered, doctors doctored and players played.
All of sudden every AFL, rugby, football, cricket, netball and rugby league team has embraced a player empowerment leadership model. Five years ago, most of us couldn’t even spell it.
Let’s have closer look at what’s going on.
May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, American Football, Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Diving, Football, Hockey, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Track and Field
Improve your Coaching by NOT Coaching
You read right - improve your coaching by NOT coaching.
Coaching improves performance.
But too much coaching - over coaching - can have a negative influence on performance.
Who OVER coaches?
Typically five types of coaches OVER coach:
- Young, inexperienced coaches who are trying too hard;
- Coaches who lack real belief in themselves and who try to make up for it by giving too much information. These coaches will often want to be liked - and feel the more coaching they do, the more the athletes will like them;
- Coaches who lack belief in their athletes and feel the need to control every element of preparation and performance;
- Coaches who are being evaluated or assessed and aim to impress by being SEEN to control every element of the training session, i.e. they believe that great coaching is talking more;
- EGO driven coaches who see athletes / players as a vehicle to promote themselves and their reputations.
May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: AFL, American Football, Baseball, Basketball, Cricket, Football, Netball, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Triathlon
