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Would you win the Olympic Gold Medal in Sports Administration or are you the Weakest Link?
Sporting federations, sporting organisations, sporting clubs, government sporting bodies and sporting associations all demand excellence and professionalism from the coaches they employ.
They also demand winning performances from the athletes and players in their teams and squads.
Sports administrators will expect coaches and athletes to consistently plan, prepare and perform like the best in the world: and rightly so – the name of the game is winning.
But here’s the big question: If there was an Olympic Games or Premiership title in sports administration, would the people in the nice suits with the big offices and new company cars perform as well as the athletes and coaches they lead?
As a sports administrator, sports manager, CEO, Operations Manager etc ask yourself this……”would I win the Olympic Gold Medal in Sports Administration or am I the Weakest Link?”
December 13, 2010 | Comments Off
Tags: AFL, American Football, Baseball, Basketball, Coaching, Cricket, Football, High Performance, Hockey, Netball, Olympic Games, Olympics, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Sports Management, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field
Final Medal Table for The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi: Let’s look behind the fluff and spin.
Congratulations Delhi. What an outstanding event!
After some initial controversy – wow – what a great job you did.
And Congratulations to the athletes, coaches, teams, managers, staff and families who celebrated such an outstanding sporting event.
OK - now that’s out of the way, no more Mr Nice Guy.
Let’s have a real look at the Medal Table for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi: Let’s look behind the fluff and spin. Read more
October 14, 2010 | 6 Comments
Tags: Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Commonwealth Games, Cycling, Diving, Gymnastics, High Performance, Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Olympic Games, Olympics, Rugby, Rugby Union, Shooting, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Track and Field, Weightlifting
The W – Word: Winning.
I am getting so sick of people talking about high performance environments, about following a process, about systems, about structures, about programs, about initiatives, about workshops and about strategies.
The name of the game is Winning – oops – there I said it.
Winning. Winning. Winning. There, I said it again.
That felt great. I’ll say it some more. Winning. Winning. Winning. Winning.
That felt so good I’ll do it again. Winning!! Winning!!!! Winning!!!!!
The W Word: Winning. Read more
October 11, 2010 | 8 Comments
Tags: AFL, American Football, Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Coach education, Coaching, Commonwealth Games, Cricket, Cycling, Diving, Football, Gymnastics, High Performance, Hockey, Netball, Olympic Games, Olympics, Rugby, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, sport, Sport and Parenting, sporting parents, Sports coaching, Sports Management, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Training, Triathlon
The Perfect (medal) Storm: Why the Medal Count in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games is about to return to normal.
The Commonwealth Games medal table is about to return to normal in Delhi.
And, unfortunately for Australia, this could mean a reduction in medals of up to 20% compared to results at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
The Perfect (Medal) Storm which has existed since 1994 is at an end and it is time for normal viewing to return. Read more
September 30, 2010 | 5 Comments
Tags: Archery, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Coaching, Commonwealth Games, Cricket, Cycling, Diving, Gymnastics, High Performance, Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Olympic Games, Olympics, Rugby, Rugby Union, Shooting, Sports Management, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Track and Field, Weightlifting, Wrestling
News Flash: Olympic Cycle Changed to Six Years.
News Flash, Lausanne, Switzerland. Here is the latest news.
The IOC today announced that effective immediately there will be two Olympic Cycles.
The first one, known from this date forward as the “Pretenders Cycle” will run on the traditional four year Olympic cycle.
The second cycle, announced today as the ”Contenders Cycle”, is a six year cycle. It is expected that the majority of Olympic medal winners will be using the new six year cycle.
Our Olympic reporter Wayne Goldsmith has more….. Read more
June 15, 2010 | 2 Comments
Tags: Archery, Athletics, Basketball, Boxing, Coach education, Cricket, Cycling, Diving, Football, Gymnastics, High Performance, Hockey, London 2012, Olympic Games, Olympics, Rugby, Shooting, Soccer, sport, Sports Management, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Training, Triathlon, Weightlifting, Wrestling
