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Beer Battles: Blowing the Froth off Football.

Alcohol and footy are hot topics right now: that’s nothing new – they have been hot topics since both were invented. Read more

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The Sports Science Scorecard: Has sports science delivered on its promises to sport?

Sports science: many consider it the driving force of high performance sport.

Some would consider it responsible for most of the breakthroughs in high performance sport.

But has sports science actually delivered on its promises to high performance sport?

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The Magic Moment: When a Coach makes a Difference.

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”

(Cesare Pavese)

Do you remember the moment when you were a teenager and Dad or Mom told you to “save money and think about your future”?

You didn’t listen did you.

And remember the moment when you were 18 and some relative told you to “work hard and make something of yourself”?

Ignored them didn’t you.

Life is full of these moments when people, with all good intentions, give you some advice which they think will inspire you to change your life and become all you can be.

And how many times have you told an athlete “make the most of every training session and make the most of your opportunities”?

And they didn’t listen.

So, what makes people listen to the right advice? How do you engage and inspire the hearts and minds of athletes and have them grasp every session, every minute, every moment as if it was their last?

The Magic Moment: When a Coach makes a Difference. Read more

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Why Professional Football Teams Lose: 100 Reasons to Explain Why Teams Don’t Win.

Ever wanted to know why professional football teams lose?

Here’s 100 reasons why - and there are many, many more. Read more

The Ten Great Sporting Myths, (and how you can be successful by not believing in them).

There are some people who believe in Bigfoot.

There are others who still think the world is flat.

There are even people who know for a fact the Elvis is alive and is the head chef at a take away restaurant somewhere in the southern United States.

And there are millions of people who believe in the Ten Great Sporting Myths.

But the great news is, that if you refuse to believe in these myths, you can gain a winning advantage over your competition. Read more

Sports Psychology: Integrating Mental Skills Training in Effective Coaching.

We all agree that developing mental skills is an essential part of being a successful athlete.

The ability to perform under pressure, the capacity to remain confident and resilient when competition conditions get tough, the skill to be able to relax and stay focused when feeling pain and fatigue in competition, concentration, visualization……coaches and athletes are unanimous that spending time developing mental skills is time well spent.

However, figuring out the best way to develop mental skills – particularly mental skills which can directly enhance the competition performance of athletes is another matter.

We all think working with a Sports Psychologist is a good idea but Sports Psychologists are like life partners……we know that having one is probably a good idea but it is next to impossible to find a good one. Read more

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Values Based Sport: How to Create an effective Values Based Sporting Environment.

Everyone talks about values based coaching.

Lots of people believe in values based management.

Even more promote the benefits of players and athletes coming up with a list of values on which to build a successful team preparation and performance environment.

And yet…in spite of all the talk about values and the millions of dollars being spent in professional sports around the world on developing values, mission statements and team trademarks, we still have sporting teams being destroyed by unprofessional preparation, poor alcohol and social drugs management, sexual harassment, violence, crime and misconduct.

So what is Values Based Sport how do you create an effective Values Based Sporting Environment? Read more

Don’t Count the Repeats:Make the Repeats Count.

I know, I know, I know.

This sounds like an advertisement for a new sporting product or new piece of sporting training equipment…the sporting equivalent of the “knife that cuts through a shoe” or the “miracle mop” that does everything around the house including walking the dog, cooking dinner and putting the kids to bed.

But no….this is serious. You can achieve More with Less…this is how to do Less but get a Better result. Read more

The Biggest Question in Coaching: How do I get this generation of athletes to work hard?

I hear it all over the world.

In every sport.

In every club.

Coaches asking, “How do I get this generation of athletes to work hard”"

Here’s how. Read more

10000 hours to make a champion??? What rubbish!

 

This “10000 hours to build a champion athlete” stuff seems to have popped up in a lot of places recently.

Just goes to show how many people in the world can write stuff about sport without knowing anything about it. Read more

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