Adapted this at my last county session before lockdown - 5 vs 4 rondo across the whole space, 2 interceptors each smaller box Encouraged to pass and then lead to double stack a line, other players identify space and move to fill it Aim - encourage player rotation between lines

With world leaders players on our doorstep, here’s some work we’ve done around role models, playing attributes and characteristics to support emerging players. #TheGameIsKing 👑

Breaking news: Deal agreed - Channel 4 to show England's upcoming Test series in India. Starts Friday, 4am UK time theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb…

Enjoying running to podcasts lately and wanted to share a key personal takeaway each week. Given its #TimeToTalkDay, from the Lily Brazel - Left Field Thinking episode: - Being mindful of how coach-player interactions/relationships can affect players mentally & psychologically

A great article here and certainly something I aim to reflect on within my own coaching when we can get back to playing sport.

Interesting statistic to consider coming out of lockdown 3. Personally when designing sessions after lockdown I’m going to make sure to allow more time for socialising - some low intensity small group work which allows conversation.

Just. Let. Us. Hear. Them. - It shows the demands of the job. - Humanises people too often vilified. - Offers knowledge to educate people’s opinion - Explains decisions in real time. - The tech exists - They have nothing to hide x.com/Vintage_LFC/st…

Since the small clip of Arthur Van Doren's 75m pass made the rounds, I watched the EHL final a third time and focused on Arthur Van Doren specifically. These are his best bits. From one game. Best bits. And it's still over 2 minutes long. Euro Hockey League @hcbloemendaal

Enjoying delivering weekly cricket sessions at three primary schools in partnership with 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛. Still remember doing this when I was at school. A key reason why this weekends 3 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 senior teams contain 25 players have come through junior cricket at the club.

Learnt from this one last week with the year 1s/2s.... ‘1 person on each white cone please’ = a set of very flat cones 30 seconds later.

What do we really mean when we say “Gamification?” 👇🏼🧵

Ethical behavior, happiness & even our physical health can all be influenced by those surrounding us. Good vibes are contagious My favorite example comes from baseball. Where one player boosted the performance of everyone around him THREAD on spreading good (& bad) vibes 👇👇

Motivation is contagious. Sitting within 25 feet of a high performer at work improved an employee’s performance by 15 percent. But sitting within 25 feet of a low performer hurt their performance by 30 percent. thegrowtheq.com/good-vibes-are…

Lovely day for Bradfield College Hockey last girls 1st XI pre season fixture.

Thank you TK Hockey UK & IRE 🐘 for the support this season #teamTK

Four teaching practices that coaches would do well to master: 1. Manage the amount of information players attend to 2. Regulate the difficulty of information players attend to 3. Direct players’ attention 4. Streamline communication These practices improve capacity to learn!

Looking ahead to this weeks coaching theme - Variety in Goalscoring. What are you able to notice from this graphic representation of the women’s Pro League goals? Consider the relationship between circle position & shot success %

Loved this graphic and thought I would have a go at applying this specifically to a hockey context. Open to feedback or discussion about the particular structure / principles / language / terminology...

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁. Check in on those around you. #WorldMentalHealthDay | #YouAreNotAlone | Samaritans