Coaches - can you coach the UNCOACHABLE players? I'd met Sir Graham Henry, the brilliant rugby union coach, former head coach of the All Blacks and one of the most astute coaches you'd ever meet, a few times over a number of years. Not long after the All Blacks won the rugby

More on "Uncoachable" Players........ In response to this morning's earlier post, a coach sent me this question: "How do you coach uncoachable players?" This is my response: Ask yourself WHY they're uncoachable - it can only be a few things - or a combination: It's them -

The one phrase I hear in #sport everywhere I go is "It's different here. That's the way we do it here. Those other ways wouldn't work here". Sure - there are unique elements in every town, every region, every country and in every sport. But the big picture issues are globally

Why Sports Conferences Don't Really Work. Can you capture the hearts and minds of people in the audience? Lots of people get excited about the number of people in their audience - thinking that it means more people are listening to their latest research or ideas etc. It's not

#Coach - when it the LAST TIME - you did something for the FIRST TIME? Many coaches will say "I've got 20 years of experience" but for the most part, it's more like "I've got one year of experience, repeated 20 times over". A good general rule to try and remember is to aim to

Sports Thoughts#12: Sport's Drop-out Zones youtu.be/9HtBmlLTzm4?si… via YouTube No matter what sport - or what country I go to - the SPORT DROP OUT ZONES are more or less the same. DROP OUT ZONE 1 - ENTERING SECONDARY SCHOOL - their world is expanding, more choices, school

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Never miss a moment to inspire the kids you coach to believe - in themselves, in you, in the endless possibilities ahead of them.

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youtu.be/ukqtZHh3KyQ?si… Content and Intent! An incredibly important #coaching concept for all coaches. Every time you write a workout or training session, i.e., the CONTENT - you do so with the underpinning assumption that the players will do the content with the INTENT that's

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The Power of Choice youtu.be/DaBCNOh9JrQ?si… via YouTube Can you coach speed? Of course. Can you coach endurance? Yes. Can you #coach skills? Undoubtedly. But can you coach choice?

What's the most frustrating thing about #coach education? I'll tell you - we don't coach #coaches to coach. List the top 10 issues in your #coaching program right now - I bet they include: 1. Dealing with difficult parents; 2. Connecting and engaging with kids to inspire them

"Nothing taught by force stays in the soul." — Plato

The #LA2028 Olympics is 200 weeks away. If you train 5 times a week - that's 1000 training sessions available to you between now and lining up to start in your favorite event in Los Angeles 2028! Want to know the secret to success in LA? Maths! Imagine you're 10 seconds

Best teams I've worked with in #NRL , #AFL , #SuperRugby, Test Rugby, #netball, #waterpolo. #Swimming - have the same five common characteristics: 1. SELFLESSNESS - It's you before I, We before me. I want your success as much or more as you want your own. 2. LIVING THEIR

Sports Thoughts #13: LTAD time to move on youtu.be/aEZGr2G6PtM?si… via YouTube In my view, LTAD has been the single biggest destructive force in #sportsparticipation in the world. Why? Because even though the original concept was brilliant, the way LTAD is implemented - (or

Here's my favorite LTAD / #Pathway story.... Tennis Australia was doing a detailed, national, sport review to try and figure out why their participation levels were falling. They commissioned one of the big management groups to do the review - and it was exhaustive, detailed and

A new meta-analysis of 125,000 people finds: Autonomy-supportive parenting is linked to well-being. Overly controlling parenting is linked with ill-being. Whether it's parenting or coaching, the research is clear: Teach and work towards independence: thegrowtheq.com/nurturing-inde…