Where do I begin? The journey to the Marshall Islands – the first time – an interesting one! I won’t go back to the start, that’s been covered (a lot!) but I can give some context to my first trip out, ‘OUR’ first trip out, to Majuro. I say our as this is a collective …
Scandinavian Education – success into sports coaching…? You may be aware of the Scandinavian educational system and it’s approach to learning. If so, you will understand that it is one of the most successful in the world as a region with the highest portion of female learners with a Masters Degree (Denmark) and highest numbers …
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“Tell me and I forget, Teach me and I may remember, Involve me and I learn” – I have to disagree here. It’s a famous quote and it’s used a lot but looking at it, it doesn’t consider learning styles, learning preferences or individual needs. We as coaches are educators and for us to educate …
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Let’s talk about the Marshall Islands… It’s a story I’ve not mentioned so far on this blog site, BUT it is currently a huge part of my life. On the back of completing my Masters, I realised that I missed writing. I missed discussing football and networking with people worldwide – that’s how this blog …
Coaching creativity is seen as a tough task sometimes as it is an area where although coaches recognise the importance of ‘creative players’, they aren’t fully sure on how to create them. My Masters dissertation was based on creativity in football, specifically in youth players in academy settings and it was interesting to see that …
Everyone coaches differently, even those with similar ideas and it comes down to those individual idealistic elements – “I want my team to play this way because…”, “I want my team to play like …” – now this second one may be dangerous if you don’t take your own group and their environment into consideration! …
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We are taking a look into the types of Coach:Athlete Relationships and the 3C+1 theory, as well as a few ideas of how to create that all important bond. The coach-athlete relationship The coach-athlete relationship has gained huge traction is recent times in terms of the importance that they place on each other. From bringing …
We know that communication in sport is key for players and coaches both on and off the pitch. Coaches at all levels have the common saying (along the lines of): “we’ve got to talk more”. Well, how important is it and how you can encourage it from an early age? From the coaches perspective, sometimes …
Communication and it’s link to sports coaching (and some tips!) Read More »
You’ve probably sat around and thought ‘I could do that’, or ‘I could do a better job than them’… (We probably all have at some point!) but the elite level coaches are there for a reason. So… what makes a great coach? Which characteristics do they show? When developing coaches, or just yourself as a …
Everybody wants that creative midfielder – someone with the ability to change a game with a moment of brilliance, a footballing magician. We think of Pirlo spraying passes and creating chances; rewatch scholes with a vision that most can dream of. So how can we help to create those characteristics? Well we know that the …