Athletic Development – Defining the Field
The Olympic Games – Don’t Forget the Coaches
It is so easy to lose sight of the people who guided and nurtured the athletes to this pinnacle of performance. Australian Olympic swim coach Leigh Nugent summed it up: “The biggest factor at this sta...
Coaching Philosophy
In preparation for my presentation at the Global Coaching House in London next week http://www.globalcoacheshouse.net/ I have been giving a lot of thought to coaching philosophy and its implications f...
Just Enough
We are three days away from the culmination of four years of preparation for the Olympic games. I was reflecting on the final phases of preparation – what needs to be done to put the finishing touches...
Coaching Classics
I think just like in literature and history there are classic books in coaching that you must read to be considered literate in your field. The books listed below played a huge role in forming my idea...
Timing Not Time
The whole process of adaptation to training takes time. Adaptation does not occur overnight. That being said it actually may be the timing of the application of the training stimulus that is more impo...
London 2012 – Global Coaching House
I am privileged to be in London to be part of the Global Coaching House http://www.globalcoacheshouse.net/ If you are going to be in London during the games stop by, it would be great to visit and sha...
One Leg At A Time
The cornerstone of function is the gait cycle. Movement occurs off one leg onto the other. Movement in sport and in life in general for that matter require the body to reduce and produce force ...
3 P’s of Training
Any good productive training program meets what I call the 3P criteria. Is what you are planning to do practical, personal and proactive? Practical – Can you do it in the context of the time, faciliti...
Possibilities
When I hear people talk about problems and what can’t be done it turns me off. I prefer to focus on what can be done – possibilities. I am not naïve, I know there are problems and obstacles to change ...