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Strength Training for High Performance Sport – An Overview

It was not all that long ago when the words “strength training” and “gymnasium” conjured up images of muscle hulks and Arnold Schwarzenegger – that is before he become the Governator! However, in...

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Coach education – Ten Dumb Things we do and call it Coach Education

The world needs more coaches. Good coaches. Passionate coaches. Committed coaches. Innovative coaches. Coaches. Coaches are the driving force of change in sport and every sport needs more great...

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Sport Analysis and the Era of Negativity

Seems like every coach has a video, a camera, a DVD player and some analysis software these days. Coaches spend more time behind a desk, staring at replays and performance analysis data than they do...

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Coaching without Periodisation – Part Two

  In part one of this post we discussed the possibility of Coaching Without Periodisation. In part two we will look at an alternate way of working with athletes and helping each individual you coach to...

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Ten smart things we should be doing in the interest of better coach education...

Here are ten things we should be doing in the interest of helping to educate the next generation of coaches: Teach coaches to listen to and understand the needs of each individual athlete they are...

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Sports Coaching in 2030 – Future (coach) Shock – Where will Sports Coaching...

Where is Sports Coaching heading? Where will it be in 2030? What will the average coach be doing everyday on pool deck or on the court or at the track or on the field? This article looks at the Future...

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The Role of Parents in Sport

Discussions with Coaches Geoff  Marsh (Cricket), Joyce Brown (Netball) and Lindsay Gaze (Basketball).  In response to repeated community complaints, a Sydney Council announced it planned to introduce...

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The Evolution of Leadership in Professional Sport: from coach to captain to...

leadership blvd_excellence way from Crestock Stock Photos Leadership? Lots of people talk about where leadership in sport is now. But where did our current thinking on leadership come from? How did...

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Multi-Disciplinary (Performance) Sports Science: The Future of High...

There is no doubt that successful sports performance is multi-disciplinary in nature. Athletes and coaches need to be aware of the physiological, biomechanical, psychological, nutritional, medical and...

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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...

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It’s not the head coaches fault……not all of the time that is.

Here’s a typical football Club scenario. Pick a club – any club – any code – it doesn’t matter. The team loses a few games, has a couple of bad seasons and the decision is made to sack the head coach....

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The Top Ten Reasons Why Coaches Fail

Ever wanted to know what’s holding you back as a coach? Ever wanted to know why you are not realising your potential? This post, “The Top Ten Reasons Why Coaches Fail” outlines the ten biggest mistakes...

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Talent Identification in the Western World – Over funded and Over rated.

The concept of Talent Identification – TID for short – makes sense. Do some standardised testing and screening of lots of kids, find the ones who can run faster, run further, jump longer, stretch...

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Can you achieve the same or better performance results with reduced training...

One of the greatest challenges many traditional Olympic sports face is how to achieve the same or better results in less time. Kids and parents have very little spare time and for sports like swimming,...

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Reverse Coaching – Coaching in Reverse.

Coaching is one thing. But Reverse coaching? What the heck is Reverse Coaching? Has this Sports Coaching Brain guy gone completely mental? What is Reverse Coaching? Reverse coaching is an interesting...

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Thinking Outside the Box in Coaching in High Performance Sport – Creativity...

Earth in box from Crestock High Quality Images There is a tribe in the highlands of Papua New Guinea who have never seen modern technology, who could not even imagine using the latest electronic tools,...

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New Sport:Old Sport. The Decade of Client Focused Sport is Here.

As the new decade starts, it is time to face the realities of the sports experience around the world. The last decade, saw the most significant changes in society, in learning, in education, in...

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Positive Drug Tests in Sport: 6 Types of Drug Cheats and How to Recognise them.

Positive Drug Tests in sport. What sort of idiot trains hard for months or even years then: Takes performance enhancing or social drugs before, during or after competition? Takes performance enhancing...

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Teaching Skills – A Performance Focused Approach to Teaching Skills.

What’s the difference between learning sports skills to play sport and learning sports skills to win in competition conditions? Playing the sport is about learning and executing the skills of the...

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The Player Potential Profile – an integrated, practical approach to Talent...

Hot Football On Fire from Crestock Stock Photos Every now and again, a client will ask me to come up with a new way of doing something to help them achieve their performance goals. In recent years, a...

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