How could a healthy competition structure help develop coaches? “Most people work hard. Hard work is the common denominator in this equation. I’m tired of the story we tell that hard work leads to success. That story allows those of us who make it to believe that we deserve it and by implication those who […]
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High Performing vs High Performance
High Performing vs High Performance Last Friday I attended an excellent workshop hosted by SportScotland. It was to sound out representatives from many different sports on a new High Performance Coach Development Strategy. It was so interesting to hear from coaches in other sports and one particular area of interest was when one coach asked […]
People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care
People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care Last night I was a guest at the Aberdeen Football Club Community Trust annual dinner. As part of the evening they held a Q&A with three of the clubs playing legends, Neale Cooper, Neil Simpson and John Hewitt. They were all […]
Parents – don’t make robots out of your children
Parents – don’t make robots out of your children The other day a coach and I found ourselves speaking about the myth of ‘you can only get better training with better players’. I used an analogy I’d never thought of before. I said, imagine there were 1000 robots all programmed to play tennis and part […]
Product of our environments
Product of our environments Ok, so I am going to stick to my 15 minute rule here and type as fast as I can and highlight my main message. A bunch of local coaches have a whatsapp thread, a great idea by the way. We use it for sharing events, news and the occasional debate […]