To me there are four (4) pillars that must be developed in any athlete participating in competitive team sport: mental, physical, technical and socio-emotional. The latter of the bunch is, in my opinion, the most under-taught yet most important skill that will lead to championship performance. That is, a player’s or coach’s ability to effectively …
During World War II just before the Americans entered the war they were studying the big guns of the Germans. They found that they could fire a shell every 10 seconds. The best the Americans could do was one every 30 seconds. They assigned a Colonel to study the matter. He found that the gunners …
‘Disciplined thought precedes disciplined action.’ And, with that, discipline is the result of hundreds and hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who you want to be. These two thoughts were both inspired by Jim Collins (Good To Great) and Jim Rohn. Rohn went on to …
Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards to the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with …
“The behavior of your players in their acceptance of fatigue, bad calls, turnovers, missed shots, being open and not getting the ball, harassment from opposing fans, trash talk from opponents, and teammates failures and successes will tell a coach all s/he needs to know about how well he is teaching the lifelong lessons of toughness.” …
Image source unknown. I discovered this one on the net some years ago. Sorry… I like to #thankthepasser.
The important thing is not what teachers know but what their students know, not what teacher can do but what their students can do. Good teachers speak the language of intellect – words – and communicate clearly so that students understand. They use hindsight to learn by their mistakes and improve. Excellent teachers speak the …
“Normality is merely a matter of consensus; that is, a lot of people think something is right, and so that thing becomes right.” —Paolo Coelho There are some things that are simply governed by common sense. For instance, putting buttons on the front of a shirt is a matter of logic. It would be very …