Eight essential psychological approaches to creating a more competitive team with more competitive individuals: Here they are: Retrieval practice: After team meetings and during/after training sessions…checking and testing ...
6 Questions to Ask Yourself about Your Mental Toughness: 1. Who are you when times are tough? This question measures your adaptability and grit. In challenging moments, your ...
7 examples of coachability. Be Open to Feedback: Coachable players welcome constructive criticism and use it for improvement. They don’t take feedback personally; they see it as valuable ...
Feedback is a gift to the recipient – BUT it must be done right How to do it effectively: Keep The Positive Personal and the Negative Technical Rather ...
Amanda Visek from George Washington university did some exceptional research around youth sports The research identified 81 fun-determinants – these were organized into 11 fun-factors and then rated ...
Good teams have good managers and those managers “got good” by developing trust within the team Act Consistently Teams watch their manager’s behavior very closely, and will take ...
Develop a mental intent model – this helps players choose where they want to position themselves in terms of performance. None of this is necessary to be seen ...
‘‘Resilience is being able to Overcome Adversity. You Experience, You Fail, Hurt, Fall, But You Keep Going’’ (Mogahed, Y) Contents: What is resilience plus tips on how to ...
Before an event create a plan to think about focus, visualization, energy management, and performance. How will you focus before your event? How will you focus during your ...
Seven essential psychological approaches to creating a more competitive team with more competitive individuals: retrieval practice shared mental models game pre-mortem goal orientation approach behaviours pictorial metaphors attention-control ...
“The most important thing in good leadership is truly caring.” Dean Smith A leader is someone who makes an impact, but they can’t do it alone, they have ...
In my previous feedback articles I spoke about giving and receiving feedback, both were “action articles”, however this article is more about some of the thinking The thinking ...
In any sporting environment it is imperative that you are able to give feedback, the following piece gives you a quick hit list of how to give feedback. ...
In any sporting environment it is imperative that you are able to take feedback. The following piece gives you a quick hit list of how to take feedback ...
Resilience is a set of attitudes, behaviours, and responses to short or long-term adversities. In hockey, it refers to a player’s ability to withstand challenges, setbacks, and pressure, ...
Phil Jackson – “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” Great teams know how to come together. They trust ...
Skilful coach questioning can help players: -to take responsibility for their learning -to learn how to learn -to be more curious -to persist -to self-monitor -to develop critical ...
Get your players to learn/buy into/participate and even contribute during training sessions. The aim should be at the beginning of the season to have very clear moments, usually ...
Your attitude is a choice on how you want to respond to life’s challenges. A positive attitude is a choice for hope and belief. A negative attitude is a ...
Showing Up You have to show up and do the work every day. It’s the first step in self-discipline because it’s where you choose long-term goals over immediate ...
METHODS ARE DRIVEN BY YOUR BELIEFS AND ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT SKILL LEARNING Therefore, understanding how people learn and perform movement skills is the foundation to your coaching and should ...
Mastering the Numbers Game in Football Ever marveled at how some teams weave through defenses effortlessly? It’s the magic of “Attacking Overloads” in the final third. Let’s unravel ...
