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The Future of Sports Governance
The traditional way of managing clubs and associations with paper and shoe boxes is no longer holding up with the requirements put on organisations these days. Volunteers are hard to come by and the workload continues to increase. Just as accounting has been through a transition from manual to full
Coaching by the Numbers
Coaching by Numbers: Is data analytics the future of sports coaching?
Reducing Inactivity
REDUCING INACTIVITY, ATHLETE-CENTRED PEDAGOGY AND ENGAGING WITH THE EDUCATION SECTOR
Elite Athlete Preparations
Well… unfortunately for many they are not able to achieve anything like their personal best, for others, they outperform expectations.
Process vs Outcome
The 48-year-old former player took up the role of coach in 2011 and is arguably Australia's finest ever bowler, amassing over 100 titles, including 19 prized Australian championships and pioneering su...
A Boxing Education
A knowledgeable coach understands that different types of learning need to be employed when structuring an athlete development course in order for the learning to be as successful as possible.
Diving In
Diving came along when I was 12years old and was a very different experience for me. I found myself challenged in new ways and became addicted to a fascinating and difficult sport even though I strugg...
Kookaburra Magic
There was a cut-off time that I finished my playing days and went and coached in Townsville, North Queensland. By coincidence, I met a young Robert Hammond who was just 12 and is now one of the assist...
The Third Job
In 2009, Louise Stevenson was my first long distance open water swimmer. She swam the 20 Km from Cotteslole Beach to Rotnest Island in Western Australia.
Five Factors to Maintain the Rage
My coaching philosophy has led me to challenge the way things have always been done. So, in terms of setting a vision, it was always about playing the game differently to the rest of my competitors.
Play Big
I played with the Revolution for a season and the next year we had a new head coach, Wendell Davis former Dallas Cowboys player. He saw how close I was with all the guys and wondered who this girl was...
The Future of Human Development
It was in the Sydney gym where I met Fiona Taylor. She was training for the Olympics in Wind Surfing. After working with her I funded my way to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, buying a round-the-world ti...
The Coaching Journey
Having led two expeditions to Mount Everest, one from the Tibet side and the other from Nepal, I often get asked questions about the climb, as well as mountaineering. These questions range from the cu...
Unscrambling the Egg
Coaches all over Australia rushed to become level-1, level-2 and level-3 coaches, unfortunately we’re still doing the same things we were doing 30 years ago.
Great player, great coach?
One such taken-for-granted (in men’s team sport especially) is the value of coaches having been a former elite athlete in the sport they now coach.
Beware Neuro Bunk
Recently released, Pulitzer Prize nominated and best-selling book Stealing Fire reports how Navy SEALS, Google and Silicon Valley are combining neuropsychology, psychology and technology in pursuit of...
Focus on Classroom Performance
Then his complication rates steadied. He immediately felt his performance had plateaued and the statistics supported this.
It's All About the Why
When I thanked mom for putting the “Y” in my name, she nearly cried. She had unknowingly solidified my PURPOSE.
Unscrambling the Egg
We were saving and transferring data on floppy discs from one large, bulky expensive home personal computer to another bulky expensive home personal computer.
The New Direction for Elite Coaching
In elite sport, an athlete’s performance is frequently reviewed and scrutinised accordingly. The pressure to consistently perform is extraordinary, and only those with the strongest bodies and minds w
Extraordinary by Choice
n Kikinda, a provincial town in Serbia where I grew up, there were few organized sports for children. When I was nine years old, I had a childhood sweetheart old, who was a swimmer. Even at that age,
Paralympic Coaching and the Journey to the Games
WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL – TOM KYLE, Head Coach, Australian Women’s Wheelchair Basketball team (Gliders), Assistant Coach, Australian Men’s Wheelchair Basketball team (Rollers)
Paralympic Sport Coaching and Athlete Development
ALL ABILITIES CRICKET – HUSSAIN HANIF, Coach, Yarraville Cricket Club
Gold Medals Start in the Mind
BEACH VOLLEYBALL – KERRI POTTHARST, 3 time Olympian and gold medallist
Coaching Women's Rugby League and Building High-Performance Culture
From 2005, I coached in the Raiders representative program, and in the end was responsible for their SG Ball program under Dave Hamilton, who was the High Performance and Recruitment Manager at the ti
Media Coaching, Gender and the Art of the Sports Interview
Chances are, as a coach, you’ll be able to put that to the test one of these days. I interviewed Coaching Life magazine Editor-in-Chief Stewart Fleming on my Logan 101FM Monday morning show (see what
Coaching the Mind: David Berens on Adversity and Mental Resilience
Coaching. What exactly is coaching? Patterns on a chalkboard? The X’s and O’s of plays and formations run ad nauseam in practice until they become second nature to the athletes on a team? Recruiting o
Grant O'Sullivan on Building Engaged High-Performance Teams
It has long been the case that great school teachers have been more facilitators of student learning than just fountains of knowledge who simply spray their …
Gymnastics Coaching Engagement: Jill McIntosh on Keeping Athletes Motivated
I started playing netball in Grade 3 while growing up in Perth. We had a very enthusiastic teacher come coach who put together a little team which progressed…
The Person Behind the Athlete: Cliff Mallett on Coaching Engagement
The International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) (www.icce.ws) recently conducted a landmark study examining 14 of the world’s best coaches from 11 c…
ARU Rugby Engagement: Adrian Thompson on Coaching Connection
I started playing rugby at 13 through school ended up playing club rugby at GPS “Jeeps” in Brisbane, but retired due to injury at age 20. I was greatly influ…
Cycling Culture: How Peter de Roo Builds Winning Teams
I started playing as a young kid at 6 in Holland. I signed my first professional contract when I was 18/19 and I played the majority of my career with a club…
Sports Culture and Mental Performance: Conrad Singh
As a South African-born, Australian-educated and raised young man, I have experienced a great deal of cultures in my time. Immediately after completing unive…
Changing Directions
I grew up in the Grampians, in Halls Gap, a small town 300km west of Melbourne. With about 300 people, it is a real tourist destination with a national park…
Learning the Trade
One summer, a young coach from Townsville made the trip of a lifetime and went to study under the greats of US swimming at the time. Laurie Lawrence came back and became a legend himself.
WNBL Goals: How Basketball Coaches Drive Performance and Culture
I started playing basketball when I was seven for the Basin Wildcats in Knox, Victoria. Like most kids I played many sports but fell in love with basketball …
National Team with New Knees
Growing up, my family was heavily involved in the St Patricks hockey club in Canberra. My Dad played and my sister and cousins are still involved with the c…
Just another brain trainer?
NeuroTracker is a method for cognitive enhancement that was pioneered at the Visual Psychophysics and Perception Laboratory in Montreal. Professor Faubert, d…
Coaching is an Art based on a Science
I grew up in Colac, west of Geelong, and played junior football there in the seniors before I went down to Collingwood for three years. While there, I studie…
Cricket Goals: How Aiden Blizzard Coaches for the Long Game
I started my professional cricket career as a 19-year-old rookie with the Bushrangers in Victoria. Some of my greatest learnings and development as both a pl…
10 Ways to Focus your Coaching Environment
…creating a focused, efficient learning environment for mutual benefit, wellness, growth and community.
Lessons from Powerlifting Coaching
My personal journey; being involved in sport most of my life; has lead me to achieve many great things. I have learned life changing lessons along the way…
Using Kaizen to Beat the Gremlins
In my role as National Golf Coach for Golf Australia, as well as coaching club golfers and beginners on a daily basis, I am constantly challenged by the ques…
The Australian Cricket Pathway
Cricket Australia’s focus is to be AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE SPORT – A SPORT FOR ALL AUSTRALIANS! Over 1.2 million people a year play cricket in Australia and be…
Staying Focused
I grew up on a sugar cane farm near Mackay and was introduced to tennis when my Dad bulldozed a court in the dirt next to the house and put up a wooden pract…
3 Types of Mistakes
I recently caught up with Dr Richard (Ric) Charlesworth, a name known around the world for his excellence in coaching Hockey and considered one of the Austra…
Back to the Surf
I started walking, talking and surfing all at the same time. At 3 I was riding the waves off the ferry in Gunnamatta Bay. My father moved out from Manchester…
Club Coaching vs High Performance Coaching
Coaching at the club level is very different to being a high performance coach.
Three coaches to five Olympic Games
From a youngster in the country to five Olympic Games and the youngest Australian of the Year, Shane Kelly talks about the three coaches that influenced his cycling.
Coach Evaluation and the Team Model
“HALF the season gone, half the coaches gone; forget the Tasmanian devil - the A-League coach is Australia's most endangered species”
The Benefits of a Coaching Methodology
I have produced many black belts but I continue to access new ideas provided by experts to assist me to bring out the best in my students.
What I know at 73
There are 12 key things I know at 73 that I wished I’d known at 30!
Take Your Mark, Set… How to Build a Sustainably Successful Coaching Career
If you're an experienced coach, how would you start your coaching career all over again? Wayne Goldsmith shares the unconventional path to building a career that lasts.
Healthy Coach, Better Coaching: Ten Tips for Sports Coaches to Stay Healthy and Happy
Coaches spend all their time helping athletes get better — but do they apply the same standards to their own health? Wayne Goldsmith's ten tips for coaches who want to thrive, not just survive.
Coaching Transcends the Field of Play
As Head Coach of the world champion Australian Diamonds, Lisa Alexander breaks down the five leadership principles that unite grassroots coaches and elite performers alike.