To get the best out of your athlete or team, you’ve got to play to their skills and create an environment conducive to success. Athletes, like all professionals, need to be motivated and incentivised to keep on track. As a sports coach, the role falls to you to lead this charge. Much like a…
It can be said that the role of a sports coach is quite similar to that of a parent. It involves nurturing, developing the right behaviours, creating structure and building independence. So, when coaches support their athlete’s needs, they can expect to see their fledgling talent grow from strength to strength. Much like with…
It might be the buzzword of recent times, but the term ‘growth mindset’ very much deserves its time in the spotlight. For those unfamiliar with it, growth mindset has been referred to as viewing intelligence as fluid, rather than inherent. It’s a view widely shared in sports psychology with the belief that we all…