One of the reasons for writing my Blogs is to share some of the research out there and bring it to life. This Blog Article is inspired by this research article by Stephen Harvey, Shane Pill and Len Al...Read More
“This is where high level of performance becomes the ‘norm’… Every time you cross the paint… attention to detail is the same whether on the training field or in front of 85,000 people.” Ha...Read More
Last week I was invited up to Wilmslow High School by Matt Bebbington to carry out some CPD for their rugby coaches. Therefore, I thought I would share with you a few of the things that I asked the co...Read More
“Life after your PGCE year… My Journey…” (St. Luke’s, Exeter University, UK, June 2017) On arriving back in to the UK a couple of months ago from my time away teaching and coaching in Chile ...Read More
‘Principle of Defence’: ‘Back 3 Pendulum’ Defensive System At the same time the other real challenge then of a coach is to design and plan ‘Deliberate Practices’ that provide playe...Read More
‘Principle of Attack’: Run ‘Hard and Fast into Space’ “The real challenge then of a coach is to design and plan ‘Conditioned Games’ that provide players to apply their understand...Read More
Principles of Play: Games Understanding i.e. How you play…? So how can you identify the most important things to practise…? How many coaches really know why tries are scored…? How many c...Read More
So lets look at a definition of ‘Deliberate Practice’: “It is activity designed specifically to improve performance, often with a teacher’s help; it can be repeated a lot; feedback...Read More