Setting the Scene During my Coach Education trip to The Greenhouse School, Temuco, Chile back in July 2014 I facilitated how you can use ‘Teaching Games for Understanding’ (‘TGfU’) and ‘Ques...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
What is it that makes teams come back and win a match with the final play…the final drive…of a game…a match…? What environment allows the team to perform to the best of its abi...Read More
What is a Mentor…? “an experienced and trusted adviser; an experienced person in a company or educational institution who trains and counsels new employees or students; regular meetings betwee...Read More
What is ‘Talent Spotting’…? Talent:- natural aptitude or skill. people possessing natural aptitude or skill. (www.oxforddictionaries.com) Spotting:- see, notice, or recognize (someon...Read More
The graph creates 4 quadrants:- Someone with NO Character and NO Talent Someone with NO Character and Talent Someone with Character and NO Talent Someone with Character AND Talent Talent: Natural apti...Read More
Key questions to ask yourself:- What are you preparing your players for…?; What are you wishing your players to be able to do in the game that they are preparing for…?; What are the demand...Read More
