What makes GAIN…? (GAIN XI 2018)

Posted on June 18, 2018July 2, 2018 by NickHillCoaching

Having just landed back home after another amazing professional development week during GAIN XI at Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, I’d thought I would share with you, through photos, snipp... Read More

Old Wine… New Bottles… DIFFERENT STICKERS ii Learning Theories

Posted on June 8, 2018June 10, 2018 by NickHillCoaching

“…from its inception, the interpretation of TGfU has been through the prism of discovery learning (Cobb and Yackel 1996; Phillips 1995). It was only in the 1990s that PE pedagogues later as... Read More

Coaches’ needs at different levels of coaching…

Posted on May 13, 2018 by NickHillCoaching

The differences between a coaches’ needs in Community… then Development… then Performance… After writing a Blog the other week on WHY Player-centred Coaching, Paul Hunter (Manager of National ... Read More

WHY Player-centred Coaching… ii

Posted on May 6, 2018May 6, 2018 by NickHillCoaching

Comparing Coach and Player Centred Coaching… As I have already said over the last couple of weeks, if coaches/teachers/parents are more aware of the differences between these two approaches/phil... Read More

The $1,000,000 question…

Posted on July 12, 2017June 11, 2018 by NickHillCoaching

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…” Part 1

Posted on July 4, 2017 by NickHillCoaching

“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

Being comfortable with being uncomfortable… #GAIN

Posted on June 28, 2017 by NickHillCoaching

Dear GAINers, 2 weeks post GAIN X and I have just retuned from visiting a school in the UK, Wellington School in Somerset, where I met the Director of Sport (Athletic Director in US schools) and we di... Read More

5 Takeaway Messages from GAIN VIII 2015

Posted on June 29, 2015June 29, 2015 by NickHillCoaching

1. People: The PEOPLE made the experience! “Teaching/Coaching is about the Human Element” (Vern Gambetta) The willingness of people to share their knowledge, their experiences with everyon... Read More

Come from behind victories…with 0.1s left on the game clock…

Posted on February 7, 2015February 7, 2015 by NickHillCoaching

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

Why use ‘Teaching Games for Understanding’ (‘TGfU’) in your teaching/coaching…?

Posted on February 3, 2015February 3, 2015 by NickHillCoaching

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

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