photo by Piotr Makowski on Unsplash I witnessed a difficult situation for a coach and group of youth players during a game recently, and felt for all involved. They were clearly outmatched for skill 1, being well beaten and the coach was becoming increasingly frustrated. At each break in play, the …

Today we (Ash Ross, Dave Reynolds and myself) were delighted to have Alexis Lebedew join and continue the conversation on coaching and coach development in Australia. Across an hour we covered…. Alexis’ journey - volleyball playing/coaching, performance analysis, gymnastics, coach …

Today I had the pleasure of hosting Ash Ross, Dave Reynolds and Sean Douglas for a conversation on coaching and coach development in Australia. You can listen to the audio recording below. We meander through a landscape of topics, starting with personal life/sport journeys, transitioning from …

“As a team we are committed to taking our game to the next level through hard work and continuous improvement, (we) will continue to drive our elite standards and core values to ensure we are ruthless and competitive in every aspect of our preparation and performance.” The above …

(Update: September ‘24) You can listen to an AI-generated “conversation” about this article…I’m quite critical of AI hype, so would be interested what you make of this and if it accurately conveys the article below??? 🤔 (a slightly amended version of this article was …

“you can’t get sustained exceptional performance from a controlling environment - push autonomy down the hierarchy” I’ve recently spent some time on performance cultures and environments, fortunate to be able to share experiences with a handful of exceptional people working in a range of roles in …