POSITIVE EARLY EXPERIENCES OF SPORT MATTER 00:36 Add Comment physical education, schools, sports Edit There is little doubt that the culture of sports coaching has changed over recent years. Stakeholders at all levels - parents, teacher... Read More
New Huffington Post blog - What About Sport? Sport Needs Health; Health Needs Sport 04:08 Add Comment coaching, GIZ, health, ICSSPE, London 2012, London Olympics, physical activity, policy, sport, Sport England, sports Edit I've recently written a new blog article for the Huffington Post. Its topic is the relationship between sport and the healthy physical a... Read More
New Psychology Today Post: Healthy Body and a Sound Mind? Does Physical Fitness Improve Cognition? 16:27 Add Comment brain, cognition, Education, sport, sports, sports coaching Edit The Roman poet Juvenile popularised the motto “a sound mind in a healthy body”). But is this really the case? What is the relationship bet... Read More
Make the Familiar Strange: one action that can transform your coaching 20:33 Add Comment beginner's mind, Buddhism, Education, Groucho Marx, Learning, Shunryu Suzuki, sport, sports, sports coaching, teaching, zen Edit I have recently achieved an amazing thing, and I feel very proud of myself. In fact, as I walked away from the encounter with a broad grin ... Read More
Five Books (not about Coaching) that can Transform your Coaching 04:13 Add Comment books, Education, reading, sport, sports, teaching Edit STOP PRESS: I am delighted to announce that Arton 'Float Sting ' Baleci and I are running a new course on learning - for coaches, te... Read More
How do fighters learn how to fight? An insiders' critique of traditional teaching methods 05:23 Add Comment Education, Learning, Martial arts, pedagogy, sport, sports, teaching Edit (this is an early version of a chapter that is going to appear in a book on the martial arts in the modern world. I will add publication det... Read More
Tom Daley and other Sporting Heroes 03:56 Add Comment bullying, homophobia, sport, sports, sports coaching, teaching Edit Homophobic bullying is endemic in sport. The truth of this statement is so obvious that it hardly bares stating. Many of us/most of us who ... Read More
How to become an Olympian 02:34 Add Comment 2012 Summer Olympics, Ancient Greece, Champion, elite, jessica ennis, Katie Taylor, Mo Farah. Chrissie Wellington, Olympic, Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, sports, talent development Edit As the thrills of the 2012 London Olympic Games still linger in our minds and the excitement of the Paralympics beckons us on to hours mor... Read More