I have just returned from a stint in the Commonwealth Collective, volunteering to support the Commonwealth Games Lawn Bowls & Para Lawn Bowls.
My role was in “athlete services”, so, as a coach, I had the chance to observe how top-class sportsmen and women and their coaches prepared before matches.
Coaching a very competent cricketer, finessing his bat path for an on-drive. And somehow, the work with my client seems to have transferred (positively) to my own batting technique.
Can coaching someone else improve the coach’s own playing technique? Is “subliminal skill acquisition” a thing?
But there surely needs to be more to EDI than statements of intent, and training, and disciplinary sanctions. A former coaching colleague, Ollie Rae, made what I thought was a very perceptive observation.
You can not have inclusion and diversity without people feeling like they belong.
“Belonging is a fundamental part of being human.”
Something I’ve been reflecting on. How can we foster a sense of belonging for people in teams? You can not have inclusion and diversity without people feeling like they belong. #thoughts#edi#belonginghttps://t.co/yH0u3aaGZE