After the buzz of day 1, my day 2 at the ECB Coaches Association had a much more philosophical twist to it.
Probably for the best, after participating in Ian Renshaw’s “Club Constraints” session on Saturday, then waking early on Sunday morning to listen to the end of the Women’s Ashes ODI.
So I was ready to sit, listen and think by the time we got going on the morning of day 2. (more…)
First impressions from day 1 of the ECB Coaches Association Conference.
The official theme for the Conference is “Change the Game”, but underlying this might be the need to change the coach’s behaviours – not because they are bad, but because they could be even better. (more…)
Fascinating podcast from Stuart Armstrong with Mark Bennett MBE, founder of PDS (Performance Development Systems) .
https://twitter.com/stu_arm/status/915441409053904896
Lots of take-aways for coaches from this, and their earlier podcast, not least the definition of “performance” as a behaviour or “state of being”, rather than a standard. For a coach working mostly with “participation” or “community” players, that means I could help them to develop appropriate performance behaviours to carry them onwards through their future careers, sporting or otherwise.
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