Not many answers…but trying to ask better questions
When I first I qualified as a coach, back in 2009, I was told “get your coaching badge, then go and do some coaching.” It felt odd, having just completed a “taught” course, but it seemed almost a recognition of the failure of coach education to actually teach the new coach what they should do. …
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When did you last have a serious coaching conversation with a fellow coach? Not about who gets to use the bowling machine first, or about an individual a player, or the opposition for next week’s game. But actually about the art and craft of coaching? Just before Christmas, I stumbled into what could evolve into …
Over the summer, a Twitter correspondent asked me how I learnt about coaching. Fair question. I do (probably too often) post quite definitive statements to Twitter of what I believe to be the reality of coaching. I am happy to express an opinion on subjects “way above my pay grade”. Even when those “opinions” are …
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