It has become a cliché, but “keep it simple, stupid!”
And one way to develop (and practice) those simple messages can be to coach a wide variety of players, younger & older, and keep testing out those messages.
If they work with 3 year olds & 63 year olds (my widest ever age-range in a single weekend), they’ll probably work with anyone!
One of a series of short video posts for UK Coaching Week 2025.
On completing my level 2: “You’ve got your ‘badge’. Now go and learn to coach!”
Which, at the time, seemed a dreadful indictment of the coach education system – perhaps it was – but you don’t become a more effective, a more experienced coach by delivering the same session 10,000 times!
One of a series of short video posts for UK Coaching Week 2025.
Confidence comes from success. If players expect success, they are more likely to try something new.
So one way to build confidence is to include lots of small wins for the players.
But effective learning also comes out of failure…when it is followed by review & supportive feedback, followed by ultimate success, so it is important to allow the players to experience (small) failures.
One of a series of short video posts for UK Coaching Week 2025.
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