I have just returned from a stint as a volunteer “clyde-sider” for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Much of my time was spent doling out travel and event information to visitors to the Games’ venues, and generally pointing people in the right direction.
So having spent the fortnight working directly with lots of people, I was particularly taken with the new Marketing-led initiative for the city, devised by the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau – “People Make Glasgow“.
“Get on with it!”
All too often, as the over rate drops and the game drags, you will hear this cry from the stands, or the lone fielder stationed out on the boundary.
I have railed against slow over-rates before, without ever setting out in any detail what I thought needed to be done. Shouting “get on with it”, whilst heart-felt, doesn’t actually help!
Fines for slow rates, or penalty runs, can really only be applied when the game is run by independent match officials.
So – can anything be done by the players to speed up the game? (more…)
I was delighted to read recent a post from sports psychologist Dan Abrahams outlining exactly how all sportsmen (and their coaches) need to set out to “profile the next level” of performance.
I have written previously about my coaching “philosophy” – slightly glib, perhaps, but I do believe that the aim of all coaching has to be to help the players to “get better”.
But what is “better”? And how do we get there? (more…)
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