They are not “your players”. You are their coach.
Always, always, always, it’s about the player.
One of a series of short video posts for UK Coaching Week 2025.
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UK Coaching Week — Pass it on : Coaching the person in front of you
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UK Coaching Week — Pass it on : Effective Communication
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.
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UK Coaching Week 2025 — Pass It On : Lifelong learning
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.
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