Welcome to part 2 of our developing leadership series! In part one we looked at the first steps of developing leadership – getting players to take charge and give instructions during the warm up. In this post we’ll look at…
Category: Coaching
Developing Leadership, Part 1: Warm up
Welcome to this three part series on developing leadership in your sports team! I’ll be talking about this subject from the perspective of a roller derby coach, but many of the principles and ideas are transferable across teaching subjects. Being…
Keeping The Pot on the Boil
New podcast! Often when coaching and teaching a key element in how challenging the session is is timing. Keeping the pot on the boil is a phrase I use to visualise the workrate I want in the room. I want…
Impatience is a Virtue
A lot of the teaching that I do is skill based, and a key aspect of being a coach or a skill based teacher is being impatient for action over talking. Whenever I begin an activity, and I describe to…