Working with other Coaches

It is our hope that we can engage with like-minded coaches to share experiences with others from a variety of sports and levels.

There are so many great coaches out there who will have experienced so much in their time coaching, and by sharing this you will help to improve your own performance and that of those who are at the beginning of there coaching careers. Working with the coaches that I have had chance to work with has benefited myself to be able to become more confident and assertive but not aggressive whilst coaching. It has enabled me to see the difference between two very different coaches and how they work. Working with both coaches has enlightened me to better myself and see that not all coaches are the same, moreover, everybody makes mistakes. NOT JUST BEGINNERS!

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All good coaches know that whether you have been coaching for 30 minutes or 30 years, there is always room for improvement.

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“It is hoped that through a variety of methods, we will be able to learn from each other to improve both your performance as coaches and ultimately the performances of those that you coach.” (Coaching Logic. 2015)

Evolution of Triggers from Animals to Coaching Practices

Has animal triggers made its way into Sports Coaching?

My example of this would involve Liverpool Football Club and Brendan Rogers philosophy of when an opposing player is looking at the ball you can go in for a tackle as they are concentrating more on the ball and not who is running towards them.

How animals are involved in this you ask?

Well, if you think about a human or an animal trapping another animal to catch them for food, this is a trigger or a trap, whichever way you would like to think of it. An animal will therefore wait for the animal they are wanting to pounce on to look at something else, or concentrate on another thing and that animal will then be able to pounce and catch their prey.

The same in football, Liverpool defence are told to wait for the opposing attacking players to concentrate on the ball and then go in for the tackle. Again they will more than likely be successful.

My final questions from this to you is, do you think this will be an evolution? And what do you think will become of this in the future?

This is just a bit of fun to see if I do get any responses and see how many people actually believe this could be a philosophy or practice.