BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON COACHES  

BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON COACHES  

In March 2017, the French rugby referee Roman Poite had a wonderful exchange with the England  captain Dylan Hartley and his team-mate James Haskell during England’s Six Nations clash with Italy  after they enquired about the laws, following Italy’s unusual...
PLAY STATION COACHES 

PLAY STATION COACHES 

Many school sports coaches have clearly been brought up watching soccer matches on television  where the highly-paid coaches stand on the side of the field shouting instructions constantly to their  even more highly-paid players, so they feel they must do...
COACHING PRINCIPLES 

COACHING PRINCIPLES 

“Practice makes perfect”, is the old saying but in truth it is not practice but principle that will make a  player or team perfect. Drills and skills will only produce a programmed child; principles will allow  the players to think for themselves, to make...
I’M A GOOD COACH- WHY DON’T YOU GET IT?

I’M A GOOD COACH- WHY DON’T YOU GET IT?

At the end of a match a coach was overheard crying out to his team in frustration, anger and disgust:  “I’m a good coach – why don’t you get it?” The sad reality is that it is often the coaches themselves  who are the ones who do not get it! The coach in...