SPORT IS MENTAL! 

SPORT IS MENTAL! 

Steve Waugh, the great Australian cricket all-rounder and captain, was described by one of his  opponents as being someone who “gave grit a good name”. When observers and critics of Steve  Waugh consider his ability and achievements almost all recognise...
MINDING THE MIND GAMES  

MINDING THE MIND GAMES  

Many years ago, the newly-appointed first team hockey coach of a very successful sporting school,  recently retired form a full and successful playing career, called his players into a huddle and  explained how he was wanting them to play that season....
THE EYES HAVE IT  

THE EYES HAVE IT  

This young boy was desperately keen on his cricket. He would practise, practise, practise and dream  of the day when he could play for his school team (as well as his province and indeed country). He  had lofty ambitions but was frustrated because there just...
TIMING IS ESSENTIAL 

TIMING IS ESSENTIAL 

Timing in sport is essential, be it in timing the leap into the air, in timing the tackle without fouling, in  timing the pass for a team-mate’s run, in timing the run to avoid the off-side, even (as one  professional soccer player recently discovered in a...
A TIME FOR TEAM  

A TIME FOR TEAM  

Over the years, Zimbabwe has produced an extraordinary number of extremely talented golfers,  with Nick Price perhaps being the most well-known and most successful of them all with three  victories in golf’s Majors (the PGA Championship in 1992 and 1994 and...