WARNING: CHILDREN AT PLAY

WARNING: CHILDREN AT PLAY

Over the last five to ten years, horrifying stories are gradually being told by sportsmen and women  who were abused as children by their trusted coaches. A report was recently published into  allegations of sexual abuse in Scottish football clubs and...
THE PLACE OF PERSONALITY IN SPORT  

THE PLACE OF PERSONALITY IN SPORT  

Horse psychology is a relatively new subject, at least for most people, and once they recover from  laughing out loud at even the suggestion of it, they proceed to paint a picture of a horse lying on the  psychologist’s couch and opening up about its...
ROTATION IS KEY  

ROTATION IS KEY  

Coaches in professional sport in recent times have adopted a rotation policy of their players. Top  class cricketers, soccer player and rugby players cannot keep playing week in, week out, without  being rested. This makes a lot of sense on a lot of grounds....
EXPERIMENT IN SPORT

EXPERIMENT IN SPORT

Bryson DeChambeau is a remarkable golfer, ahead of his time, always looking for ways to improve.  He studies golf scientifically; he uniquely makes all his iron clubs the same length (while all other  golfers have different lengths for different clubs); he...
SQUARE PEGS AND ROUND HOLES  

SQUARE PEGS AND ROUND HOLES  

Previously, players taking a penalty in soccer would simply place the ball, walk back, turn, run up  smoothly and hit the ball as hard as possible at the goal. Nowadays, it is different, no doubt because  the goalkeepers have done their research and noticed...