One of the key challenges in High Performance is the amount of time we have available to work on ourselves and to level up. I have been asked many times to create online content to support accelerated learning and growth, and a few years ago I started to do just […]
Read MoreThe first version of this article appeared in Cricket South Africa’s October Powerplay magazine. Even though I have been successfully coaching individuals and teams to help them perform at a higher level for over 10 years, in 2015 I felt like an absolute failure. All of my coaching and training […]
Read MoreIn High Performance sport one of the biggest stresses for any coach is the question: “Will my athletes that are struggling with injuries be ready to perform when I really need them?” When these coaches or one of their staff members know the 7 steps to accelerate physical healing, it is […]
Read MoreThis article first appeared on the inaugural BetterMan Magazine found here When does a man believing in himself mean that he is confident and when does it mean he is arrogant? On the flipside of that, when does shy or introverted behaviour translate to low self-confidence and when does it […]
Read MoreIts late afternoon on the 1st of August 2015 and the sun is dipping on the Faure Street Stadium in the middle of Paarl. The ground is full of colour, music, noise, excitement and tension. 25 000 fanatical rugby fans create a kind of energy that is felt deep within your […]
Read MoreIn Raising Talent we describe how you can use Movies for motivation, Movies for skills development and Movies as preperation for performance. This article is focused on Movies as preperation for performance, however the principles can and should be applied wherever possible to all 3 movie types. It’s important to […]
Read MoreEach of us has an unconscious process or recipe that we follow when we are performing at our best. Each sport or area we perform in will have its own unique recipe. The challenge is that when someone really want’s to succeed and do well, he or she might start […]
Read MoreIntro: This year has been the toughest of my career. I have worked with a series of quality coaches, awesome teams and yet been part of too many losses. This is my way to try make sense of the hurt, frustration and self-doubt and to find a way primarily for […]
Read MoreIn both the business and sports world’s it’s often the case that smart people are challenged to interact with other smart people in shorter and shorter amounts of pressurised time. This shouldn’t be a problem, because of said smartness, however it can be when the opinions of the people in […]
Read More“Why” is one of the first learning questions kids ask. I know as a young child my parents struggled to retain babysitters for me as I peppered them with Why questions for hours as I was (and still am) very curious about the world and using Why questions was my […]
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