The 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 […]
In 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 […]
This 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 […]
Its 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 […]
In 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 […]
Each 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 […]
Intro: 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 […]
In 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 […]
“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 […]
Samantha Wright is a driven and determined sportswomen who was missing one or two pieces in her high performance skillset. These missing pieces were stopping her moving towards her true potential. This is the story of finding those pieces and what happened next -in her own words. Thank you […]