Coaching Newsletter #3 – Merging repetition & game-realism together

There's often a conflict between the old-school coaches who design "drills" focused on repetition, and the new-school coaches who provide actual education toward what players will encounter in a game. But in reality, the two can easily be merged together. You see, game-realistic activities around a specific session topic naturally allow for repetition toward the patterns our players will encounter in the game. In this coaching newsletter, I use my personal experiences as a part-time professional athlete in the sport of trail running to detail how game-realism and repetition can be easily combined together.

Attention to detail when coaching at the elite level

While coaching ideologies can generally apply across a myriad of ages and abilities, there are a few distinct differences. This includes: a greater attention to detail at the high-performance level; a greater attention to position-specific training; and more complexity when adapting activities to add challenge/intensity. I break this down in Coaching Craft – Newsletter #2 – Coaching high-performance athletes. Here is a preview of how you can focus on the finer details in high-performance environments.

Coaching Craft – Newsletter #2 – Coaching high-performance athletes

While coaching ideologies can generally apply across a myriad of ages and abilities, there are a few distinct differences. This includes: A greater attention to detail at the high-performance level. A greater attention to position-specific training. More complexity when adapting activities to add challenge/intensity.

Coaching Craft – Chapter 10 – Coaching Individuals & Online

Chapter ten is all about how to coach individuals, and how to utilize the power of online coaching. For more coaching education visit themastermindsite.com/coach.

Coaching Craft – Chapter 9 – Athlete Decision Making

Chapter nine details how athlete's make decisions on the field, and the range of factors that go into harnessing optimal athlete decision making.

Coaching Craft – Chapter 8 – Session Facilitation

Chapter eight takes you through how to facilitate challenging & fun sessions for your players, keeping your learning outcomes and principles of play in mind.

Coaching Craft – Chapter 7 – Session Planning & Design

This chapter takes you through how to develop optimal sport-specific, game-realistic sessions to support athlete development and long-term growth.