Coaching Newsletter #4 – Essential traits of a successful coach, mentor or leader

Truth be told, there are millions of checklist items that help to form a successful coach, mentor, or leader. But at the bare bones of it all, successful leadership ultimately comes down to a focus on social relationships.

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 – Newsletter #1 – Building Logical Session Flow & Rewards

Today I returned to the classroom for my Coaching & Leadership course for eighty+ undergraduate students. For the first class of the new semester, I facilitated a European Handball session on 'switching play', which is a session plan I've done plenty of times in the soccer world. Here were some of the key reflections:

Coaching Craft – Chapter 5 – Modern Day Coaching Methodologies

This chapter details the power of positive psychology and how you never want to be an athlete's last coach.

Coaching Craft – Chapter 4 – Establishing Your Coaching Philosophies

This chapter details how to create your coaching philosophies, and how to then build the type of environment that you put on paper.

Coaching Craft – Chapter 3 – Building Positive Cultures in Coaching

This course will help coaches of all levels, from new to expert, expand upon their coaching horizons and recentre themselves back toward what is most important as a coach. Chapter 3 is all about how to build positive cultures in a team environment.

Coaching Craft – Chapter 2 – Five Corner Model

It's time to launch our 2023 Coaching Craft coaching course! This course will help coaches of all levels, from new to expert, expand upon their coaching horizons and recentre themselves back toward what is most important as a coach. We'll discuss and dissect the "new-school" methods and approaches to coaching and do away with the old, with examples and literature from a multi-faceted variety of sports and environments.