A fundamental aspect of becoming a great coach is understanding the difference between content and intent: understanding the difference between the science of coaching and the art of coaching. So much of great coaching comes from working with athletes as human beings and inspiring them to be more than they can be without our coaching.
Listen to Wayne Goldsmith’s Radio Sport Interview with Glen Garmer as answers questions like “How do you get under performing team get over their losses?” and a lot more. Part 1 [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/94598336″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Part 2 [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/94601647″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]
Start talking about mental toughness in sport and you’ll soon find out that everyone’s got an opinion about it. People will start using words like “hard” and “tough” and “mean” and phrases like “never quits” etc to describe their views about mental toughness. But what is mental toughness? Can it be measured? Can it coached? And if mental toughness can be coached, how can it be coached? This post and podcast discuss mental toughness in sport and suggests a new way of looking at measuring and coaching mental toughness.