Important Message to All South African Sports Coaching Brain fans
I will be in South Africa from November 15th – November 29th 2010. Hope to catch up with all my friends, colleagues and Sports Coaching Brain fans while I am there. Wayne Goldsmith
Coach = Athlete = Coach
Apply the same standards and expectations to yourself as you expect from your athletes.
Apply the same standards and expectations to yourself as you expect from your athletes.
One more time, just in case you didn’t get it.
Apply the same standards and expectations to yourself as you expect from your athletes.
Think about it. How can you coach at your best and provide quality coaching services to talented athletes when your own standards and what you expect of yourself is LESS than what you expect of your athletes?
News Flash: Olympic Cycle Changed to Six Years.
News Flash, Lausanne, Switzerland. Here is the latest news.
The IOC today announced that effective immediately there will be two Olympic Cycles.
The first one, known from this date forward as the “Pretenders Cycle” will run on the traditional four year Olympic cycle.
The second cycle, announced today as the “Contenders Cycle”, is a six year cycle. It is expected that the majority of Olympic medal winners will be using the new six year cycle.
Our Olympic reporter Wayne Goldsmith has more…..
Winning in India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games: Are you already talking yourself out of a medal?
The 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, are only months away.
What are we hearing from some athletes, coaches, administrators, the media and the public?
“It’s going to be hot over there”
“I am so worried about the security issues”
“How will we manage the travel?”
“I’m worried about the food and the health issues”
“I’m an endurance athlete – how will I compete when I have to breathe in all that pollution”.
Here’s a solution for you – don’t go!
If you are already talking yourself out of medal contention, then don’t go. Drop out. Give up now.
Step back and let someone else -someone who wants to win and who will do whatever it takes to prepare to win in Indian conditions to take your place.
Or learn from this……
Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010 Checklist – Are you ready to Win?
With the 19th Commonwealth Games in Delhi less than a year away, people are starting to get excited about the opportunity for high level competition and the potential to win medals and glory for their nations, their teams, their sports and themselves.
There will be three types of athletes, coaches (and even nations) at the Commonwealth Games next year in Delhi:
- Those who have planned and prepared poorly and have no chance of winning;
- Those who have done some basic planning and preparation and with a little luck have some chance of winning;
- Those who have planned and prepared professionally, thoroughly and systematically and with an uncompromising attention to detail and who will win.
The question you have to ask yourself is…..which one am I?