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Podcast | Rising Sun | 10 to go the land of the Rising Sun
Yesterday I realised that it was 10 days to go to the start of the long awaited, postponed, Tokyo 2020 / 202one Olympics. I share some thoughts with the short time left. This podcast is a little longer than my typical Coaching in the 5 min Zone and I am hoping to share some more…
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Podcast | Coaching in the 5 min Zone | Small compromises, the gentle slope
I am reminded and challenged by the thought that the road to poor performace is often made up of small compromises and a gentle slope. As in these words “Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one- the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” C.S. Lewis The small…
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Coaching Lesson # 1 – DMC (Deep Meaningful Conversation)
“Coach we need to have a DMC!” Well I looked at this 18year old male swimmer of mine and wondered, ‘what on earth is a DMC’. Think he saw my bewilderdness, so he proceeded to inform me what a DMC was / is – “A deep meaningful conversation, coach!” Well I had learnt something new,…