Ep: 50 Simon Wheatley

“We’ve used tennis as the platform but really this is a book for sports parents, sports coaches. It’s for athletes who really want to understand how they can create a much more successful life as well as be a successful athlete.” Simon Wheatley recently co-authored with Keith Humphrey a book called The Sweet Spot: Unleashing Potential in Tennis Coaches, Players & Parents. It is going down a treat in the tennis community and he recently spoke to the Leaders Performance Institute about their reasons for writing what is effectively a coaching manual and the ways in which it could prove to be valuable tool elsewhere in elite sport. Over the course of the conversation Wheatley discusses: The ‘magic of three’ as a development trio of athlete, coach and parents [from 3:00]; The four main types of learning style and their coaching implications [15:00]; Single, double and triple-loop learning [20:00]; Creating contracts of agreement between players, coaches and parents [35:00]; Push and pull behaviours in coaching [41:00]; Further listening: Behind the Scenes at Leaders – London, 2019 Listen above and subscribe today on iTunes, Stitcher and Overcast, or your chosen podcast platform.