This Strategy That Just Might Save Your Coaching Session

05/26/2021 5 min 36 sec

How do you salvage a coaching session that is slowly slipping away from you? Here are some strategies that may just work.

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10 Things I Am Doing When I Am At My Best As A Coach

05/11/2021 11 min 32 sec

Have you ever considered the type of things you are doing when you are at your happiest and performing your best as a coach? Here is a list of actions and habits that enable effective coaching.

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How To Serve Up An ACE Warm-Up For Kids

05/04/2021 10 min 27 sec

The choice of possible warm up activities that can be used when working with kids is huge. So how do you choose what to use? This episode of the Coaching Young Athletes podcast discusses three key considerations to help coaches plan a warm up for young athletes.

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5 Unexpected Things That Can Enhance Your Journey As A Youth Sports Coach

04/25/2021 8 min 13 sec

Learning can sometimes come from the most unexpected sources. Many of these are not what we would usually consider as conventional coach development opportunities. Some we might prefer to avoid and some we may even fear. This episode of the Coaching Young Athletes podcast discusses 5 unexpected sources of learning that can ultimately enhance your coaching journey.

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The Art of Skill Progression And Regression When Coaching Kids

04/16/2021 5 min 43 sec

Particularly when coaching kids, the skill level within a group can vary considerably. The larger the group, the more levels of capability you are likely to encounter. This episode discusses how youth sports coaches can cater for different capabilities within a group of young athletes.

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Why Youth Sports Coaches Should Not Focus On The Fixture

07/09/2019 6 min 33 sec

It takes a courageous youth sports coach to maintain a development focus with an "important" competition pending. Learn about how development can be delayed when a focus on the fixture is favoured.

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How Can Kids Get Good At Sports Without Burning Out?

07/02/2019 11 min 7 sec

 How To Build Up Hours Without Breaking Down Kids.  7 tips to give kids a greater exposure to sports practice without putting them into a specialised formal single sport program. 

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How To Motivate Kids To Try Difficult Tasks

06/25/2019 12 min 31 sec

How can we facilitate a learning environment that encourages young athletes to have a go and persevere? If the factors that contribute to positive experiences for children can be identified, the challenge for youth sports coaches is to deliberately attempt to replicate these factors within a coaching session. This podcast identifies eight ways to deliberately create an environment that will encourage kids to try and persist.

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3 Unusual Items In My Coaching Kit That I Absolutely Love

06/18/2019 9 min 12 sec

I've purchased a range of fancy coaching aids over the years - some quite expensive. Funnily enough, some of my favourites are the most basic and inexpensive of these - and probably those that you would least expect.  Check out these inexpensive coaching aids that every coach of kids should carry.

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This Is What You Need To Know About External Coaching Cues

06/11/2019 8 min 20 sec

Research indicates that external cues are better than internal cues for learning and performance. Knowing this and being able to apply this knowledge can be a game-changer in coaching. From playground swings to sport, learn about the power of external coaching cues and some tips about how to apply them most effectively.

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How To Select The Best Coaching Session Content For Young Athletes

06/04/2019 7 min 44 sec

The best coaches of kids are are discerning about what they include in their program. Any activity that appears within a session should have passed through several filters prior to being delivered to the kids. Learn about the 3 questions that you need to ask about your coaching content.

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How To Use The Power Of Language In Coaching

05/28/2019 8 min 36 sec

One word can make a big difference. Taking time to craft your language to resonate with your audience will make you a better coach. Learn about 5 C's of great coaching cues and how to use them.

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What is the Ultimate Key to Effective Youth Sports Coaching?

03/17/2018 8 min 11 sec

What would you say is the most important ability that a youth sports coach needs to possess in order to be effective? I will let you know my thoughts and also discuss three broad categories in which I classify coaches according to their ability in this area.

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The Fundamentals That Will Make Kids Faster

03/17/2018 16 min 38 sec

I am regularly asked what type of training kids should do for a particular sprint or running event. Here I discuss my "running coaching curriculum". In other words - how I coach kids to run.

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