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Why Observational Analysis is an essential coaching skill

When it comes to training and improving sport performance, athletes look to their coaches for guidance. They rely on their mentors to give them valuable feedback on their performance so they can improve their skills, technique, and strive to be better athletes. This is why observational analysis is crucial for coaches to understand and undertake to lead their teams to success.

3 ways to start building a positive and empowering team culture

As a coach, your role within a team is not only to be a mentor, trainer, and guide, but it’s also to create a positive and empowering team culture. This is important because a team’s culture has a huge impact on the way your athletes perform, interact, and contribute to the team as a whole. We like the way League Network puts it – identifying your teams culture goes beyond the want and desire to win a match. It’s more about what your athletes beliefs, attitudes and values are. To start building a positive and empowering team culture, here’s where you should start. Reach out to your team We’re talking about ‘team’ culture here, and that means it shouldn’t be defined just by you as a coach, it should be defined by the whole team. So to determine what your team culture is all about, you’ll need to have a…

5 ways to help improve your coaching technique

Wanting to do everything you can to be the best coach possible? The truth is, as a coach, you should be developing and improving your methods constantly. What works for one group of athletes, may not work for another. So it’s important to know your athletes and train them according to what they need. If you’re wanting to learn a few more ways to improve your coaching skills, you’ve come to the right place! Easy Ways helps us understand some key points on how we can all be better coaches. 1. Keep a coaching journal Many coaches seem to underestimate the benefits of documenting training sessions and keeping training journals. From improving technique and boosting efficiency to providing clear direction for lessons, training journals are extremely helpful for both coaches, as well as athletes. Top coaches have been keeping training journals to aid them in improving team performance and efficiency.…

How team notebooks can help improve athlete performance

We’ve talked about the importance of coaches keeping journals, but it’s also important for team members to do the same.

Why, you ask?

Well, having team notebooks that work as both a workbook, and a reflective journal, helps athletes critique the team’s play and think more objectively about their performance. Many coaches around the world have incorporated team journals as part of their training and development program.

Virtual Coaching and its benefits

Like in so many aspects of our world, technology has had a big impact on our approach to learning and development. From e-learning, to apps (aka Sprongo!), to gamification, and AI, digital technology enables us to enhance our coaching and athlete development methods.

This is where virtual coaching comes in. We’ll take you through what it is, and how it can benefit our athletes of today.