Progression 2: Reaches
Exercise: Reaches Fitness Component: Balance Objective: Successfully place the ball on each cone, and pick it back up off each cone. Complete this on your right and left leg. Keep your foot / ankle, knee and hip all in one straight line Coaching Point: To help with your balance and alignment you want to create […]
Progression 3: Arabesque Hold
Exercise: Arabesque Hold Fitness Component: Balance Objective: In the bottom position of an Arabesque, maintain your balance for 30 sec on your right foot, followed by your left foot. Keep your foot / ankle, knee and hip all in one straight line Coaching Point: To assist with getting into the bottom position of an Arabesque […]
‘What the hell is water?’
Firstly, I will start with a strong recommendation… YOU NEED TO WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE!!! The video is a commencement speech by author David Foster Wallace at a college graduation ceremony in 2005. It is one of the most powerful speeches I have heard, so before you read on, listen for yourself. The following is […]
Rest, Modify, or Persist
I have created a graphic to help parents of youth athletes, and youth athletes themselves make better decisions about whether or not they should train. Too often, we persist and persist and persist, with a mindset that more is better, when in actual fact better is better, and you can’t train better (or at a […]
What does your ‘Inner Voice’ say?
Everyone has got an ‘Inner Voice’, but I don’t think very many appreciate how much it influences our behaviors, our perception of self, or others perception of you. To give you an idea of how much contribution you get from your ‘Inner Voice’, I did some research: On average humans have 49 thoughts per minute, […]
‘Good Job!’ Destructive or Productive
It’s not that simple ‘Good job!’ is a symbol. It is not the sole focus of what I am about to discuss, instead it is an example of one side of the argument. Allow me to elaborate: If you are a coach of any kind I’m sure you would be privy to this back and […]
Person, Athlete, or Player
‘I’ll be a person a lot longer than I’ll be a swimmer’ It was 2016 & swimmer Cate Campbell had just finished in sixth place in the Women’s 100m Freestyle at the Rio Olympics, an event that she held the World Record in, and a race that she was favorite to win. Later that year, […]