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Sport Coaching in Practice
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Here is a collection of articles focused on the practical application of coaching. Covering a varied topic mix, they all relate to useful and relevant coaching issues, coaches face day in, day out. You may find our sections for our most recent articles, resources and materials, latest newsletters, or 5 Minutes with Bo Hanson video series valuable too.
A Coach’s Role is Critical
A coach’s role is critical in the context of our society. What I want to share with you in this article is my philosophy on the role of sport and the significant contribution coaches make. This is particularly important for your sport and every sport.
Creating a High Performance Coaching Style
Every coach has their unique approach or style to coaching. Whether or not this leads to a high performance coaching style, where their athletes are reaching their full potential, comes down to a few core elements.
Best Sports Coaches: What Level are you Coaching at?
By Bo Hanson – 4x Olympian, Coaching Consultant & Director of Athlete Assessments The 2008 Beijing Olympic Study, undertaken by the Canadian Olympic Team, shed light on the factors leading to either personal best performances or
8 Characteristics of Expert Sport Coaches
Ever spent time wondering how expert coaches operate? In this article we take a quick look at what the ‘experts’ do that makes them experts. This research was derived from how experts conduct themselves across a wide domain of industries and areas of endeavor. Expertise is universal and we apply this to coaching sport.
Coaching Philosophy Examples from Sports Coaches
At Athlete Assessments, we have found that our readers have a great interest in the coaching philosophies of other Coaches. And why wouldn’t they? Now you can benefit from the philosophies other Coaches have shared with us. You might find these useful in developing or further defining what your own coaching philosophy is. Or you might simply be interested in reading examples of coaching philosophies from other sports Coaches. Please contribute your coaching philosophy too! There is a form at the bottom of the page where you can contribute!
Sports Team Chemistry and Dynamics in Sport
Using DISC to Create High Performance Teams Great teamwork happens when your athletes embrace the philosophy that they should be the best person for the team rather than the best person on the team. In the
Sport Pre-Season Preparation using the GRIP Model
Many of our clients ask us for help on what we prescribe for best practice sport pre-season preparation, focusing on both mental and physical development. This article is written to give you the exact methods we
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