This extraordinary photograph takes us right back to 1964... a time when everything... including sport... was just a little bit simpler! Any idea what the gentleman has wrapped in the blanket? This is Ron Greenwood, the Manager of West Ham United Football Club, and the object sitting on his knees is the FA Cup. That's right. West Ham had just won the FA Cup at Wembley … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2018
Should serious young athletes stick to one sport? Not if you believe data from this years NFL draft.
According to Tracking Football, a U.S. American Football recruitment and sports data analysis service, over 88 percent of players drafted into the NFL’s (American National Football League) professional ranks in 2018 played multiple sports in high school. Multi-skilling an advantage? Such a statistic makes one wonder why many coaches still encourage their young athletes to … [Read more...]
What coaches can learn from a brilliant psychotherapist – adapting the views of a counselling professional to the world of sports coaching
What can a famed psychotherapist teach sports coaches? Quite a lot, it seems. I came across an interview with New York based psychotherapist and podcast superstar, Esther Perel, in the terrific magazine Dumbo Feather, the other day. While the whole of her interview about her life and counselling career was fascinating, the thing that most caught my eye most was … [Read more...]