Players want to be understood. They want to be listened to. They also want to understand. Why are you asking them to play the way they are playing? Why has a player been left out of the team or substituted? Many coaches seem to lock themselves away from their players and minimise communication, leaving the [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 22, 2008
Killing Confidence.
Sport is all about confidence. People who back their own ability are more likely to be successful than people who don’t. Sure, often such belief is mistaken for arrogance or cockiness. Like Usain Bolt up there.
But self-assuredness, confidence, belief is what seperates the good from the great. Given the contact nature of the sport, [...]
August 18, 2008
Sacrificing Skills.
I watched two games over the weekend. Dublin vs Tyrone in the All-Ireland Gaelic Football Quarter-Final and Waterford vs Tpperary in the All-Ireland Hurling Semi-Final. All four teams are strictly ‘amateur’ in that player receive no financial compensation for their efforts. They all have day jobs. The Football game was played in front of 82,000 [...]
August 15, 2008
The ELV Scrum +5 Meters Law.
There’s been a lot of shite-talk, moaning and complaining about theses impending Experimental Law Variations. In fact at the moment it is difficult to find people with something positive to say about them.
Two things are certain.
1) In life people are scared of the unknown.
2) The Experimental Law that will ensure both backlines remain 5m behind [...]
August 6, 2008
The “Mitre Reload”.
When people speak about the purity and simplicity of football, they often make the claim that anyone can kick a football around on their own, kicking a ball off a wall and honing certain skills for hours and hours.
Unfortunately in Rugby, If you want to practice your pass you need two people, or lots of [...]
