INVESTMENT, NOT INSTANT-MENT, IS ESSENTIAL

INVESTMENT, NOT INSTANT-MENT, IS ESSENTIAL

It may be because we live in an ‘instant’ society, whereby we want everything now, if not sooner,  but it may also be because we live in Zimbabwe that we behave as we do, and for that we need look  no further than the ‘noughties’, the 2000s. We do not need...
WE ARE OUR KEEPER’S BROTHER  

WE ARE OUR KEEPER’S BROTHER  

Eddie Jones, the coach of England’s rugby side, cited England’s lack of leaders as one of the biggest  stumbling blocks to winning the 2019 Rugby World Cup. His captain was injured before the 2017 Six  Nations campaign and he noted, when asked, that his...
BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON COACHES  

BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON COACHES  

In March 2017, the French rugby referee Roman Poite had a wonderful exchange with the England  captain Dylan Hartley and his team-mate James Haskell during England’s Six Nations clash with Italy  after they enquired about the laws, following Italy’s unusual...
PLAY STATION COACHES 

PLAY STATION COACHES 

Many school sports coaches have clearly been brought up watching soccer matches on television  where the highly-paid coaches stand on the side of the field shouting instructions constantly to their  even more highly-paid players, so they feel they must do...
COACHING PRINCIPLES 

COACHING PRINCIPLES 

“Practice makes perfect”, is the old saying but in truth it is not practice but principle that will make a  player or team perfect. Drills and skills will only produce a programmed child; principles will allow  the players to think for themselves, to make...