Category: Training/Coaching Articles

The problems with junior sport participation, including football, are very real. And let’s not think it’s just “juniors” either, we’re talking pre-teen and teenage participation numbers as well. 1 very crucial thing we must all remember when there is a change in how football is run at club or league level, is that it is...

Kobe’s very last tweet congratulating Lebron James on passing him for 3rd all time on the NBA scoring list: Continuing to move the game forward @KingJames. Much respect my brother 💪🏾 #33644 — Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 26, 2020 Shaquille O’Neal’s son Shareef received one of if not the final text from Kobe: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12303718&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utmc_campaign=nzh_fb&fbclid=IwAR3QCgQxAJ8oVOrBf4YZp-pFUnyJt9ySCflD5dUNi8mdg-_5-RwrLv-GoWA “…Kobe:...

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/28569694/remembering-kobe-bryant-relentless-curious-infinitely-complicated “…I could never understand, why winning wasn’t the most important thing to everyone. Why are you here then?…” https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2873343-what-made-kobe-different “…I have such a narrow focus, so I didn’t have much time to socialize at all. When I wasn’t training, I was writing and I was studying the art of writing, of film making. My...

In my original tribute Facebook post to Kobe I touched on what he was doing in the coaching of junior players and really believe he would have changed how junior coaching is done with what he was doing and how he was doing it. It wasn’t really anything new but for someone as competitive as...

I had this on my to-get list for some time and finally got it 2 days ago and read it all in 1 hit. Here are my favourite bits: “…the biggest element that changed over time, however, was I went from watching what was there to watching for what was missing and what should have...

As you are all probably aware of, NBA great Kobe Bryant died last week in a horrible helicopter crash with 8 others, including his daughter Gianna, and I’ve been watching and reading stuff on him literally all week. I purchased his Mamba Mentality book and read in 2hrs while taking notes from it (as I...

We hear a lot about team culture at the elite levels of sport whether it’s the Sydney Swans Bloods Culture or Richmond’s team culture of recent years or in other sports such as the All Blacks in World Rugby and the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA. At local/amateur level  it’s never really given enough...

Rule 1 – Sit Rule 2 – Watch Rule 3 – Ask Questions The complete opposite of what junior coaches do at the moment. Kobe Bryant on coaching his daughters youth team🗣 “We could win more games if we micro managed & called more plays” “We sit back, let them process & figure things out”...

We’ve all play and probably still play with one of them. The maverick will at times go away from “team values” as their extremely high competitive spirit can often get the best of them and they shift to a “if I don’t do this now then we’ll lose?” mentality. Christian Laettner was a NCAA superstar...