Here’s a quote from US Olympic swimming star Katie Ledecky’s coach, Bruce Gemmell – “We’ll try a drill that she’s horrible at – something where she’ll start off in the poorer third of the group doing it. Then I’ll catch her sneaking practice time to get better at it, so within some period of time, she’s […]
I’m just back from Christmas in New Zealand and the plan was to have some quality down time with family. However, as someone with a passion for sport, New Zealand probably isn’t the best place to go to switch off! What always strikes me when I’m there is how successful the All Blacks have been […]
Well I think it’s a ‘must read’ but then I did write it! I’m a parent of 3 sporty kids and over the last 20 years I’ve been studying what it takes for young people to reach their potential in sport. What I know is that arguably the most important ingredient to success is effective […]
Here’s a great 2 minute video we created at the Scottish Institute of Sport to help young athletes focus their efforts on the areas that make the biggest difference to future success.