Bad Drills
Practice is the central activity of a coach’s work. It is the time and place where the game and its
Tag: Specificity
You Gotta Do The Reps!
I thought I go with the self evident statement right out of the blocks. If you want to get good
The Greatest Pressure
“Players learn when they are ready to learn.” Phil Jackson Every coach who has been a coach for more than
Repetition And Cue Recognition
David Parkin is one of the great coaches in Australian Football history. After a storied playing career, he went on
Specific What?
Everybody (hopefully) knows that the most important concept in motor learning is specificity. That is, skills and techniques are learnt
How To Teach Volleyball
I recently came across an article (sadly no longer online) written for the US volleyball coach accreditation program. It is
The Dan Plan And Specificity
Malcolm Gladwell, in his book ‘Outliers‘, popularised the concept that to become an expert requires 10,000 hours of deliberate practice
The Specificity of Team Building
Conventional wisdom holds that team building is a vital component of success for any kind of activity in which workers
Shifting Paradigms: Practice and Specificity of Conditioning
Continuing the topic of Shifting Paradigms, and returning to my pet subject, Practice, I recently read a blog post (and
How To Practice
In the late 1970’s in the United States a project started that would have a profound effect on the way
At Home On The Court 