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This is what I think of as my brown belt gi. I call it this because I bought it in 2011 while a purple belt, and around the same time I decided that for my own development, the development of my students and the greater good of my club, I would rededicate myself to Brazilian … Continue reading
I don’t know about you, but I find the internet, Facebook, blogs and so on to be a great disappointment. Once anything gets serious on social media, it becomes less and less social. We are promised that there’s a great collective consciousness out there, ready to debate, discuss, and discover new things. We can read … Continue reading
“No written word nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be, not all the books on all the shelves but what the teachers are themselves.” -Elbert Hubbard Check out ‘Coach’ John Wooden’s talk on success and what it means, and why it’s different from winning. I speak a lot with my colleagues from … Continue reading
I spoke a little bit with a young group I was coaching last week about their motivation, how they measure success and so on. It was an informal chat since we had to call training off early due to the weather conditions. A nice bloke from the club arrived in with 2 large pots of … Continue reading
This isn’t a programme or a schedule, just some things to think about. Throw them into your training, or start your training with them. Up to you. 1. Do 100 pronated shoulder width pull ups every week, in any order, at any time. See what happens. 2. Learn a new gymnastic movement each month. And … Continue reading
What is it about drug cheats that get our goat so much? Lance Armstrong, it would appear to me from my vantage point, is a liar, a bully, a cheat, and an egomaniac, and all of this would seem to add up to him being a pretty deplorable sportsman. However if he had admitted to … Continue reading
It’s come to my attention that a few people have been trying to get in touch with me regarding training via this blog but have failed. This was due to a technical issue with the contact form on the blog. Sorry for any inconvenience! If you’d like to get in touch regarding anything to do … Continue reading
Here’s a thought. The people I have programmed and trained for free are far less likely to follow my programming than the people who pay for it. This is an established economic and psychological phenomenon, which is lucky really or I would get offended very regularly. If you pay more for a product or service, … Continue reading
It’s preseason time right now and I’m really enjoying working with a great bunch of young guys at Erin’s Isle GAA in Finglas. The guys are a dual code team (ie. They play both football and hurling) and we’ve been working together about 3 months now. We’ve completed a 10 week strength camp and now … Continue reading
One just for the coaches here. You may have heard of various methods of how you communicate with your athletes. PCP is one of them, and I’m not talking about drugging yourself or your athletes, it stands for Praise Correct Praise. For example if I want to see better technique, or if I have a … Continue reading
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