Sometimes, if I have some quiet time and think about my past (which is not a good thing to do as you can't change it) I think about what would I do, where would I be and what would drive me to live my life if I did not become a footballer. Everything I experienced, every country I travelled and … [Read more...] about The IFS Advantage
Football
I thought I was coaching football, but what I’m really doing is growing kids’ brains…
I'm currently reading a book called Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain by John J. Ratey. Scientific research proves that exercise literally remodels our brain for optimum performance. The impact of exercise prior to learning is to prepare our brains for development and … [Read more...] about I thought I was coaching football, but what I’m really doing is growing kids’ brains…
Coaches being Coached
I've been at the AIS again for the FFA A Licence part B coaching course. It included a football conditioning component led by genius educator Raymond Verheijen. He is the master of periodisation and developed the perfect football conditioning model, which actually became the sub topic of the four … [Read more...] about Coaches being Coached
The change room
Where is the most important place at IFS? Is it the office? Surely it is the training fields? Maybe it should be the classroom? What about the playground...or the cafe? The most important place in my opinion is .... the change room. The very name "change room" is an indicator of why it … [Read more...] about The change room
90% attitude
How much of an athlete's success is dependent upon their attitude? How do you even measure attitude? Author and educator, Charles Swindoll, states "The longer I live, the more I realise the impact of attitude on life... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to … [Read more...] about 90% attitude
10,000 hours
Having read my previous blogs you'll know by now I am a huge advocate of 'The 10,000 Hour Rule.' The rule states that the key to excellence in any field is, to a large extent, a matter of practicing a specific task for 10,000 hours. This past week, by chance, I came across a song by … [Read more...] about 10,000 hours