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Yesterday I attended a quality lecture by Sports Scientist Ross Tucker. In it he shared that on average, the difference in performance in the modern Olympic Games between 1st and 4th place across multiple disciplines is 0.5% in performance.
What an incredible number! In Raising Talent I share my philosophy of trying to improve 1% per week so cumulatively you may be 66% better after a year, a key metaphor for High Performance. Small gains over time …
2013 was an exciting time for Graeme College rugby. Their 1st XV had gone from strength to strength, and it was a real privilege for me to continue to work with their coach Pierre Jacobs and assistant coach Graham Carlson. I have become an admirer and fan of this particular team, and over the course of the year it was incredible to hear the feedback from their coaches about the rich learning’s the individuals and team was extracting from giving …
Lance Buchan is a coaching client with whom I started working with in October 2012, almost a year later we reflected on all that has changed and shifted for him and his life, and I was delighted when he agreed to share his story. (so far)
Can you share a bit of background on your situation and how things were for you before you started your coaching journey?
I’m a 43 year old entrepreneur from Cape Town. I felt stuck…uneasy …
David Fitzgerald is an international hockey player who has combined hard work and a passion to be the best he can be with some of the techniques from Raising Talent to take his game to the next level. We are delighted that he can share some of his story with us. Thank you David.
Can you share a bit of background on your situation and how things were for you before you started using some of the Raising Talent …
Over the last few years when I have been involved in big tournaments, I have found that one of the major stresses for coaches is: “Will my athletes that are struggling with niggling injures be ready to perform at a high level when I need them?”
What I found was that when I worked one-on-one with these players, almost to a man (and woman), niggling and recurrent injuries were accompanied with niggling and recurrent fears, stress and related …
