Blog articles that are related to raising the performance of teams
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On the 1st of March 2014 the South African u19 cricket team made history by winning the U19 World Cup final. They bowled out Pakistan for 131 in a disciplined and dominant bowling display that was spear-headed by Kagiso Rabada, the second top wicket taker of the tournament. On the day all-rounder Corbin Bosch took the man of the match award with figures of 4 wickets for 15 runs. Bosch’s bowling partnership with Justin Dill …
On the 25th of March 2013, the NMMU Madibaz lost 16-15 to Maties in the Varsity Cup Semi-Final. Those who watched the game remarked on the quality of both sides, they saw tenacious defence, skilful attack and sheer bloody-mindedness from both the maroon and blue jerseys. However even the most one-eyed supporter would agree the NMMU were a cut above their Maties opponents that night, the Madibaz won every important aspect of the game except the final scoreline. It …
In 2011 the coach of the Graeme College 1st XV rugby team emailed me to ask about developing the mental skills of his team. He shared that he had a talented and hard working team, however they were just not achieving the results he knew that they were capable of. After a few emails and conversations about various things we decided to focus on one key mental technique for the team, the Movie Technique from the Raising Talent book, as …
When it comes to performance there is an inner game and an outer game. Training and development in sports and business is typically focused on the outer game – what you do and how you do it (Technique) and occasionally when you do it and why you do it (Strategy or experience). However if your inner game, in the form of your beliefs and your mindset doesnt support you using your Trained Ability or applying the lessons you have …
“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
Albert Einstein
The Raising Talent system emerged from interactions and work done with a series of high performing individuals and teams over a number of years. One of the team‘s that we interacted with most in the last few years was the SA Hockey men’s team and as such they have been taught and used almost all of the …