The cobbler’s child

If you know the story, you’ll know that the cobbler’s child goes without shoes. This week, I turned the tools on myself and my family.…

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May 03, 2026
Work in

I’m running a social speed session here in Cardiff, for kids and parents, over the next 10 weeks. It’s not a dump and run, it’s…

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May 02, 2026
Placeholder

A placeholder is something that marks where you are now, not where you plan to be next, and that’s worth remembering the next time you…

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Apr 30, 2026
The problem with titles

If you are a performance coach, your title suggests that you improve performance, maybe even take it to levels previously unimagined. We know now that…

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Apr 25, 2026
How am I doing?

I used the following questions today, and I found them helpful; you might too: What can I carry forward — keep doing? What can I…

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Apr 23, 2026
Paid not to care

If, as Seth Godin suggests, there are three ways to put effort into a project: Then being tasked with getting the job done, rather than…

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Apr 21, 2026
Funding the middle

Pathways, age group squads, and development squads. There has never been more in the middle than now — grassroots to elite performance, and everything in…

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Apr 17, 2026