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Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership When players say they will do your training plan for the offseason they won’t.  So why is this helpful?  Because it’s better than thinking your… The post A helpful coaching heuristic...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Don’t make training suck. Is great advice for youth coaches. Tags games work. Playing the sport the kid has signed up for, the same. But… The post The inconvenience of fun appeared fi...

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Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Maybe it was the PE teacher, a Geography teacher, or a coach at your club. Whoever it was, you will recognise the steps taken. Someone… The post The missing ingredient appeared first...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Games are the default option of the youth coach. Simple. Slow. Easy to understand. Complex. Fast. Difficult to understand. Some are more useful than others. The post Chinese Whispers...

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