Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Set up a goal. Have a direction of travel. Give yourself something to aim for.  Share your coaching principles. Create your definition of success. Lead… The post Putting your best foo...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership “If their eyes are shining then you are doing it.” Ben Zander.  The conductor of an orchestra does not make a sound. Instead, they rely… The post How will you know if it’s working? ap...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Birds of a feather stick together. And that works. Ideas spread quickly within the group and communication feels easier, since everyone is on the same… The post Slow down and listen i...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Yesterday my eldest went to the Cardiff City open training day to get signatures of all the players. She managed one and cried all the… The post Replacing perfection with reflection a...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership On Sundays after the under 9 and 10’s football tournament. I always ask my kids the same question. Out of 5 how do you rate… The post Risk and Reward appeared first on SimonHarlingBlo...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Often we wait for an expert to tell us what to do. It feels safer to wait for best practise. But that makes no sense.… The post Best practise to standard practise appeared first on Si...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Much of British Cycling success has been pinned to marginal gains. But that’s not true. The success of British Cycling started with one simple decision.… The post A simple plan appear...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership When we all get medals the message is “it’s the taking part that counts”.  When only the first three get medals then the message is… The post Mixed messages appeared first on SimonHar...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Question 1. If an under 11-year-old rugby player can pass 5 meters sideways (they can’t but let’s keep it easy).  And a rugby pitch is… The post Big maths for little people appeared f...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership In Germany, football is the dominant sport. Ten percent of the German population are members of the German Football Association, DFB. The world’s largest sports… The post Breaking the...