Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership While watching a tiger at a zoo and wondering how the tiger was so strong yet it lifted no external weight, Charles Atlas developed the… The post Dynamic Tension appeared first on Sim...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership If you knew then what you know now. Would you still do it? That’s a pointless question. Since you didn’t and even though you do… The post Who does it benefit? appeared first on SimonH...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership This question came up on my Twitter feed today.  “How do you avoid coaches and the committee doing everything while the parents of the kids… The post Running the perfect sports club a...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Organise your coaching around the rights of the child and it’s clear that the guiding principle of child-centric coaching is humility.  Ever wondered why the… The post Being right is...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership 25 years of working with sports coaches who want their kids to pick up skills that help them win. 25 years of being assertive about… The post If you could see what I see appeared firs...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership I was lucky enough to spend an hour with Prof Matthias Lochmann talking about the changes that the German Football Federation has made to youth… The post Matthias Lochmanns’ big idea...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership A friend of mine runs a trail running company and we talked about her ideas to grow her business.  A forum and membership were one… The post When your action is a distraction appeared...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership The challenge is to think and act like the underdog. Not to accept dominance but to challenge it, often and with conviction. Like your life… The post Rage against the machine appeared...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Yesterday I watched as a mother and father threw a baseball over twenty times at their kid holding a bat. Each time it was a… The post Two strikes and you are out appeared first on Si...

Simon Harling's blog on fitness, coaching, and personal leadership Focus on one thing until successful is good advice. To avoid overwhelm. When busy.  With a poor track record for knocking things over. Making your… The post How many goals should you...