Folks,Here are a few things that played out this week:Minority Rule: Organise a free play session. Watch it descend into chaos as the minority rules.  Emerging from chaos came agency; kids who were being overrun by the louder, bigger, brasher ki...

Folks,Image by Alexa from PixabayWe are said to be leaning our ladder up against the wrong wall when, for all our efforts to climb the ladder, there is little to show for our efforts.Have we improved participation in sport? No.Have we improved the in...

Folks,What would change your mind? New information?A new way of doing things?The weather?There is a lot that can change our minds.I’ve been talking to a few people recently about high performance. What do elite performers or good coaches do that...

Folks,Will Guidara, author of Unreasonable Hospitality, shares a story of going to an out of town barbers for a haircut. “What do you want?” asked the gruff barber, pointing to three bottles of spirits. “Whiskey,” I replied with a smile.A day later,...

Folks,For the beginner, it’s usually not a lack of effort or intention, but where they put their attention. In Mixed Martial Arts, it’s when to tense up, and when to relax - stay tense throughout, and you'll be drained in minutes.It’s not that being...

Bernstein’s hammer reminds us that our starting point is not as important as the work we do to get to our end point. Prepared but… The post Course correction first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

Gone on a bit of a mad one this week, looking at risk, precision, and recall.  Not my area of expertise by any stretch. I… The post One way or the other? first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

What are the chances that a grassroots coach will know what to teach a group of youth players who are at various stages of development?… The post What are the chances? first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

Maybe what’s on the test. Or what is age-appropriate. Perhaps principles of play? We organize around the content, and then figure out ways to deliver… The post What should we teach? first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

Conservative: “I’ll only say yes when I’m really sure” (high precision, low recall) Risky: “I’d rather catch all the real cases, even if I’m wrong… The post The cost of being wrong first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

We’ve come this far. A rallying call of the foolish, or the final step for the committed. How do we know which one we are?… The post We’ve come this far? first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

It’s tempting to think that the reason coaches are reluctant to adopt an “open book” approach to their coaching philosophy is that it’s the hard… The post It’s not change if it doesn’t happen first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

My eldest is entering the business end of her school life. Whether I have any anxiety, stress, or ambition, it’s my job not to pass… The post Making it count first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” Most of us take this to mean getting a leg up—being offered a chance that wouldn’t… The post Who you know first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.

One of the great opportunities that the world of physical fitness offers us is the opportunity to design for, embrace, and work with failure. Not… The post Fun and failure first appeared on SimonHarlingBlog.