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P.E Teachers wanted to run Activity Camps

Posted Monday, 12 January 2015

Ultimate Activity Camps are running Camps at schools in The Easter, Summer and October Half Term Holidays: Easter: 30th March – 17th April 2015* Summer: Camps open from 13th July – 28th August 2015.* However part seasons are available. *Dates vary according to location Camp Manager The role of Camp...

Stop Bossy Mums and Dads Running Your Child’s Game

Posted Tuesday, 16 December 2014

No team seems to be immune from the parent who continually coaches their child’s game. It’s detrimental to the child and often to their team mates. To stop them becoming overbearing, try out these ideas to open the communication channels: Give each player a card before their first fixture. On...

BOOK REVIEW: The Double Goal Coach

Posted Friday, 5 December 2014

Positive Coaching Tools for Honoring the Game and Developing Winners in Sports and Life by Jim Thompson What is the overall purpose of sport? What is the impact it can have on people’s lives and what can you do to ‘develop winners in sports and life’. ‘The Double Goal Coach...

The difference between high performance and excellence

Posted Friday, 5 December 2014

I ask myself a question! As a ‘high performance swimmer’ am I a high performance individual and did I or do I ever reach excellence. If the answer to that difficult question is yes, then when did I achieve it or when do I achieve it! One obvious answer was...

Moments of Meaning in Sport

Posted Friday, 5 December 2014

I t is extraordinary how sticky the memories of sporting moments can be. Middle aged adults who can't remember what happened the week before, or the names of people that they met yesterday, can recall with the utmost clarity the details of sporting encounters of thirty years previously. Particular occasions...

BOOK REVIEW: In These Girls, Hope Is A Muscle

Posted Friday, 21 November 2014

by Madeleine Blais This is the true story of an American high school girls' Basketball team. It charts the tale of how the team recovers from a defeat in a regional final the previous season, and tells the story of the the following season, in which they become Massachusetts state...