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BOOK REVIEW: Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion

Posted Friday, 12 September 2014

by Robert Ci aldini Dr Robert Cialdini is a psychology professor at Arizona State University, the book is seen as the seminal work on the concept of influencing others. He argues strongly that influence is a science rather than an art and that the brain makes decisions, often irrationally, based...

Why Schools Need Rugby More Than Ever

Posted Friday, 5 September 2014

It was inevitable. In a culture so risk averse, it is perhaps only surprising that it took so long for Rugby to come under attack from the safety politburo. Recent publicity has highlighted the danger of the game to children, frequency of injury (claimed to be 18%), risk of concussion...

BOOK REVIEW: Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organisation

Posted Friday, 5 September 2014

by John Wooden A lifetime of leadership lessons from a legend. This book of wisdom is timeless. John Wooden coached more NCAA championship basketball teams (10) than anyone else in history. He coached four teams that went undefeated. He coached teams that won 88 straight games. Yet, coach John Wooden...

Keep Sports Fun

Posted Friday, 5 September 2014

If anything exposes a serious problem in youth sports, it’s this statistic: According to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, participation in organised team sports peaks at age 11. After that, the percentage of kids playing on at least one team drifts downward. Imagine if Wal-Mart found that shoppers were walking...

Educating Parents to Want the Best in the Right Way

Posted Friday, 5 September 2014

Ask most Heads of PE what they like least about their job, and dealing with parents is never far from the surface. Unreasonable demands, intrusion on selection, unrealistic ambition, outrageous touchline behaviour are worldwide phenomenon. Everyone wears their horror stories as badges of honour: it's a race to the bottom,...

Chicken Fat - old message, new technology

Posted Wednesday, 2 July 2014

As we know from our A level PE History, after the poor showing of in the Boer War in 1902 school PE and a lack of fitness was blamed, or used as a scapegoat. The result was The Model Course. This set the development of games coaching back by several...