Gameplans in Sport, the Beauty of Bazball

Gameplans in Sport, the Beauty of Bazball

In 2022 Brendon McCullum (Baz) became the head coach of England’s struggling Test Match cricket team. With this change in coach came a drastic shift in playing style. McCullum challenged England to play Test Match cricket like it had never been played before. He drove...
Goal-Setting in Sport

Goal-Setting in Sport

My cousin has a five-year-old daughter who is the best. She loves playing football (even more than she loves her bright pink football boots). She brings the passion (in truck loads), and he guides her as well as he can to help her use her enthusiasm as smartly as...
Re-Framing the Fear of Failure in Sport

Re-Framing the Fear of Failure in Sport

Fear of failure in sport is when athletes become unnerved at the prospect of not performing to the level that is expected and not achieving results that are deemed to be “good”. Most athletes experience a fear of failure at some stage in the build-up to matches,...
Ted Lasso and Leadership in Sport

Ted Lasso and Leadership in Sport

If you haven’t watched the series Ted Lasso on Apple TV you should still read this article on leadership (but you really are missing out on some box office entertainment – it’s fantastic viewing). In short, American Ted Lasso is brought to AFC Richmond to manage this...