A Pseudo-scientific approach to tryouts by Brummie
When asked to coach the Great Britain team and run trials, I was keen to ensure that they were as impartial as possible. Not easy. As it turned out, tryouts were the first step on our way to building - in under two years - the most successful Open team ever to come from the UK.
Setting the Scene To set the scene, it’s October 2010. WUCC in Prague is a few months behind us, and most of those trying out had just finished playing at the European Championships. The best performing Open team from the […]
Search
Also in Coaches Corner:
- Coaching Fundamentals
- Coaching a Team: Get Organised
- Sports Psychology
- Motivation
- What makes the ultimate leader?
- Creating a team identity
- Goal setting in sport
- Fostering your team’s identity
- Self-confidence
- Attention and concentration
- Shared leadership
- Anxiety & stress management
- Building relationships with your players
- Motivating Players
- Positive Imagery & Visualisation
- Building Team cohesion
- Getting out of your head and into the game: Navigating the challenges of Ultimate with a flexible mind
- Preparing for pressure
- Technical Discussion
- Train Like A Champion
- Fury 2018: A Veteran’s Perspective
- Fury 2018: A Rookie’s Perspective
- PoNY 2018: Show me your superpower
- PoNY 2018: Building a Championship Winning Team
- Ireland 2019: National Camps
- Ireland 2019: Solo Training
- Ireland 2019: Coming from a small community
- Ireland 2019: Making the mental Switch to Winning
- Ireland 2019: During the tournament
- CUSB 2019: Building a community
- CUSB 2019: Scouting was the difference
- CUSB 2019: Working with La Fotta
- CUSB 2019: An insider’s view
- Ellipsis 2021: Solo Training through a pandemic
- Ring 2021: Booing & Building a Team Culture
- Ring 2021: The Best Ability is Availability
- CUSB 2022: No Greater Victory
- Johnny Bravo 2022: Culture, Adversity & Swagger
- Johnny Bravo 2022: Defying Expectations
- Ranelagh 2022 – Building a team culture
- Well-being
- Misc
Comments