“They are after strong leadership…someone to come in with a clear plan” A snippet from a recent conversation where we discussed a national sports body looking to fill a senior position in the organisation. It drew me back to a moment in time a couple of years ago where my conversational partner …

One of the core beliefs that guide our efforts at myfastestmile is acting ‘hobo style’. However, after multiple house-sitting stints and twice ‘invading’ extended family since arriving back in South Australia from the UK nearly a year ago, my family and I may have gone too far in living this on a …

“As a team we are committed to taking our game to the next level through hard work and continuous improvement, (we) will continue to drive our elite standards and core values to ensure we are ruthless and competitive in every aspect of our preparation and performance.” The above …

(Update: September ‘24) You can listen to an AI-generated “conversation” about this article…I’m quite critical of AI hype, so would be interested what you make of this and if it accurately conveys the article below??? 🤔 (a slightly amended version of this article was …

“you can’t get sustained exceptional performance from a controlling environment - push autonomy down the hierarchy” I’ve recently spent some time on performance cultures and environments, fortunate to be able to share experiences with a handful of exceptional people working in a range of roles in …

A series of short conversations with Brian McCormick that we originally recorded in late 2015 for his course CPSY 4710: Motor Learning & Sport Pedagogy in the M.A. in Sports Coaching program at University of Denver. Brian has made an enormous contribution to basketball (and other sports/coaches …