The role of coaches in
developing players.

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Back to the Future: Steve Hansen on Vulnerability

Steve Hansen shares his thoughts on how and why coaches should show vulnerability.  **This is video is part of a six-part video series, featuring Steve Hansen talking about leadership throughout his...

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What’s Next? A Perspective of Athlete Identity

This article is shared by Player Development Project Athletes can tie their entire identity to their sporting exploits. PDP contributor & mental performance expert, John Haime shares insight into the challenge for...

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Why Talent is Irrelevant

This article is shared by Player Development Project Talent: Nature vs. nurture, is it relevant? Top PDP contributor and coaching innovator, Todd Beane discusses the preconceptions around talent and the...

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Webinar Replay: Implementing Character Development by Sport Wellington

In their latest Coaching through COVID-19 webinar series, Sport Wellington extended on the Transforming Character Strengths into Productive Results webinar delivered by Balance is Better by hosting a session on how coaches can take action to implement character development in...

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Excellence in coaching: the art and skill of elite practitioners

This article is shared by Player Development Project Christine S. Nash, John Sproule, and Peter Horton The big idea Albert Einstein was said to have said this about the nature...

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A Core Value of Pride in Winning: The All Blacks’ Team Culture and Legacy

This article is shared by Player Development Project Research paper by: Tom Johnson; Andrew John Martin; Farah Palmer; Geoffrey Watson; Phil Ramsey (all with Massey University, New Zealand) The Big...

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Coaching with empathy, communicating with purpose

This article is shared by Player Development Project Are you conscious of the language you use with your players? Do you understand the difference between praise and affirmation? Professor Stephen...

Coaches

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Women aren’t little men: developing female athletes

This story was originally published in LockerRoom at Newsroom.co.nz and is republished with permission. In the first of a series on the development of female athletes in New Zealand, Ashley...

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Q&A: 7 Tips for Successfully Coaching Teenagers

This video is shared by Player Development Project The question this week comes from Gordon, via email; “I’ve just started coaching teenagers for the first time, do you have any...