Phil Scott shows the way to great coaching
Phil’s greatest coaching gift to his son was not to cloud his mind with technique, but keep his swing simple and natural. Phil claimed golf’s greatest champions all had an innate natural “feel”, and he wanted to liberate his son’s instincts, not stifle them. And so a swing that is golf’s version of a silk…
The old-fashioned way to develop talent
I’ve written about Greg Chappell previously and he certainly has a similar mindset to me when it comes to learning and coaching sport. I was forwarded this Greg Baum article by a reader and it offers a contrarian approach to developing talent. Chappell believes that coaching is getting too structured, while simultaneously impeding natural instincts.…
A golfing mission
The young kid was having a blast. He was stepping up to the ball and swinging without a care in the world – and each shot sounded sweet, the ball flying off the clubface and then smashing into the net. He then repeated. Just swinging and hitting the ball. Standing next to me was Kendal…
What my Dad taught me about playing golf
My Old Man is a terrible golfer and not someone who should be let near a golf course – he’s only played a handful of games and there’s nothing there that would suggest he’d trouble the scorers in a good way. In his professional life he was a system’s analyst – a really smart person…
Talkin’ with Dillon
The other week Clare and I were invited out to dinner – it was our first outing with young Jessica and boy was it good to get out of the house for a bit. Our host’s young son was Dillion. He is a strapping lad, 17 years old, polite and full of questions. I was…
Some coaching is just plain wrong!
This post is going to discuss one of the most important emails I’ve received. It came from Brock (a regular reader) and was in response to this post on cricket. I’m going to add my own thoughts throughout and shed more light on the problems of traditional coaching. Brock: As a former junior cricketer with…
A simple golf lesson
Golf coaching isn’t really rocket science – it’s quite simple. But each day I’m staggered at how difficult some golf professionals/coaches/golfers like to make it. I had my first unofficial golf lesson at my new property yesterday. It was with a family member (who will remain nameless) who was visiting us after our beautiful arrival.…
Sporting legend on the mark
Greg Chappell said during a radio interview (I paraphrase): In recent times in Australian cricket we’ve over-coached and interfered… The Aussie team haven’t been performing that well, losing matches they should be winning and generally under performing. When it comes to team sports, there has been a definite shift for administrators/coaches to overstep the mark.…
