Category Archives: Concentration

Get Motivated, Get Better

“There’s only so much energy and resilience in the body. If you go beyond a certain point, you’re in trouble” Continue reading

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Get Motivated, Get Better

“Most players never really push themselves, they never reach their potential and that’s to bad. Great players who reach their potential constanley push themselves, and that’s good news” Continue reading

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Get Motivated, Get Better

“There will be days when I play badly and miss an open goal, it doesn’t make me a bad player or a bad person. I have learned to keep things in perspective, there is more to life than hitting the back of the net” Continue reading

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Discipline

When you ask a rugby player, junior or senior, what does discipline mean? They invariably answer ‘not to concede any penalties’. And they wouldn’t be wrong but the word discipline means many other things too not just in sports but … Continue reading

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Get Motivated, Get Better

“Don’t try to perform beyond your abilities – but never perform below them” Continue reading

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Get Motivated, Get Better

“When an athlete is injured, they must allow time to heal, recondition and rebuild” Continue reading

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Get Motivated, Get Better

“It’s great to win, but it’s also great fun to be in the thick of a truly well and hard fought contest against opponents you respect, whatever the outcome” Continue reading

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Get Motivated, Get Better (Part 389)

“You always have to give 100%, because if you don’t, someone, someplace will give 100% and will beat you when you meet” Continue reading

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Preparing the junior on match day

Winning needs to be placed in perspective. It should not be the primary source of motivation at junior academy or club levels through out the age groups.

Of course wanting to win is a natural desire but the coach should concentrate on the players performing to the best of their ability and enjoying themselves. Continue reading

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Get Motivated, Get Better (Part 382)

“If you’re not a lttle bit nervous before a match, you probably don’t have the expectations of yourself that you should have” – Hale Irwin (US Golfer) Continue reading

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