Coaching O Kosong

Returning with some random thoughts on Zen and coaching

I'm in a new role, with new challenges, and am reflecting on my first season and experiences.

My farewell message to the coaches of Singapore

I share my personal goals for improving my happiness and how they might apply to coaching

In this episode, I reflect on and summarise some of the key points from my three conversations on coaching with three industry leaders in Singapore

A conversation with Richard Gordon, Head of High Performance and Athlete Life at the Singapore Sports Institute.

Perhaps no person has had more influence over sport in Singapore for the last decade than Lim Teck Yin, outgoing CEO of Sport SG. Today we seek his views on sport coaching in Singapore.

Today we chat with the Head of Coach SG, Azhar Yusof, about the current state of sport coaching in Singapore.

This week, for the first time, we chat with leaders in the sport industry about coaching in Singapore. This episode is the introduction to the series this week.

How a recent interview I heard with the Dalai Lama reinforced the need to be athlete-centred

How diligent are we in implementing change as a result of our reflective coaching practice?

I talk a bit about how some of our visiting coaches can influence the way that our local coaches think about the craft and what coaches from other sports can learn from them.

Do we know why we are doing what we do?

Think about the process, not just the plan. What have you noticed in your session about the foundational skills that you can improve upon?

What are the lenses that we use to assist in athletic development?

Are we looking for the right things in our sessions that can help us improve?

An introduction and invitation to participate in self assessment and individual professional development

There has been recent conversation around employer requirement for coaches to submit training plans as part of the application process. My thought.

A commentary on the status of the profession in Singapore

What will you commit to doing this year to make you a better coach?

A few thoughts to encourage our coaches as we enter 2022.

Check out Trevor Regan's new audiobook Learner - it's the source of these ideas around reinforcing growth mindset

Lessons learned from education and the teaching profession

Applying different pedagogical styles to support a thinking athlete

Although the pivot to online coaching was a challenge, did we use the time to hone our basic facilitation skills?

Too much emphasis is placed on playing experience and not enough on leadership skills. How do we change that mindset and put the “soft skills” as the foundation of our coaching development?

We look at four tips from “The Little Book of Talent” by Daniel Coyle

How are you documenting your session plan and capturing notes for post session reflection?

Today we take a look at how can most effectively promote our values of honour, resilience and teamwork

How can we create thinking athletes at an early age?

No lectures! The third of the three deadly “Ls”

A cardinal rule of coaching is “no lines”. How can we best design active sessions?

How do we make our warm up and conditioning segments of training more fun and more appropriate!

In this first episode, I talk about why I put this together and what I hope to include in upcoming sessions. Enjoy!