I am excited for the future of coaching as I am seeing more and more coaches truly embrace the connection between the psychology of performance and how it can be helpful for their athletes. I believe that we are going to see a huge change in coaching delivery that creates optimal and healthy development environments, and that still have high-demand and high-accountability. Oh…and the performance of their athletes will continue to get better and better. Saying this, there is s

For some coaches, the warm is a time for them to chat to their fellow staff members, while their players do a slow jog around the pitch, some dynamic stretching, and then into the first drill of the planned session. But for those of us who want to get the most out of our players, we need to maximize that first 15 – 20 minute period, which lays the foundation for the rest of the session. While the warm up doesn’t have to be overly complex, it should achieve a few key goals for