Rivers of Thinking

Rivers of Thinking

A random mix of rambles from the world of talent and coaching, personal thoughts on learning and the future of youth sport. The content is deliberately aimed at poking, prompting and provoking a few thoughts on what and how you do your stuff! It is here to help you examine some of your own practices and consider how you can improve, through reflection and self-evaluation, as well as being a tool for my own reflective process.

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Selecting an England Squad

June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 Nick L 0 Comment england, gareth southgate

It’s D-Day just before the final squad of 26 players are selected and also that bi-annual time where us armchair

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karate
coaching football high performance learning sport talent 

GK Development, Fun or Both?

September 29, 2019September 29, 2019 Nick L 0 Comment children, coaching, football, goalkeeper, soccer, sport

A number of people have asked for my opinion on a recent post and a clip of a GK that

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teenage
children coaching grassroots high performance learning sport 

Teenage players and things to consider…

March 6, 2017March 6, 2017 Nick L 3 Comments

I was fortunate yesterday to grab an hour of time with Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UCL,

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talent
children coaching football high performance sport talent 

The search for talent continues

February 3, 2017February 7, 2017 Nick L 8 Comments

The search for talent continues to be a topic of much discussion and the last two weeks have been as

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reflective
children coaching grassroots high performance learning psychology sport 

Reflective questions for learning

October 7, 2016October 8, 2016 Nick L 3 Comments

One of the crucial elements of a high quality learning environment is the importance of reflection. In order to learn

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england rooney
children coaching football grassroots high performance 

Questions for coaches inspired by England v Slovakia

September 7, 2016September 10, 2016 Nick L 6 Comments

England v Slovakia 04.09.16 The after-match of the England game provided some interesting comments from the Manager, Sam Allardyce, about

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reflection mistakes lesson
children coaching football grassroots high performance learning 

Coaching mistakes I’ve made: some honest reflections…

April 23, 2016April 23, 2016 Nick L 10 Comments reflection

Honesty in reflection The beauty of holding a mirror, consistently, to the work you do enables you to move forwards

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goalkeeper GK
coaching creativity football grassroots high performance talent 

Developing your goalkeeper…

April 16, 2016April 21, 2016 Nick L 17 Comments

The Goalkeeper I guess this kind of builds upon my ‘common sense being trumped by common practice’ post (View Here)

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coaching; learning; thinking; sport
high performance sport 

Where is your line drawn…?

February 4, 2016March 2, 2016 Nick Levett 0 Comment

The Moral Mankad Maze…   It was one of those things that occurs occasionally in the world of sport that

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coaching; learning; thinking; sport
coaching football high performance 

Interview with Dario Gradi: a coaching master…

January 4, 2016March 3, 2016 Nick Levett 1 Comment

After a sabbatical from blogging of six months the start of a New Year is always an extra incentive to

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Some of my favourite posts…

  • Understanding creative players
  • Measuring the stuff that matters
  • Switching focus from teaching to learning
  • A guest blog on introducing sport psych to kids
  • Why I'm pleased my son is born in May
 

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  • Selecting an England Squad
  • Two words to change your coaching relationships
  • The dilemma of playing formats in Academy football…
  • GK Development, Fun or Both?
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