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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curiosity
children coaching football grassroots learning sport 

Two words to change your coaching relationships

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 Nick L 1 Comment coaching, curiosity, curious, football, learning, soccer, sport

Ok, I’m holding my hands up from the start, this has taken me too long to figure out. As my

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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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learning
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Learning and Development??

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 Nick L 4 Comments

There are a number of ways I could go with this blog post but rather than use it as a

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Books
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Sports, coaching and other books for sale… MORE ADDED!

February 13, 2018April 10, 2018 Nick L 0 Comment

Having gone through the process of moving house, it was time to have a bookcase cleanse so please follow the

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it depends
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“It Depends” is not enough…

July 15, 2017 Nick L 3 Comments

The answer, it would seem, is that there isn’t one. When you read some forms of social media, such as

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interests
coaching football grassroots learning sport 

Coaching – Rule 1: Put the interests of the players above yours

May 19, 2017May 19, 2017 Nick L 6 Comments

Rule 1: Put the interests of the players above yours I watch a lot of football, and have done over many

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teenage
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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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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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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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academic research
learning sport 

A short note on academic research…

April 1, 2016April 15, 2016 Nick L 8 Comments

So I had a short moment of ranting earlier on Twitter, as I often tend to do, about trying 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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  • Two words to change your coaching relationships
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  • GK Development, Fun or Both?
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