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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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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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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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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collaboration
coaching sport talent 

The beauty of collaboration…

March 9, 2016March 9, 2016 Nick L 4 Comments

One of the things I am encountering around the country, and really starting to understand, is the importance of collaboration. Yet

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coaching; learning; thinking; sport
sport talent 

Why I’m pleased my son is born in May…

June 15, 2015May 25, 2016 Nick Levett 4 Comments

It’s been a hotly discussed topic for many years, there are countless opinions available relating to the subject but the

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creativity
coaching creativity grassroots high performance learning psychology sport talent 

Developing creative players: first you need to understand creative people…

April 23, 2014April 29, 2016 Nick Levett 5 Comments

One of the most common phrases I hear up and down the country is the distinct lack of creative players

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coaching high performance learning talent 

Being perceived as talented is great, but it comes with some challenges…

September 3, 2013March 3, 2016 Nick Levett 2 Comments

  We have a habit of labelling things in modern society and we like to do this; frequently when making

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coaching high performance sport talent 

Nature v Nurture: either or both…

March 9, 2012March 3, 2016 Nick Levett 6 Comments

This week saw the performance of an athlete in an elite football setting that marvelled many of us – Messi.

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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
 

Recent Posts

  • Selecting an England Squad
  • Two words to change your coaching relationships
  • The dilemma of playing formats in Academy football…
  • GK Development, Fun or Both?
  • The stuff men can’t talk about.

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