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Sports pedagogy as a module has introduced me to the many complexities and moral considerations of the professional coaching world. I have particularly enjoyed talking about performance enhancing drugs in sport as well as fundamental movement skills and warm-ups. This has enabled me to better understand the complexities and nuances of the sporting world whichContinue reading “My journey through the module”

Motivation is the force within a human that drives them to accomplish certain goals or expectations that may have been put upon them in certain cases. There are many different things that may motivate someone to do something. Motivation in sport may be created from the desire for better performance, or the desire to beContinue reading “Motivation in Sport”

Chinese Olympic weightlifters are some of the most successful weightlifters of all time dominating the platform in recent years in the low to mid weight divisions. One reason they are so successful is that they specialise from a very young age, when showing potential in the sport the government support the athletes providing housing, foodContinue reading “Why the Chinese are so good at Olympic Weightlifting”

Mazzeo(2018) cites that “Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) are synthetic derivatives of testosterone and are a class of compounds studied and synthesized to stimulate body and muscular growth” (Vasic & Jakonic, 2007). The most well known about drug in all of sports is steroids, which may be used as a blanket term for many different types ofContinue reading “Steroids in Sport”

Fundamental movement skills development is vital to make sure that correct movement patterns are learnt and mastered in a safe and relaxed environment to ensure optimum and safe performance of complex movement patterns at a later stage. Defined as “the basic abilities and skills of a child to perform an organized series of basic movementsContinue reading “Warm-ups and Fundamental Movement Skills”

Much like the play of athletes the behaviours of coaches can be heavily analysed, observed and adjusted according to the requirements of the athletes and the coach themselves. Certain athletes respond better to certain coaching behaviours as well as some coaches being more effective at using certain behaviours. The key to knowing what coaching behaviourContinue reading “Coaching Behaviours”

Many of us have had that one coach that stands out to them as the figure that got them hooked on that one sport or got them interested in the world of sport, this coach for me is the very person that kept me interested and motivated in Olympic Weightlifting and CrossFit©, which eventually ledContinue reading “What makes an effective coach?”