The FIFA World Cup 2018 is over and France have been crowned World Champions. Football Associations across the globe will now conduct the usual post-tournament dissection of the Champion's success. What are they doing better than us? No doubt, someone somewhere will infer that the lack of quality players being produced in Scotland is related [...]
Getting Better at Sport: Not Just a Job For Athletes.
As someone with a vested interest in sport coaching and sport development, it continues to amaze me how many of us are not living by the same rules that we demand of the groups we work with. We turn up, we do our work and we go home - but other than that, what are [...]
Mental Health: Share Stories, Not Stats.
One of the most pleasing trends in sport development is the recognition of how sport can improve a person's mental health. For as long as I can remember, we have tried to persuade people into sport and physical activity by using the physical health argument - it will increase our "fitness" / reduce our chance [...]
