Coaching Mindsets for and through Sport
One of the lessons I took away from reading Brent Rushall’s[1] sports psychology book[2] “Psyching in Sport: The Psychological...
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Norman Brook
- Dec 27, 2018
- 2 min
Emotional Intelligence – Developing People not Players
Intentional design is at the heart of all coaching programmes aimed at developing performance and life skills outcomes. On the one side...
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Norman Brook
- Jul 21, 2018
- 2 min
The Fortune Cookie & Phil Race’s Ripples Model of Learning
I was taken out for dinner to a local restaurant that does Asian Fusion food to celebrate my birthday last week. Whilst I had a glass of...
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Norman Brook
- Jul 12, 2018
- 3 min
Time to Re-Think Safeguarding in Sport
Where sports organisations have acted on their duty of care to safeguard participants in their sport from non-accidental harm, there has...
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Norman Brook
- Jun 5, 2018
- 6 min
Vital Connections – Lou Bergholz
I met Lou Bergholz at the Beyond Sport conference held in Cape Town in December 2011. Although we talked on that occasion the opportunity...
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Norman Brook
- Mar 8, 2018
- 7 min
Is South African Sport Failing in it’s Statutory Duty of Care?
Recent cases of historical abuse of children is sport around the world should be of concern to South Africa’s sports administrators. Few...
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Norman Brook
- May 23, 2017
- 7 min
Replacing the UNOSDP with IOC Commission may strengthen SDP Sector
There seems to be quite some concern in Sport for Development and Peace circles that UN Secretary-General António Guterres has announced...
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Norman Brook
- Mar 20, 2017
- 3 min
Sport Workforce Development
Sport is delivered through a workforce that is comprised of both salaried staff and volunteers. The workforce comprises administrators,...
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Norman Brook
- Mar 9, 2017
- 2 min
Building Sporting & Life Competences
Traditional sports programmes focus on developing individual players and teams to take part and pursue success in sports competition....
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Norman Brook
- Mar 3, 2017
- 4 min
Developing Independent, Confident & Skilled Athletes
Richard Mayer is a South African athletics coach, runner, athletics statistician and an advocate for the Lydiard approach to running. He...
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Norman Brook
- Dec 15, 2016
- 5 min
No safe sport in a society that is failing to safeguard children.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a renowned South African Anglican cleric known for his opposition to the policies of apartheid. During the...
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Norman Brook
- Jan 10, 2014
- 3 min
Gleneagles, Invictus & Meeting Mandela
The Gleneagles Agreement was unanimously approved by the Commonwealth of Nations at a meeting at Gleneagles, Auchterarder, Scotland. In...
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Norman Brook
- Oct 19, 2013
- 6 min
Dynamics in Athletics Coaching in South Africa
Norman Brook recently presented at the Western Province Athletics Coaches Workshop held at the Sports Science Institute in Cape Town. The...
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Norman Brook
- Mar 6, 2013
- 4 min
Revisiting the Millennium Development Goals
In a previous article Norman Brook asked whether sport could really be used to address the Millennium Development Goals. In this article...
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Norman Brook
- Jan 7, 2013
- 2 min
Coaching for Hope using ICES Methodology to Up-Skill the Coaching Workforce
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has called for jobs and livelihoods to be at the heart of the development agenda after the...
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Norman Brook
- Oct 2, 2012
- 4 min
Athletic Success Cannot Be Left To Happenchance
I was recently invited on to Nick Bauer’s SAfm Sports Special radio show along with Athletics Coach Ian Harries. Ian is a former...
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Norman Brook
- Dec 27, 2011
- 3 min
Coaching Track Endurance Events
Norman Brook was recently asked to present a level 1 coach education session on coaching the track endurance events for the Western...
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Norman Brook
- Dec 19, 2011
- 11 min
The Role of the Coach in Sport for Development
The following article was presented at the Next Steps Sports Development Symposium in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in November 2011....
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Norman Brook
- Oct 25, 2010
- 3 min
Planning a Sporting Legacy for Major Sporting Events
Legacy is that which is handed down from the past. In terms of major sporting events it is what is left after the event is concluded....
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Norman Brook
- Oct 25, 2010
- 3 min
Sport and the Millenium Goals
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon suggested recently that sport could contribute to achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. He...
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