SOME PDS COACHING FREE RESOURCES
Below are some podcasts & filmed 'Key Note' deliveries plus some recordings of PDS in action.
These will give you a taster of the impact & the robust, common sense approach PDS brings to any delivery or intervention.
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'THE PURSUIT OF YOUR OWN COACHING EXCELLENCE' - Key Note to UK Athletics in 2014
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My focus here was to share my experiences, failures, learning & successful strategies to embed change within yourself, other people, teams & organisations.
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'In this presentation, Mark Bennett MBE discusses how coaches can look to change their coaching outlook and environment in pursuit of their own excellence.
Mark has been coaching and mentoring teams and individuals since the early 1990s. A former British Commando, Mark was responsible for initiating structural change to the way that the commando course was set up. For over 20 years he has developed systems of effective learning and adherence to help coaches maximise the performance of their athletes.'
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http://ucoach.com/video/mark-bennett-the-pursuit-of-your-own-excellence-part-1/
http://ucoach.com/video/mark-bennett-the-pursuit-of-your-own-excellence-part-2/
http://ucoach.com/video/mark-bennett-the-pursuit-of-your-own-excellence-part-3/
Recorded deliveries with some examples of PDS in action
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Below are a selection of key note speaking deliveries & some examples of PDS in action. This includes -
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Presenting different elements of the PDS coaching approach
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GB basketball coach sharing team examples in early early stages of development
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A United States player sharing the impact a PDS environment has made to him as a person, player & team mate
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Me sharing an introduction to the rule of 3 to the Cleveland community while working with Cleveland Indians
PDS in Schools
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Here is myself & Alan Keane discussing a PDS intervention within a secondary school in London. The conversations were recorded during the intervention. We discuss the changes within the teachers, the challenges & the reason the PDS needs centred approach has huge benefits to both teachers & students.
PDS needs centred principles being lived within the players
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Below are some recorded examples of the PDS needs centred principles alive & kicking within the players & coaches. These recordings are not rehearsed; they are clips taken from real recordings of coaching sessions.
These behaviours & skills have been developed at evo soccer & evo rugby during one of my team interventions which include training days, 'whats app' & coach mentoring support over 6 months. This ensures the new learning is embedded within the culture. More information on my support packages here
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A Great Overview Snapshot
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I make a return to the Talent Equation Conclave with Stuart Armstrong to explore some of the latest innovations in my Performance Development System (PDS) approach and to take some questions from the members of the group. In this conversation I share -
1 - Some evolutions to the famous 'rule of 3' called the '3 A's'.
2 - How to enable athletes to learn to review rapidly in the moment.
3 - 12 (I think it was 12) of the many types of live review within PDS
4 - Why coaches should train for team and individual interaction.
This is a full on, high octane ride through the world of PDS. Buckle Up!!
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For Business & Sport
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In this podcast I discuss with David Charlton from Sports Excellence the differences in commitment levels between leisure and performance athletes. How coaches can get the best out of their athletes, and parents can best support talented children.
Key discussion point -
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1 - How to understand how to manage leisure & performance athletes/players of all ages
2 - How to influence the influencers in order to support a new culture
3 - Why you need to spend time to improve decision making & self-evaluation
4 - How to begin to improve your own influencing/coaching/parenting/managing
5 - Why you really can’t say that a training course or session is effective on the day; why success must be measured well after that time
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