Changing the “End-User” Sports Experience
By Wayne Goldsmith end user noun [ C ] UK /ˈend ˌjuː.zər/ US /ˈend ˌjuː.zɚ/ “the person or organization that uses something rather than an organization that trades in it” (Cambridge Dictionary) The most common question I am being asked by clients, coaches,…
Junior Sport Rep Teams – They Must Be Stopped.
Junior Sport Rep Teams – They Must Be Stopped! By Wayne Goldsmith Around the world – in every sport – there’s an obsession with finding and developing talent. For the most part, this obsession leads to the creation of junior sport “pathways” which seek to…
Sport Drop Out: The Three Sport Drop Zones
Sport Drop Out: The Three Sport Drop Zones. Every sport – in every nation – talks about the phenomenon of the sport “drop out rate”, i.e. the rate at which kids drop out from playing competitive sport during their teenage years. Everyone’s got a…
Top Ten Sporting Myths That Are Killing Your Sport
Sporting Myths Are Killing Your Sport. Life has its share of myths and legends. There’s the myth that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. Wrong! In fact, there’s a lot of evidence that tall buildings and other structures are hit by lighting many…
How to Save Your Sport.
How to Save Your Sport. There is no doubt that competitive sport is dying – and in many places – particularly in rural and regional areas – it’s already dead. More accurately – competitive sport – the way it’s been delivered to kids and families…
How Coaching Courses Killed Coaching
Unscrambling the Egg: How Coaching Courses Killed Coaching. Recently I was asked to facilitate a workshop with the national coach development managers from many of the national sporting organisations in a particular nation. I asked them to bring their entry-level coach education resource or level-1…
National Sporting Organisations: Time to Change.
National Sporting Organisations all over the world can see the dramatic shifts and changes in the sports industry. And they’re all responding in very typical – very predictable ways. The problem is, all the things they’re doing are not working because quite simply – they…
Sports Parenting – The Key to Sporting Success
Sports Parenting – The Key to Sporting Success. I’ve conducted Sports Parenting sessions all over the world for the past 25 years. You name it…I’ve been there and I’ve delivered a Sports Parenting workshop, lecture or training session. Sports Parenting sessions have been and continue…
The “Movement” Movement.
By Wayne Goldsmith OK – before I start what is no doubt going to be a highly controversial post, let me say this. Do I believe that what I call the “Movement” Movement – i.e. the mass popularization of movement (physical) literacy programs for kids…
The Sport Pathway – Has Lost its Path.
The Sport Pathway – Has Lost its Path. By Wayne Goldsmith Every sporting nation – every sport and practically everyone involved in the sports industry has bought into the theory of the sport pathway. The sport pathway is a model of athlete development designed over…