How to build a successful team

Successful teams such as the Carleton University Ravens men’s basketball team, the University of Guelph Gryphons cross country program and John Wooden’s UCLA men’s basketball squad are collegiate teams that most would like to emulate; simply put, winning is part of their DNA. Creating a culture of success takes effective leadership and proper planning, given that these teams are extremely result...Read more
Tags: 
Leadership
Success
planning
Culture

Coaching for Excellence

Why are some coaches deemed more successful than others? What sets them apart? There has been much research concentrated around the concept of identifying ideal characteristics of coaches. A recent article boils some of these concepts down and outlines why coaches succeed while others fail and highlights the following habits of effective coaches: Make training more challenging and more demanding...Read more
Tags: 
SIRC
SIRC Collection
Coaching
Success
characteristics
Failure
Coach
archive

Looking on the Bright Side!

We have often heard that a person’s attitude can colour their view of any situation. Someone with a positive attitude will see a situation quite differently than someone with a more negative attitude. When we have a positive attitude about a situation things seem to go much easier than if we are fighting ourselves. So how can attitude affect us in our fitness and sporting lives? And how can we...Read more
Tags: 
SIRC
negative
psychology
SIRC Collection
Success
sport
positive
team
attitude
Athlete
archive

Building Confidence

September brings with it a season of change and a sense of beginning … back to school, back to work after the summer, a beginning of a new season of training. Change and new beginnings often bring a sense of nervous anticipation as we deal with all the feelings that are brought to the surface. How can we build our confidence to address these feelings? A recent article in the SIRC Collection looks...Read more
Tags: 
Mental Training
Success
Visualization
Confidence
archive