Malcolm Allison, a footballing pioneer died at the age of 83 yesterday. He was a coaching genius, with ideas ahead of his time, and a man whose legacy remains in the heart of the players he coached and inspired to occasional greatness, and in the people who watched and marvelled at the creativity of his teams. [...]
When I work with sportspeople, my development process involves taking people out of their comfort zones, by challenging them to undertake activities which are designed to stimulate their personal growth. My thinking is that the more comfortable an individual can become with ‘intense (internal) discomfort’, then the more likely he/she is to succeed in the high [...]
The 166th capped Test Cricketer for Pakistan, Misbah-ul-Haq, has, this week, been appointed as the new Test Captain of Pakistan. Following their unsuccesful tour to UK recently, and the allegations surrounding ‘spot-fixing’ and the suspension of key players, until full and proper investigations into the matter are concluded, a decision has been taken to begin [...]
