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Why School Cricket is More Important Than Ever

Posted Friday, 12 May 2017

Cricket in schools has faced a cocktail of problems as far back as most people can remember. Since the inception of league tables there has been a tension between the game and exam preparation; the summer term is ever shorter and the English climate is unreliable. But none of these...

Why T20 is not the Magic Solution for Cricket

Posted Thursday, 11 May 2017

There is no doubt that the explosion of T20 cricket in recent years has changed the game. It has brought it to a wider audience, legitimised a less technical approach and increased the breadth of the game's appeal. It has not, however, become the game, and it is simplistic to...

Adam Morris

Posted Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Adam is ‘BelievePerform’s’ creator, inspiration and visionary. With an undergraduate degree in Psychology with Sport Science and a Masters in Sport and Exercise Psychology Adam developed ‘BelievePerform’ in September 2012 so that the world could access great quality performance Psychology for sport, work and play. In November 2016, ‘BelievePerform’ joined...

Too much Technical Proficiency and not enough Character?

Posted Saturday, 6 May 2017

Teachers and coaches wishing to deliver better technical and tactical outcomes in school sport are well supported. A variety of courses, resources and external forces guides them towards a well established body of knowledge, which is extensively available in a variety of guises to suit all learning styles. It is...

Games Coaching: Do Children Learn by Listening - or Doing?

Posted Wednesday, 3 May 2017

Most teachers and coaches faced with the question of whether children best learn games by listening or doing, would have little difficulty in opting for the latter. Faced with this fairly unanimous conclusion, it would not be unreasonable to expect to find school games coaching dominated by high levels of...

The Dilemma of Performance and Participation

Posted Friday, 28 April 2017

It's a Netball match against local rivals in a competition that is all-consuming on the day. It's 20-20 at three quarter time. One player has not had any court time. Is she going to be put on the court for the final quarter? Or not? This is a real time...