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Competencies in Coaching Olympic Weightlifting
Coaching is a very complex role and it takes months of practise to develop a basic level of competency and then many more years to acquire expertise. It is really…
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Self-Care for Better Training in Weightlifting
It is the eternal problem in training for high-performance Weightlifting that, despite the athlete’s motivation to push forward for improved performance, they are held back by frustrating injuries. It may…
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I need to know your mind
As your coach, it is always my wish that I can help you to take steps forward to improve your athletic performance in the competition arena. I feel reasonably certain…
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Auto-regulation in Weightlifting Training
Auto-regulation or self-regulation is an important but not widely understood concept in coaching. For those who might read this post, auto-regulation might be defined as the ability of the athlete…
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Pushing training intensity in Olympic Weightlifting
In the context of Olympic Weightlifting, a well-designed training program will provide the athlete with guidance on how to structure training across the week and make suitable changes to this…
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I want you to be a great athlete
By Leo Isaac People often imagine that the life of any great athlete must be a joy to live but the truth is probably, that it is not. Sure, there…
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Dealing with anxiety in Weightlifting
For the athlete in Weightlifting, the final 2 weeks before a major competition is a difficult period in which athletes often have a tendency to conjure up all manner of…
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Mental skills in Weightlifting
It’s 4:00am, the day after an important local event and my mind is too active to sleep. I arrived home yesterday after a 14 hour day of coaching and organising…
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Fundamental Change in Weightlifting
At a coaching symposium held at the Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, in October 2017, I gave a presentation titled “Can Australia be competitive in Weightlifting?” The main purpose of…
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A proposal for a club development program
This article proposes the development and implementation of a club development program across the nation. The proposal looks at what the national body can do to promote club development and…
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