Be an Elite Coach, Build Elite Athletes

Things to develop your coaching and have a greater impact on your athletes. You define what your “elite” is!

By Isaac Leung, Athletic Skills

Hey reader,

Hope you’re having good week!

Let’s dive straight in to the newsletter today.

The themes are using visual cues in your coaching and why posture is so important.

Be an Elite Coach:

Use Equipment to Coach Your Athletes Effectively!

Utilising visual and external cues, such as objects, to guide your athletes into specific positions can be incredibly powerful and save a lot of verbal explanation as a coach.

For instance, using a medicine ball as a cue to maintain an upright posture, limit trunk rotation, and engage the core can significantly improve an athlete's body position and speed during sprinting.

Using objects as a cue provides feeling and something easy to get feedback from compared from internal cues and lots of information.

It can save lots of time when coaching movement and technique.

Interested in learning how you can utilise the equipment in your coaching bag to effectively cue and coach your athletes on desired techniques? Hit reply and lets have a chat!

Build Elite Athletes:

Posture is the foundation of all movement.

The way you position your head, the direction your trunk leans, and the tilt of your hips dictate everything else.

Leaning back while running at full speed can offset your legs, putting more stress on your back and reducing your speed.

Looking down while moving can add curvature to your spine, diminishing your ability to react quickly and change direction.

Leaning to one side during a squat can place undue stress on one limb.

These are just a few examples of how posture affects movement.

Beyond the physical effects, posture also plays a crucial role mentally.

Poor body language and looking down not only signal to your opposition or coach how you’re feeling but can also reinforce negative thoughts in your mind. The moment you lift your head and stand tall, you project confidence and a sense of belief.

Have a look at the posture of your athletes when analysing their movement as this can solve many problems around this and reinforce positive posture outside of performing.

An example using a visual cue as mentioned before for running would be to hold an object out in front as you run to reinforce staying tall because as soon you lean forward, you’ll see the object you are holding fall also.

Need help or support in taking your coaching to the next level? Hit reply and get in touch and let’s have a chat!

Speak soon,

Isaac 🙂

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