With almost 20 years of coaching under his belt, Grant is a proud to be ASCA Master Coach. He is the director of PropelPerform, a high performance training facility that also consults and contracts to schools, clubs, State and National Sporting Organisations. At the moment, most of his athletes compete in action/extreme sports.

QUOTES

“There are two types of coaches: those that are fired and those about to be fired”

“Part of that process of us maturing as coaches is we start to see more and more grey”

“I want your theoretical knowledge to be no more than 10% above your practical knowledge”

“Sometimes it is better to talk in black and white rather than in grey, especially with novices”

“Let’s get practical from the very beginning and go coach”

SHOWNOTES

1) Grant's origins in South Africa and work in school and professional settings

2) The value of working in user pay setting for S&C coaches

3) Generalists v specialists and should the name of S&C coaches be changed to performance coaches?

4) The minimum levels of knowledge across four pillars of performance and the benefits of trialing things on yourself

5) Weightlifting, powerlfiting, track and field, gymnastics and wrestling for S&C

6) The coach’s ego and helping others

7) Coaching communication, getting your point across and the Dreyfuss model of skill acquisition

8) Career paths and education for S&C coaches – the value of practical experience and balance with theory

9) User pay setting advice and charging for your time

10) The next 18 months for Grant

PEOPLE MENTIONED

Nick Kygrios

Dave Ballard

Des Ryan

Stu Cormack

Kelvinn Giles

Ashley Jones

Ed Cosner