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A great source of reflection, definitely my favourite blog post to write every year and enjoy looking back on past ones. The year of fatherhood, returning home, U19 World Cup, new job and major life adjustments! Enjoy!! Here are links to some past reads too. Top 40 Lessons 2018 Top 40 Lessons 2019 Top 40 Lessons 2020 Top 40 Lessons 2021 Top 40 Lessons 2024 LIFE Moving home - from Hobart, Tasmania back to Melbourne brought on a rich mix of emotions. The joy of being so close t

The recollection of a lot of old notes from the year past, that stuck out as lessons for the year of turning 30. New baby, new home, new job - a lot of transitions to adjust at one time. Here are some of things that stuck with me. Nothing humbles you faster than a tiny human who doesn't care about your schedule. Amazing. The Joy (U19 World Cup - Semi Final Morning) The joy of the small moments, where you get to make a kids dream come true. The joy of the jersey, the green an

There’s a place in every human that isn’t polished isn’t trying to be anybody.  A dark cave of humility. The kind you only find after the world knocks you around, and you finally quit pretending you’re meant to fly above it all. I tried that once— hell, I tried it a lot. Tried to out run the ache, out achieve the doubt, outshine the parts of me that were still just a scared kid looking for a place to belong to. But the magic wasn’t up in the clouds. It was down there, deep in

As I sit here waiting for the day I get to meet you, I keep circling back to if I could give one piece of advice what would it be? Here's...

The bus ride home after the Gold Medal game was anything but quiet. The girls were blasting, singing, celebrating, full of pride. The...

In Full Sweat , Hawthorn Football Club Head Coach Sam Mitchell emphasises the need to balance rage and joy in elite performance. He urges...

Some notes from my last month. Life advice is very interesting, you never know when something you listened to or wrote down is going to...

As the off season begins, comes the brutal reality of coaching. Even more-so, suddenly everybody develops an opinion of what a good or...

Well, disappointingly I have missed a couple of these - and they have been a great source of reflection over the years so I thought it is...

"Think back to when you were a hopeful beginner, when the tools of your craft were exotic and new. Remember the fascination of learning,...

Morning pages. The tragedy in life is to miss real beauty, when it is right in front you. So self ruminated, that your magical outer...

I have been meaning to write another blog post, since this off season began - and been fortunate enough to have plenty of time to think,...

'You did so well in the first 2 years.' 'It's amazing what you've achieved.' 'Jeez to make the Grand Final is just great in itself, you...

Well..... it's been a while. This is probably my first blog in 5 or 6 months since my new role as an assistant at the Tasmania...

Fred Shoemaker is like the Phil Jackson of golf, more concentrated on the inner game than the outer game. He was mentored by Timothy...

I often think about the challenges of the Head-Assistant Coach relationship especially in the beginning. The assistant is trying to get a...

“The fact of the matter is, if you want to be good, you really don’t have a lot of choices, because it takes what it takes. Every person...

It's a common theme of youth basketball to see highlight reels of young athletes - showing off their latest nasty move or promoting their...

The following are my notes from my presentation on the Coaching Clinic Summit, if you have any interest there are plenty of brilliant...

There are a lot of things we tend to brag about as coaches, whether deliberately or not - that are not worth bragging about. The common...