Entries by darren.drake

My take on how to get job in S&C!

The last few weeks I have been doing a fair amount of coach education with the Sports Studies students of the University of Hertfordshire, as well as my recent workshop, ‘5 Numbers to Live By.’  Discussions quickly came around to how to get a job in this industry so I thought I would share with […]

5 lessons learnt after a month coaching at APA

This week I’m introducing you to another one of APA’s new coaches Scott Dodman.     I’m absolutely delighted to have Scott with us, who is on a work placement year from University of Hertfordshire.   So I asked Scott to come up with 5 lessons he has learnt in his first month at APA.  Here […]

Communication in Sports Coaching

  This week’s Blog post comes from APA coach Paddy James.  Paddy has been dropping into see us at APA for a few months now and formally joined the team in September having impressed at his interview.   As September draws to a close, I have been reflecting back over some key aspects of my coaching […]

Why Men are stupid and Women don't take risks

Well hopefully I’ve grabbed your attention.  It’s true….well according to Dr Steve Peters any way!   On the 3rd September I had the privilege to hear Dr Steve Peters talk at the inaugural Gosling Coaching Academy Seminar that was organised by Gosling Coaching Academy Director, Paul Dent.     Dr Steve Peters came to talk […]

Why working in Tennis can be a challenge

Here’s a little video I gave to some of the Tennis coaches at Gosling Tennis Academy.  This last week different coaches took it in turns to do a presentation to update the rest of the team on some of the key points in the area they are looking after.   In  my personal role as […]

Nutrition for Dummies

It’s been a few weeks since I wrote a Blog and thought I would just post a few thoughts on Nutrition.   I’ve been influenced a lot by Dr. Mike Rousell and his 6 Pillars of Nutrition which are a great foundation of a Healthy Diet.   The Healthy Diet:   1.  Eat 5-6 Times […]

What is Power and have You got some?

  This blog has been on my ‘to do list’ for a long time but having just got back from the UKSCA Conference I have been inspired to finally write it!   So if you haven’t read up much on the APA training philosophy here’s a little background.  We are all about developing complete athleticism […]

Do you need to WIN to build confidence?

As frequent readers of the Blog will know Athletic Performance Academy (APA) have the great pleasure of delivering S&C services to Gosling Tennis Academy.  In a flash Wimbledon has been and gone so I thought it would be a pity not to do some sort of Wimbledon themed blog.   Wimbledon 2014   First of […]

So you want to be an S&C Coach- How to get qualified

Before you go spending your hard earned money on a qualification pay attention to this blog which will look at a few different ways of getting a qualification that will enable you to work with different types of clients.  Let’s start by looking at the different industries we typically work in.   Sports versus Health & […]