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Competition: Reaching an athlete’s full potential

High performance.Proof of the KOTWF concept at the pinnacle of elite sport.KOTWF’s core principles and coaching come from our experience in professional sport.It is a combination of experience, intuition, education and a desire to constantly learn from every situation we’ve found ourselves in. We have seen these 6 coaching characterist

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Sustainable growth: Managing high performance

Habitual high performance.A focus on the importance of sustained training and lifestyle changes for athletes. Developing high-performance behaviours to become habitual and a driver of sustained personal growth.We want to improve every day, and we want you to improve every day, however, the drive and determination must come from your desire and pas

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Adventure: Why is it important in sports?

Thrive in the unknown.Developing new life experience outside the athletes comfort zone. New skill sets, unearthed weaknesses, developing existing strengths and finding new frontiers.“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud

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Support: What do athletes want in a coach

Care, commitment, communication.Offering a support system so the athlete maintains the physical and psychological belief and trust in their abilities. Striving to go above and beyond to help maintain a balance between competition and life.I have referred back to a speech a number of times throughout my coaching career from the book; Open. by Andre

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Challenge: What does it mean to challenge yourself?

Never stand still. Challenging athletes to be self-critical, find new limits, raise their standards, push themselves, and be open to ideas. Constantly evolving, forever improving."A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination."This is why we do what we do, we want to push ourselves and our athletes to do

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6 Coaching Principles of Kings Of The Wild Frontier (KOTWF)

Since
we decided to fulfill a dream of creating my own performance space I have had
to try and distill how I have worked with elite athletes for the last 8 years,
and what methods and principles I have stuck by to get the results we have
seen. So here goes, we have distilled it down to the simple characteristics
seen within our training and c

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Awareness – setting healthy boundaries for the athlete

Know where the limit is. Gain self-awareness of where your body, your mind and your life is at to help sustain optimal performance during competition and maintain the work/life balance.Awareness is an education and it allows an athlete to understand where they are at physically and mentally in competition and life."We want to educate athletes so t