Ref: mg.co.za This week has been a very sad week for South Africans on the passing of Nelson Mandela. An extraordinary man who knew the power that sport possessed to change mindsets and unite people from all cultural backgrounds no matter what their political differences. Mandela used the 1995 world cup as a platform to

Ref: www.callawaygolf.com/thomas-bjorn It has really been a tough few days for me at the office. I wake up in the morning and head down for breakfast, read my favourite paper whilst enjoying a good strong cup of coffee. My day then comprises of stepping onto one of the most beautiful and well groomed courses in

Dwight Howard Frustrated – image ref: sportscipher.com I have the privilege of being the strength and conditioning coach for a National Basketball League (NBL) team, just one of several teams to whom we offer high performance coaching. Being so close to the players on the physical and emotional level, I can see the amount of

Sleep single-handedly might be the cause as to why you are not performing in your sport. Sure, you are putting in the hours of hard work, you are eating correctly and you are analysing your performances on a weekly basis. Most days you feel like you are just chasing your tail. The answer may lie

Successful companies have successful leaders. You would agree with me that if you work for one of the top 100 companies in South Africa, your chief-in-command is a relatively elderly looking man or woman. Throughout culture humans are more inclined to listening and following an elder than a young wet-behind-the-ears-know-it-all. What happens when your job

  ASP- The Decline Of Ten Pin Bowling As A Sport Can you consider rolling a particular heavy ball down a 105 cm wide and 18m deep lane to try and displace 10 ‘jelly baby’ looking pins, a sport?  Is it a business or just something kids do on weekends at birthday parties? In 1930,

You are a commander general stationed on the battlefield with your highly skilled and elitist troops. What is the worst thing you can think of that will happen, if the commander does not have control of his troops because of ill-discipline? A formula 1 pit crew team trains for months in perfecting the right timing,

authors image found on elonmusk.com If you asking the question, “Who is Elon Musk.” then please spend more time reading, watching discovery channel or pick up your phone and start reading the news. Last resort, go and Google him. Elon Musk straight off the bat is worth $2.7 billion, resides in Los Angeles California and

Life is one big roll coaster ride and sometimes it feels as though you are falling and there is no hope. Truth be told, sports, business and life is one big roller coaster ride and once you have set something in motion, there will be ups and downs and a whole lot of twirling in

Before we get going, understand two important words. Confidence, according to the Oxford Dictionary is the “feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something” and arrogance, as “having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities” In essence, what the dictionary is saying is if

A bright future ahead in the football circuit for Marcus Retief, but little did he know life had a different sport in mind.