Effective Communication for Canoe and Kayak Coaching
When coaching canoeing or kayaking we need to deliver our coaching in the most effective way possible. We all understand that we need to deliver our coaching in the most effective way possible to make the best of the potential of our athletes. We want to avoid wasting time, and at the same time achieve our goals quickly and effectively for the sake of ourselves and our althetes. We already have many tools to achieve this and avoid failure, and meta-programme provide an additional way to get the results to really make a difference. We can do this if we ‘de-code’ the structure of our students language and use it to help us understand the drivers and motivators that really make them ‘tick’. Meta-programmes are very strong filters we use when we process information, which affect the way we notice and sort the sensory data around us. They are how some people see the world through ‘rose coloured spectacles’, or who’s glass is always half full. Some people are very flexible across these continuums. Others are quite set at some point. If you need to influence someone, use their patterns. Organisations, cultures, and individuals all exhibit these patterns.
This video, from the ‘NLP for Sporting Excellence’ programme explains six of the most useful metaprogrammes-
In a future article I’ll post a demonstration of how you can actually use meta-programmes to help your communication, both with individuals and groups. And you can contact me for more information about NLP trainings and BCU courses.
