In a highly energetic podcast, inspirational coach and educator, Craig Gunn completely messes up my idea of a structure to develop some brilliant ideas for better coaching.
We venture into session design, how to maintain control and where coaches sometimes lose sight of the real goals of a session.
We mention some gurus of coaching, including Brian Ashton, Lynn Evans, John Fletcher, Russell Earnshaw and Richard Cheetham.
We discuss how much experience counts, and how inexperienced coaches can build their own style piece by piece.
If you want to find out more on Craig, visit his website: craiggunn.org
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