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Think Bike!

Peter May 29, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

In my conversations with clients, metaphors will often just come up – that’s the way it is with metaphors. The thing is – I view the clients’ ones as being hugely relevant, a glimpse of a door that may take them further inside to the ...

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This Time Tomorrow …

Peter May 26, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

It was a Saturday morning. Fleetingly, as I awoke and checked the time as being 7.45am, I thought, “Mmm, this time last week I was on a train speeding towards London Paddington.” When we get notions like this they are pivotal moments, for we can go ...

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The Resonance of Intervals

Peter May 22, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

Music is, was, and always will be a huge part of my life – both on the outside and on the inside. And I guess that’s pretty much the same, more or less, for all of us. There are huge varieties within the umbrella of music ...

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Now Zen! Hear Here!

Peter May 15, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

My sessions with young cricketers are often a great source of amusement as well as inspiration. And it’s also easy to forget the realisation about how much influence our perceptions and our language can have upon the young and fertile mind. One of the fascinating ...

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“I’m not averse …”

Peter May 6, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

Prelude Adversity Adversity Is Adversity is Shaping Adversity is shaping Me Adversity is shaping me Into Adversity is shaping me into Who Adversity is shaping me into who I Adversity is shaping me into who I Will Adversity is shaping me into who I will ...

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Assumptions on the Route to Wayward Thinking

Peter April 18, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

Fuelling up Yesterday I found myself in another town half an hour away from home and with the car tank quite low on petrol. I thought it best to fill up for the journey since there were no filling stations on the route home – ...

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The Born Optimist

Peter March 22, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

We’ve all used the phrase at some stage – “He’s a born optimist,” yet do we consider exactly what we mean by such a statement? Surely everyone is a born optimist aren’t they? Have you ever seen a pessimistic baby? So where is all this ...

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Brace or Embrace?

Peter March 18, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

I have coached a number of rugby sides over the years, both junior and senior. One of the issues I have to broach with them is weather conditions and how to deal with them. The thing is – the weather, rain or worse, wet ground ...

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Getting Warmer!

Peter March 14, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

Remember that party game we used to play called ‘Hunt the Thimble’. Someone would leave the room and then we’d hide something and then call them back in. Their task was to find ‘the thimble’, or whatever we’d hidden, and we would give them clues ...

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Putting some thought to warm-ups

Peter March 4, 2012 Post Comment Uncategorised

Over the years I have been involved in and have delivered a whole variety of pre-activity warm ups. Now I say here pre-activity, because although warm ups are associated primarily with sports competition, they also take place in every area of performance – from music ...

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