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Derek Tate
Oct 26, 20225 min read
Technique, Tactics, Mental Skills: Which are more important?
This blog explores how a more holistic approach can be taken to performance development in skiing and snowboarding.
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Derek Tate
Jul 15, 20223 min read
What can positive psychology bring to sports psychology?
Combining the best of sports psychology with positive psychology can lead to better mental skills training and long-term athlete wellbeing.
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Derek Tate
Apr 29, 20224 min read
How can you help others achieve flow? And why does it matter?
Is there a way that you can help others improve their performance, enhance their wellbeing and evolve as better individuals? YES. Read on...
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Derek Tate
Nov 3, 20217 min read
Just tell me what I'm doing wrong...
This is one of the most common type of phrases I have heard learners say and it is such a 'negative' way to begin a lesson.
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Derek Tate
Aug 4, 20214 min read
A winning mindset
Cultivating the right kind of winning mindset in sport can help with other areas of life because mindsets are transferable.
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Derek Tate
Mar 3, 20214 min read
Being truly learner centred in snowsports: What are their needs?
What does it mean to be truly learner centred? What are their needs and how do we address them in the snowsport environment where we work?
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Derek Tate
Jan 1, 20215 min read
Flow and the art of performance
It is not enough to just know about and understand flow as achieving this state is deeply embedded in how you learn from the outset.
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Derek Tate
Dec 28, 20207 min read
What are flow activities?
My advice is to treat discovering your 'flow activities' in the same way as the athlete approaches developing a pre-competition strategy.
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Derek Tate
Nov 23, 20205 min read
FLOW CAN IMPROVE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH
Experiencing 'flow' on a regular basis can contribute to better mental health. As a flow researcher, blogger, author and a facilitator of...
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Derek Tate
Oct 28, 20203 min read
Help in challenging times and beyond
Learn, Enjoy, Flow & Grow (LEFG) is essentially a 'coaching method' for the self or those with whom you work.
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Derek Tate
Jul 13, 20202 min read
Introducing the Learning Hub
The concept of the Learning Hub is very simple: to provide a wealth of resources to support you in your learning pre, during and post event.
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Derek Tate
Jun 24, 20203 min read
COVID-19: Prompting change and re-invention
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly been a very challenging time for so many people
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Derek Tate
Jun 11, 20203 min read
Facilitating flow: How the foundations interact during task performance
As a coach how do you go about creating a 'setting' for your learners whereby their chances of entering a flow state are increased?
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Derek Tate
Apr 3, 20206 min read
Hope: The fuel for strength and courage in challenging times
I began what can only be described as a process of grieving. My office had been taken away from me!!
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Derek Tate
Feb 25, 20203 min read
The evolving brand: Parallel Dreams Coaching Academy
It's far more than a change to our name. It is a development of who we are and what we do!
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Derek Tate
Feb 1, 20202 min read
Register now for the Sports Coaching Conference
Delegate registrations are now OPEN!
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Derek Tate
Jan 1, 20201 min read
Sports Coaching Conference 2020
1st Sports Coaching Conference: Health & Well-Being through Sport and Mountain Life, organised by Parallel Dreams Coaching Academy.
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Derek Tate
Dec 21, 20193 min read
Developing Flow for ski instructors and their guests
Irrespective of whether learners enter a flow state the four foundations represent a great teaching and learning connection
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Derek Tate
Oct 20, 20199 min read
Learning zones - part 2: Mapping learning zones onto the Diamond Model of Skill Acquisition
Part 2 of discusses more deeply how 'Learning Zones' map across to the stages within the 'Diamond Model of Skill Acquisition'.
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Derek Tate
Oct 10, 20195 min read
Combining Strengths with Flow in the workplace
Strengths are things that you are good at and you enjoy doing while flow involves being fully focused on the task at hand and is pleasurable
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