Fergie Time

What's Purpose? by Daniel Ferguson Purpose. The word that gets thrown about quite a bit, what's your life purpose, why are you here, what are you doing all this for? Something we feel we should know, but it's not easy. I often hear from friends and just in general, why do I need to decide what I need to do with my life by 18? Typically the age when people are deciding what to do after full time education. Perhaps even 16 too, with that decision of sixth form, work, college or an apprenticeship.  A lot of people struggle when they don't feel like they have a purpose, a  report by Harvard Education  discovered 58% of young adults they studied experienced having no/little purpose in the previous month and 50% of young people said their mental health was negatively influenced by, 'not knowing what to do with their life." Can you relate? Purpose When you google the definition of purpose it says, 'it's the reason something is done or created' and, 'it...

How does a coach impact their athletes? By Daniel Ferguson "You're rubbish, you can't string a pass together!" yelled coach Jim. Jim's team were 14-0 down at this point. "You don't know how to play rugby at all, do you guys!" yelled Jim again. The players heads were down: another try was conceded. "Why can't you help us rather than shout at us?" asked Pereira (one of the players on the pitch). The team ended up losing 37-5.  Coach Jim "It's okay you made a bad pass, let's go again!" coach Tom told Lewis. "I messed up though," said Lewis. "It happens, react, focus on the next action!" replied Tom. Lewis went onto make some very good passes throughout of the rest of the game, despite messing up a few times: he bounced back. Coach Tom Which coach language is most effective? You would say Tom right?  I coach football at my university and too many times I see coaches shout at their players, but the langu...