End-of-career choices facing SA athletes
Graeme Smith announced his retirement from cricket this week ending a journey which started with his debut on March 8, 2002 against Australia at the tender age of 22 years. The question that has been bouncing around the social media platforms is: “What is Graeme Smith going to do after cricket?” This would all depend […]
Children should learn to climb trees again
Obesity is causing health problems for families and it is only a matter of time before medical aids start charging you the same premium rates for your children. However, there is another epidemic plaguing the healthy development of our youth and that is “low muscle tone”. I had never even heard of that phrase until […]
Mind Sets stifling the growth in Sport
Two of the biggest problems facing development and progression of sport are ego and ignorance. I attended the 40 year celebration of a Johannesburg club last night. They unravelled their master plan on how they were going to take their already well-respected club to another level and provide a succession plan for young athletes to […]
Superfoods. Myth or truth?
When you walk into a greengrocer, do you believe that all foods are equal in nutrition? Do you believe some have mystical natural healing powers, or is all this talk of superfoods nothing more than some high grade marketing ploy to sell more products? It’s hard to believe anything nowadays because marketers have become so […]
Sleep your way to success
Sleep single-handedly might be the cause as to why you are not performing in your sport. Sure, you are putting in the hours of hard work, you are eating correctly and you are analysing your performances on a weekly basis. Most days you feel like you are just chasing your tail. The answer may lie […]
Old versus New in Basketball
Successful companies have successful leaders. You would agree with me that if you work for one of the top 100 companies in South Africa, your chief-in-command is a relatively elderly looking man or woman. Throughout culture humans are more inclined to listening and following an elder than a young wet-behind-the-ears-know-it-all. What happens when your job […]