GENTLE

The modules

The side of coaching nobody teaches.

Seven short reads on tone, pressure moments, body language, and what to say when a child makes a mistake.

Ten minutes each. There's a two minute form at the bottom of every one, which is how your completion gets recorded.

Module 0 · Foundation
The Relationship Principle
The two relationships every coach builds. One made in seconds, one built over a season and tested when things go wrong.
Module 1 · G
Grounded Identity
Who you are as a coach when it's going well, and whether that's the same person when it isn't.
Module 2 · E
Emotional Regulation
The one second between a player's mistake and your reaction, and what she reads in your face.
Module 3 · N
Nurturing Language
The words themselves. The difference between a correction that builds someone and one that shrinks them.
Module 4 · T
Trust-Based Culture
Building a team where players feel safe enough to try things and get them wrong.
Module 5 · L
Leadership Under Pressure
Touchline moments. What we do when it goes against us is the loudest thing we say all week.
Module 6 · E
Enduring Legacy
Coaching for the person they're becoming, not just the player they are this season.
Work through them in order if you can. Each one assumes the one before it. A new module lands every fortnight, and the whole set takes about seventy minutes of reading spread across a season.