๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป
Over the years, Iโve worked with world-class coaches, high-performing athletes, and students whoโd rather be anywhere but PE.
And Iโve learned this the hard way: ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
The same session that brought a group to life on Monday might fall flat on Tuesday.
Not because the content changed, but because the connection did.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐โ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ.
As a coach, Iโve delivered sessions with perfect structure and zero impact.
And Iโve improvised a warm-up in the rain that somehow turned into the most engaged, reflective, and motivated group Iโve ever worked with.
Thatโs how I realised that ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ.
Not the drill. Not the worksheet.
But the way you teach it.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ.
๐ฌ๐ผ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
Weโve been working with the expert coaches at Performance Pathways to design lessons and progressions grounded in high-performance thinking, and weโve built a structure thatโs clear, purposeful, and aligned with long-term growth.
But the lesson plan is just the start.
๐๐โ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ.
You know your students.
You understand your setting.
Youโre the one who sense when to slow things down, when to stretch the challenge, when to shift the tone.
Thatโs not written in any plan.
Thatโs what great teaching looks like.
๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด?
The same plan in different hands produces different results.
And the most effective teachers arenโt always the most experiencedโtheyโre the ones who deliver with presence, purpose, and care.
Weโll support you with the plan.
๐ฌ๐ข๐จ make it powerful.
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Martin Brockman
Director of Performance Pathways
Martin Brockman is Director of Brockman Athletics, providing teacher training and track and field teaching resources for schools around the world. Representing Great Britain in the decathlon for almost a decade, Martin achieved a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Dehli, 2010. On retiring from his international career, he moved to the world-leading Aspire Academy in Qatar as the Head of Athlete Development where he designed and implemented the academy athletics program from talent identification through to international athletics.
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