Posts from Scott Barrowhttps://scottbarrow.com.au/https://scottbarrow.com.au/4525-2/https://scottbarrow.com.au/4525-2/Stage 9 of this year’s men’s Giro d’italia was a medium mountains stage, and by the last climb, 8 riders were left at the frontThu, 13 Aug 2026 01:47:13 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/language-in-leadership-performance/https://scottbarrow.com.au/language-in-leadership-performance/In leadership and performance, our use of language for what we’re moving towards, and who we’re becoming, is critical. At some point in our developmentalThu, 06 Aug 2026 07:13:04 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/an-example-of-coachings-value/https://scottbarrow.com.au/an-example-of-coachings-value/I was working with a client the other day. Smart, wise, articulate, conversationally skilled, and definitely not looking for options, but they were wanting differentTue, 14 Oct 2025 04:19:51 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/got-your-balance-right-2/https://scottbarrow.com.au/got-your-balance-right-2/Subtract. He wrote the word on some masking tape, and stuck it on the bench in front of the chef. “That’s how you do better.”Wed, 08 Oct 2025 23:36:24 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/what-you-can-do-with-your-local-sports-team/https://scottbarrow.com.au/what-you-can-do-with-your-local-sports-team/A friend and work colleague of mine was recently appointed as senior coach of a local football club for the first time, and asked meMon, 22 Apr 2024 07:10:29 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/are-you-on-this-professional-spectrum/https://scottbarrow.com.au/are-you-on-this-professional-spectrum/This be could be profound, or it could be bleedingly obvious. One person’s treasure is another’s trash. As a practitioner, like you, I take noticeWed, 27 Mar 2024 08:30:06 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/calling-all-challengers/https://scottbarrow.com.au/calling-all-challengers/The Request I’d love your help. Can I please get your honest and skilful thoughts? I recently wrote a message to the mother (and sponsor)Mon, 18 Dec 2023 02:16:21 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/what-call-would-you-have-made/https://scottbarrow.com.au/what-call-would-you-have-made/Junior Footy Like me, my 5 years younger brother Mitch, has been coaching all his career. He gives a lot to his community and withFri, 22 Jul 2022 10:09:08 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/someone-elses-game/https://scottbarrow.com.au/someone-elses-game/Lance Believe it or not, after all the water under the bridge, I still listen to what Lance Armstrong has to say in and aroundThu, 23 Jun 2022 04:17:21 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/is-this-what-leadership-feels-like/https://scottbarrow.com.au/is-this-what-leadership-feels-like/It was just a couple of days ago. He’d graciously taken the conversational lead, by telling me where he’d been in the last few daysTue, 21 Jun 2022 08:10:22 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/hell-to-heaven/https://scottbarrow.com.au/hell-to-heaven/*This is the 3rd of a series of 3 pieces. They’re chronologically linked, but can be read as standalone articles if chosen. Here’s Part 1Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:58:38 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/out-of-a-hole/https://scottbarrow.com.au/out-of-a-hole/*This is the 2nd of a series of 3 pieces. They’re chronologically linked, but can be read as standalone articles if chosen. Here’s Part 1 andThu, 02 Jun 2022 00:58:05 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/what-story-have-you-been-telling/https://scottbarrow.com.au/what-story-have-you-been-telling/*This is the 1st of a series of 3 pieces. They’re chronologically linked, but can be read as standalone articles if chosen. Here’s Part 2 andWed, 25 May 2022 01:52:44 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/avoid-the-common-trap/https://scottbarrow.com.au/avoid-the-common-trap/This is probably a nice reminder. Of something we’ve heard across our entire lives, something eternally true. It’s also something that we can lose connectionMon, 16 May 2022 12:24:28 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/the-language-of-high-performing-teamwork/https://scottbarrow.com.au/the-language-of-high-performing-teamwork/“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you so much!” she said with genuine gratitude, humility and joy. But should she have? Italian Elisa Balsamo had justTue, 10 May 2022 12:12:57 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/that-would-be-amazing-if-i-could/https://scottbarrow.com.au/that-would-be-amazing-if-i-could/You’ve got a situation you’re not happy with. In the right moment with the right person, when you’re honest, it’s really not good. It ticksSun, 01 May 2022 11:50:52 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/could-you-change-your-career/https://scottbarrow.com.au/could-you-change-your-career/This was the message I felt compelled to send to a friend and colleague after a phone call with him. Not coaching, more like friendlySun, 29 Mar 2020 03:10:05 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/the-3-most-critical-things-to-get-your-head-in-the-game/https://scottbarrow.com.au/the-3-most-critical-things-to-get-your-head-in-the-game/Sun, 29 Mar 2020 02:30:48 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/how-would-you-want-to-be-defined/https://scottbarrow.com.au/how-would-you-want-to-be-defined/Wed, 01 Jan 2020 22:30:41 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/deep-learning-through-play/https://scottbarrow.com.au/deep-learning-through-play/If I said to you it’s possible to combine fun, laughter, competitiveness, skill, courage, deep learning, improvement, creativity in a very natural and efficient way,Thu, 26 Dec 2019 05:25:42 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/why-knowing-their-approach-is-in-your-best-interests/https://scottbarrow.com.au/why-knowing-their-approach-is-in-your-best-interests/A little while ago I put this up on Instagram. And a few people were interested and took up my offer. I mean, doesFri, 13 Sep 2019 00:49:43 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/expectations-in-performance/https://scottbarrow.com.au/expectations-in-performance/I’ve been watching a RedbullTv doco show on the Mountain Bike Enduro World Series. It’s a pretty good insight into the racing, competitors and challenges.Wed, 28 Aug 2019 22:31:00 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/a-great-quote-on-listening/https://scottbarrow.com.au/a-great-quote-on-listening/“Listening is a rare happening among human beings. You cannot listen to the word another is speaking if you are preoccupied with your appearance orThu, 21 Feb 2019 03:53:47 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/for-the-women-of-the-world/https://scottbarrow.com.au/for-the-women-of-the-world/Mon, 18 Feb 2019 01:43:18 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/got-your-balance-right/https://scottbarrow.com.au/got-your-balance-right/Wed, 06 Feb 2019 01:40:12 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/appreciation/https://scottbarrow.com.au/appreciation/Fri, 01 Feb 2019 19:39:47 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/coachings-real-value/https://scottbarrow.com.au/coachings-real-value/If you’re on a phone use the reading font option and just zoom the images as required. This post has 4 parts: Setting the SceneMon, 21 Jan 2019 06:03:45 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/the-time-trialing-mind-generating-high-performance-ways-of-being/https://scottbarrow.com.au/the-time-trialing-mind-generating-high-performance-ways-of-being/“TTs are about power to pedal, but mental strength is what can affect and impact on power application, in particular the ability to push intoWed, 16 Jan 2019 00:37:56 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/why-you-need-a-coach/https://scottbarrow.com.au/why-you-need-a-coach/If its good enough for him………Thu, 10 Jan 2019 04:19:14 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/thinking-or-action/https://scottbarrow.com.au/thinking-or-action/Fri, 21 Dec 2018 03:34:53 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/is-it-possible/https://scottbarrow.com.au/is-it-possible/Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:18:52 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/just-another-reason-for-coaching/https://scottbarrow.com.au/just-another-reason-for-coaching/Thu, 06 Dec 2018 05:42:25 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/purpose-energy-motivation-creativity-play-at-work/https://scottbarrow.com.au/purpose-energy-motivation-creativity-play-at-work/Mon, 03 Dec 2018 05:37:37 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/our-culture-women-submitting-themselves/https://scottbarrow.com.au/our-culture-women-submitting-themselves/Thu, 15 Nov 2018 05:00:57 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/what-do-you-want-to-leave-behind/https://scottbarrow.com.au/what-do-you-want-to-leave-behind/Thu, 25 Oct 2018 04:51:18 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/burnout-or-flow/https://scottbarrow.com.au/burnout-or-flow/Tue, 02 Jan 2018 04:42:52 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/2016-6-self-reflection-22-things-i-notice-about-my-descending/https://scottbarrow.com.au/2016-6-self-reflection-22-things-i-notice-about-my-descending/I love it And I always want to enjoy it I want to enjoy it, especially in relation to the climbing that has usuallyFri, 17 Jun 2016 12:01:04 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/2014-6-misguided-aero-positions-on-the-bike/https://scottbarrow.com.au/2014-6-misguided-aero-positions-on-the-bike/I’ve got a mate and professional colleague, David Darbyshire, who lives in Hawaii, and works with mostly golfers on the US mainland and triathletes inSat, 28 Jun 2014 18:50:07 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/2012-10-the-power-of-re-framing-lessons-learnt-from-a-big-wave-nutter/https://scottbarrow.com.au/2012-10-the-power-of-re-framing-lessons-learnt-from-a-big-wave-nutter/Ross Clark Jones is a big wave surfer paid to chase and ride massive ocean swells. I was reading a recent article on him theSun, 14 Oct 2012 14:00:38 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/2012-09-self-belief/https://scottbarrow.com.au/2012-09-self-belief/Chipper Jones is a long time, one team Major League Baseballer for the Atlanta Braves. After 20 years in ‘the show’ he’s retiringWed, 05 Sep 2012 19:25:21 GMThttps://scottbarrow.com.au/2011-12-stop-the-single-best-thing-you-can-do-for-your-health/https://scottbarrow.com.au/2011-12-stop-the-single-best-thing-you-can-do-for-your-health/In case you’ve veered off track a little bit again, below is a 9 minute video about the single best thing you can do forMon, 26 Dec 2011 22:20:03 GMT