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Eita!Eish ('Aysh')(Zulu expression) Surprise, bewilderment, shock. "Eish. Voetsek! Im not doing that!"Eita : Casual African greetingHeyUsed for emphasis. "So you're a surfer, hey?" or on its own as a way of saying "excuse me?" or "pardon?"Howzit - "How is it?" Sharp Sharp its fine1LivingstandardsLiving standards measure ---Living standards in Europe is homogenousLSM is unique to SA. It cuts across the population and uses criteria such as urbanisation, ownership of cars, appliances, access to running water, flushing toilets, levels of education etc

Bridge : So its hardly a country where we can say that one size fits all..

2CulturesCulturesSouth Africa is a multilingual and ethnically diverse country. There is no single Culture of South Africa.

11 official languages and scores of other African, European, Asian and more languages spoken in SA.

ArchBishop Desmond Tutu, also a former Noble Peace prize winner, coined the term Rainbow Nation to encapsulate the unity of multiculturalism and the coming together of people of many different races, in a country that was once identified with the strict division of black and white.

English is generally understood across the country and is the language of Business, politics and media, however English ranks 5th out of the 11 official languages as a home language.South African English is unique in that its a fusion of Afrikaans (similar to Dutch & Flemish) and other locally spoken African languages

Eg : Western culture man walks behind ladies first African culture man walks infrontJournalism we would be the war correspondents- at the front end

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Must be driven by a cultureCoaches change livesEngagement is a means to an end and not an end in itself5IDENTITY An effective, inclusive, cohesive and efficient coaching system that promotes transformation and excellence in an active and winning nationSouth Africa?

ARE WE WILLING , READY AND ABLE ? 7sizeOnefitsall

Embrace our uniqueness to build our Engagement programme

8Winner Loser approach WINNERSAlways part of the answerAlways have a programmeSay lets do itSee answers for problemsSay it may be difficult but its possible

LOSERSAlways have an excuseSay that is not my jobSee problems in answersSay it may be possible but its too difficult

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The journey so far...

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We need children specialist coaches!!!

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

Decisions, decisions, decisions

Perceived to be the hallmark of great coaches such as Alex Ferguson and is what Schon labelled as: professional artistry (Schon, 1983 p49)

The decision taking may be routine and sub-conscious but the capacity is built up from deliberate acquisition of knowledge, experience and reflection on previous practice. The action of the expert professional is not all intuition and not all rationality

Saddler-Smiths (2008 p121) assertion that for experts, theory and practice and informed intuition and rational analysis co-exist seamlessly in a harmonious integration 15

AttitudeCommitmentOwnershipResponsibilityNO Compromise

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