The Video Store
On this page we have listed the coaching videos/DVDs and a brief overview of the videos/DVDs that are available along with a number of feature films that carry coaching messages.
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Concepts of Coaching DVD – The GROW Model.
DVD
As one of the cornerstones of most coaching developments, learning the GROW model and how to get the best from the model can often make the difference between a good session and a great session. In this 35 Minute DVD, Peter Hill coaches Lorna Edwards through a tricky situation generating clarity, ideas and confidence.
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Helping Others to Achieve
BBC
This video package, with workbook, slide masters and video, firmly places coaching in the "people skills" bracket by using a people centred approach to appraisals. This is a classic BBC tutorial type video.
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The Art of Coaching in Business
Greylock Associates
Gary Schumann interviews seven senior practitioners ranging from the CEOs of Morgan Stanley and South West Airlines through the Chief Coach of the Boston Celtics, the conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, the dance choreographer Mercedes Ellington and the great Jack Nicklaus and his golf coach Jim Flick. These people all give their views on coaching and its importance in the world of work. This is the best video of its type to allow senior executives to see what they are missing.
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Coaching Decisions
TV
Three case studies in scenario format that can be used in training courses. Fairly basic, but can be used as an ice-breaker.
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The Legend of Bagger Vance
In this Robert Redford directed tale Will Smith acts as a caddy to Matt Damon in a golf tournament set in the early 1920s. Smith gives numerous demonstrations of coaching techniques that are a pleasure to watch, especially when coaching the young lad in the art of putting - with his eyes shut!
Shackleton
Kenneth Branagh plays the charismatic Irishman in this trip to, and subsequent rescue of his men, from the South Pole. A classic example of how coaching fits in with the leadership style.
Analyse This
Robert De Niro acts as a mafia boss who hires Billy Crystal as a psychotherapist, and putting the humour and some foul language to one side, gives some wonderful parallels between the art of coaching and counselling, in particular the communication breakdown where Billy Crystal advises De Niro to hit a pillow as a method of venting his anger.
Happy Gilmore
In this slapstick comedy Adam Sandler plays the hockey player and golf pro in order to raise some funds to rescue his mother from an old people's home. Along the way he receives numerous coaching sessions from a golf pro and golf coach and gives an admirable demonstration of what happens in the mind when the inner game techniques backfire.
Apollo 13
Everyone knows the story rocket hits disaster on the way to the moon. Tom Hanks, with the aid of the ground crew, manages to return the ship safely to earth after sling-shotting around the moon. In the process we see some great coaching demonstrated by Hanks in the role of Jim Lovell and some team coaching from flight controller Gene Kranz.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Definitely one for kids of all ages. Richard Harris in the role of Albus Dumbledore probably epitomises the best coaching on the silver screen by allowing Harry to find his own solutions and work through his own problems, with the aid of his friends, without interrupting too much. We also see Harry, Ron and Hermione asking some powerful coaching questions from the point of view of innocence, as only a child can.
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
The second in the series of Harry Potter films sees Dumbledore continue his role as the headmaster of Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and coming out with some fantastic coaching lines; such as - " It's not your abilities that determine who you are in life, but the choices you take." We also see a demonstration of where Gilderoy Lockhart (Kenneth Branagh) spins many a yarn about his abilities and it is interesting to watch the reactions of the other professors at the school as to whether or not they believe him.
NB The full set of Harry Potter stories, when heard on audiotape, narrated excellently by Stephen Fry, can really assist the development of listening skills within a coach.
Jerry Maguire
In this film we see Tom Cruise, as Jerry Maguire, playing the part of a sports agent for Cuba Gooding Junior who plays the part of Rod Tidwell, an American football player who has never really reached his full potential. In the film we see Maguire leaving one business, setting up his own business and facing some personal demons, whilst struggling to keep his integrity. Unwittingly Tidwell coaches him through many aspects of this, using both directive and non-directive techniques. A good view of how being a coach differs from doing coaching.
Lord of the Rings
This trilogy sets a platform for many coaching exploits, as Frodo Baggins leaves Middle Earth. The use of the metaphor of the journey and the mission, along with the coaching of Gandolf, is a wonderful demonstration of how coaching can occur in extreme conditions, especially when time is tight.
Cry Freedom
Denzel Washington plays the part of African freedom fighter Steve Biko as told through the eyes of Donald Woods. Steve Bico coaches numerous people as a way of getting his message across and his view on the new South Africa. A clear demonstration of coaching across cultures.
A Few Good Men
In this classic US military drama, starring Jack Nicholson, Tom Cruise and Demi Moore, begins with a murder in a US marine base. Cruise is called in as the lawyer, ably assisted by Demi Moore, to investigate the proceedings. Ultimately Jack Nicholson ends up in the dock. There are several demonstrations where the cast members coach each other in the roles that they play whilst pursuing the investigation. However the courtroom scene at the end, when Cruise cross-examines Nicholson, gives some powerful examples of the specific use of language.
Phenomenon
In this film John Travolta receives a visit from something that accelerates the learning within the brain. Travolta, through the rest of the film struggles to come to terms with this and in the process asks some significant questions about his very existence. How he comes to terms with learning, or not, is a revelation within itself and the scene where Travolta engages in a coaching conversation with a young boy about what means is not to be missed.
The Full Monty
There are some classic coaching techniques employed in this film as well as the story line being plausible, but with a fair degree of humour. The epic scene in the Job Centre, where they subliminally dance to Donna Summer's "Hot Stuff" is always guaranteed to raise a laugh. However it is interesting to note how much learning has actually gone on to the point where they can reproduce perfect choreography without realising they are doing it. Also worth watching is the dance practice where they replicate the "Arsenal back four", a good lesson in how to "couch your language" in your client's terms.