Steve Black www.steveblack.co.uk the bearded Geordie who has used his innovative skills to train, coach & prepare successful teams from all backgrounds is described, amongst other things, as a motivator, coach, psychologist, priest, councillor, psychiatrist, comedian, strategist, facilitator, and friend.
His background has encompassed organising nightclub security, a spell as a professional boxer and a degree in sports science. He includes Newcastle Falcons, Newcastle United, Sunderland and Fulham football clubs, the Welsh Rugby team that went 11 matches without defeat under Graham Henry and the British Lions amongst the teams with which he has been involved. Indi
viduals like Johnny Wilkinson, Peter Reid, Kevin Keegan, Sting and Glen McCrory will bear witness and praise his unique and distinctive style.
It was inevitable that I must have come across Steve when I was gigging in my disco days around Newcastle during the 70s, sadly I don’t recall any encounter so another claim to fame gone.
I could write for hours about Blackie and hardly start to cover the extent of his talents. One thing that I would like to pass on is the instruction he gives to his charges about their approach to training and playing, he tells them to imagine that everything they are doing during their session is being filmed and recorded, and that at the end of the day, they will sit down with their families and friends in front of a large screen TV to watch the DVD that has been made showing their efforts. Now if that isn’t enough to make an individual honest with himself or herself I don’t know what is…
What would your film look like today?
How comfortable would you be to sit and watch it with those closest to you?
You can get Steve’s autobiography from Amazon.
The Incisal Edge 