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Habit patterns

Trainers, teachers, instructors and sports coaches try to get it right the first time with their trainees, students and athletes but invariably end up spending a lot of time trying to correct errors, misconceptions, non-compliance, technique faults and bad habits that somehow develop.

Because these errors were not corrected early, and were inadvertently repeated over and over, i.e., practiced, many error patterns are actually learned, habitual and automatic and therefore much harder to eradicate.

For example, John always writes "recieve" instead of "receive"; Mike always has to be reminded to wear his safety goggles; Mary always slices her golf swing; Susan always follow cars too closely when driving; and Geoff is mentally still following the previous aircraft’s pre-flight checklist even though he's converted to another aircraft.

We all know that old habits die hard and many habit patterns are resistant to conventional change methods.

These limitations of traditional teaching, coaching and training programs are apparent in all settings including sport, workplace training, education, therapy and personal development.

Re-training or re-education, the typical solution to these problems, improves things only slowly, if at all.

Although learners may appear to pay attention during instruction and practice their new, correct, skills and knowledge over and over, the next day when placed under performance pressure or when unsupervised and left to their own devices, they seem to have forgotten what they’ve learned and the same habit pattern errors, e.g., old entrenched attitudes, beliefs, misunderstandings, work practices and routines, faulty procedures, poor techniques and unsafe behaviours, resurface.

A prolonged adjustment period and poor transfer of learning are the two most typical outcomes of education, training and coaching efforts worldwide.

All this wastes talent and resources and makes change and transition programs so much less cost-effective. There has to be a better way.

Fortunately, a cognitive science discovery called Old Way New Way® Learning offers:

•  A new perspective on the transfer of training problem.

•  A cost-effective and user-friendly method for rapid skill and technique correction and habit eradication.

•  A fast and practical method of transition and conversion training.

This home page tells the story of habit forces; how and why habits develop; the crucial role habits play in our lives; why old habits die hard; and what you can do to change that using the Old Way New Way® change tool.

Training options

Training in Old Way New Way® Learning is available in an online course, either with or without email support, or in a training workshop for small groups.

Online course

Online courses are designed by professional educators and follow modern instructional design principles. The Flash based courses can be downloaded and are self-paced, interactive and self contained. Step by step instructions, examples and case studies teach you all about Old Way New Way® Learning and how to apply it to a wide range of human performance problems in your field of interest. Most courses include at least one video segment that shows Old Way New Way being used; some courses contain four video segments. Online courses that come with with email support cost more but are tailor made and provide step by step solutions for your own selection of specific performance problems.

Workshop

The one-day training workshop provides face-to-face instruction and follow up support for small groups of practitioners, e.g., workplace trainers, sports coaches, flight instructors, driving instructors, nurse educators, teachers, physiotherapists, behaviour change specialists, and so on.

Sport

   Technique correction

Workplace training

   Workplace safety

   Manual handling

Flight training

   Flight instruction (email us)

   Type conversion (email us)

   Glass cockpit conversion (email us)

Driving

   Behaviour change

Music performance

   Technique correction

Personal habits

   Stopping nail biting

   Increasing hand washing

Education

   Spelling

   Reading Home User Version

   Reading Professional Version

   Correcting misconceptions

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Old Way New Way® Learning Tools

Sports coaching

Baseball coaching | Basketball coaching | Bodybuilding | Car racing | Cricket coaching | Dance teaching | Driving instruction | Football coaching | Golf swing improvement | Gymnastics coaching | Lawn bowls coaching |Rowing coaching | Running coaching | Shooting coaching | Skiing instruction | Softball coaching |Sports coaching generic | Surfing coaching | Swimming coaching | Tennis coaching | Tenpin bowling coaching | Volleyball coaching

Aviation

Conversion training | Glass cockpit conversion | Helicopter safety training

Driving instruction

Driving instruction

Workplace safety/lifting/hazardous materials

Driving instruction | Manual handling |Workplace safety program

Police firearms training

Firearms and Officer Safety Training Unit

Musical performance

Musical performance | Teaching

Spelling/adult spelling

Spelling |Teaching

Teaching

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Baseball coaching

All About Pitching (USA)
New South Wales Baseball League Inc (Australia)

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Basketball coaching

Dribble Pass Shoot (USA)
Lonestar Basketball Academy (USA)

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Bodybuilding coaching

Elouera Gym (Australia)

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Car racing

Team Dynamik (Australia)

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Cricket coaching

Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy (Australia)

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Dance teaching

Cooper School - Highland Dancers (Australia)

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Driving instruction

AcciDON'T Ltd (UK)
Alberta Collision Avoidance (Canada)
Atlas International Engineering Services Nigeria Ltd (Nigeria)
Caulfield Grammar School (Australia)
Driver Training Academy (Australia)
Fraser Coast Training Employment Support Service (Australia)
Nice4Price (UK)
One to One Driver Training (Australia)
Pacific Gas and Electric (USA)
Streets Ahead Pty Ltd (Australia)
The Transport Company (Qatar, Middle East)

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Police firearms training

Queensland Police Service (Australia)

 

Aircraft type conversion

Singapore Flying College (Australia)
Singapore Airlines (Singapore)

 

Glass cockpit conversion

Singapore Flying College (Australia)

 

Helicopter safety training

International Aviation Safety College (Australia)

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Football coaching

Fremantle Football Club (Australia)
Paul Perrone Kicking, Colgate University (USA)

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Golf swing improvement

Asian Canadian Golf Academy (Canada)
Box Hill Golf Club (Australia)
Australian Golf Teachers Federation (Australia)
David Milne Golf Academy (Australia)
Golf Queensland (Australia)
Golf Your Way (Australia)
JK Golf Gmbh (Germany)
Midland Golf (Australia)
PGA (USA)
PGA Australia Ltd (Australia)
Range Riders (Canada)
Regency Park Golf Course (Australia)
Swedish Golf Team (Sweden)
The Farm Golf (USA)
Transformational Golf (Australia)

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Gymnastics coaching

Miller's Gymnastic Schools (Australia)

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Lawn bowls coaching

Auckland Women's Bowling Club (New Zealand)
Bedford Bowling Club (Australia)
Blackburn Bowls Club (Australia)
Bowls Saskatchewan Inc. (Canada)
Broadwater Bowling Club (Australia)
Geelong Bowls Club (Australia)
Gold Coast-Tweed District Bowls Association
Lakes Krakajack (Australia)
Manly Lawn Bowling Club (Australia)
Middleton Beach Bowling Club (Australia)
NSW Bowls Coach (Australia)
Penygraig and Williamstown Junior Bowls Club (UK)
Royal NSW Bowling Association (Australia)
Turramurra Bowling Club (Australia)
USLBA Instruction Chair (USA)
Windsor Bowls Club (Australia))
Yandina Bowls Club (Australia)

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Manual handling

Airways New Zealand (New Zealand)
Bausch and Lomb (USA)
BHP Billiton (Australia)
Bickford Management Consultancy (Australia)
Brisbane City Council (Australia)
Brisbane Water (Australia)
Chamber of Minerals and Energy, WA (Australia)
Clearwater Business Services (Australia)
Colorado Group (Australia)
CSR Gyprock (Australia)
CSR Ltd Sugar (Australia)
Cynergex Group (Australia)
Department for Ageing Disability & Home Care (Australia)
Dept Main Roads, Queensland (Australia)
Erickson Air Crane Inc. (USA)
Handle With Care (Australia)
Heatley Secondary College (Australia)
Heyer Ford (Australia)
Horizon Environmental Health and Safety (UK)
JAL Enterprises (Australia)
Jones Lang LaSalle (Australia)
Let's Work! (Australia)
Manpower (USA)
Macmillan Staff Development (Australia)
Midwestern Area Health Services (Australia)
Millani Bridal Boutique (Australia)
Mining Industry Skills Centre (Australia)
Miriam Vale Shire Council (Australia)
New South Wales Dept Primary Industries (Australia)
Northern Rivers Area health Service (Australia)
O'Brien Glass Industries (Australia)
ORAL Operations Risk & Learning Ltd (Canada)
Portland Aluminium (Australia)
Proline Building Commercial Pty Ltd (Australia)
Rockford Products Corporation (USA)
Sante Health (Australia)
Shell Marine Products (UK)
Skadden (USA)
St Ives Gold Mining Company (Australia)
Stinson Coaching and Training (Australia)
Team Formation (USA)
The Training and Business Consortium (Australia)
Toll IPEC (Australia)
Tracmin (Australia)
Workplace Australia Group (Australia)

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Musical performance

CaReFree Music (Belgium)
Jazzworx Pty Ltd (Australia)
The Music Institute (Australia)

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Rowing coaching

Cairns School Rowing Association (Australia)
Japan Amateur Rowing Association (Japan)
Murwillumbah Rowing Club (Australia)
Roeivereniging De Where (Holland)
Rowing South Australia (Australia)
Rowing World Australia (Australia)
Rowskills.com (USA)
St Catherines Rowing Club (Canada)
Takapuna Grammar School Rowing Club (New Zealand)
U.S. Rowing Association (USA)
Willem II Rowing Club (Holland)

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Running coaching

Flyers Track Club Inc. (USA)

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Shooting coaching

Army Marksmanship Unit (USA)

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Skiing instruction

Alf Engen Ski School (USA)

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Softball coaching

Queensland Softball Association (Australia)
Texas Peppers Gold (USA)

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Spelling

Able Bodied Health Care (Australia)
Adams 12 Five Star Schools (USA)
AdCare Inc (Australia)
Adult Multicultural Education Services (Australia)
Advance Program Concord School District (USA)
AIHS (Australia)
Albury High School (Australia)
Allegro (USA)
Alvin Reinhard Fritz Architect Inc. (Canada)
Angus Australia
Apple Tutorial (USA)
Autism Teaching Tools (USA)
Ayr State High School (Australia)
Bannockburn & District Bowls Club (Australia)
Barclay Mowlem Construction Ltd (Australia)
Belevue Park State School (Australia)
Benstead (Australia)
Best Inc (Australia)
BHP Billiton (Australia)
Black Diamond Co. (USA)
Blackall Woolscour Skill Centre (Australia)
Borallon Correctional centre (Australia)
Boyd Construction (USA)
Brighton Primary (Australia)
Bundaberg Skills Centre (Australia)
Caboolture Community Learning Centre (Australia)
Canberra High School (Australia)
Caples Electric (USA)
Carwash Café (New Zealand)
Caulfield Grammar School (Australia)
CES Jewish Day School (USA)
Chisholm Institute Library (Australia)
Claremont Meadows Public School (Australia)
Coastline Community College (USA)
Coldwater Animal Hospital (USA)
College of Marin (USA)
Columbia Gorge Community College (USA)
Commend Australia
CommScope Inc. (USA)
Community Education and Training (Australia)
Community Montessori/Boulder Valley Schools (USA)
Conrad Treasury Brisbane (Australia)
Coolangatta Special School (Australia)
CooperClan (USA)
Dane County Parent Council/Head Start (USA)
Daveli Home School (USA)
Davis Team (USA)
De Montfort University (UK)
Delta Apparel Inc. (USA)
Department for the Blind (USA)
Department of Immigration Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (Australia)
Durralink (USA)
Education Matters Tuition (UK)
Emmaus College (Australia)
EMT Inc. (USA)
Evita Training Lindsworth School (UK)
Fairfax Limited (Australia)
Family Day Care (Australia)
Fraser Coast Training Employment Support Service (Australia)
GCF Mier & Associates (Australia)
Georgia Perimeter College (USA)
Ginger Watts Agency Inc. (USA)
Glen Innes College of TAFE (Australia)
Glen Innes High School (Australia)
Global Knowledge (USA)
GM Photography (UK)
Gone To the Dogs Homeschoolers (USA)
GroupWest Rehab (Australia)
Hanson Training Services (Australia)
Heatley Secondary College (Australia)
HELP Enterprises (Australia)
HHELP Darling Downs Inc (Australia)
Holbrook Community Technology Centre (Australia)
Homeschooling Mom (USA)
Horners (UK)
Hope Christian Academy (USA)
Hyslop Associates Inc. (USA)
Illinois Institute of Technology (USA)
Impact Education and Psychological Services (Australia)
Inland Empire Health Plan (USA)
Institute for Aboriginal Development (Australia)
International Centre for Excellence (Australia)
John Howard Society of Durham Region (Canada)
Karratha Primary School (Australia)
Kings International College (Australia)
Laidley Shire Community Care Association (Australia)
Linn Benton Community College (USA)
Literacy Link - Leamos (USA)
Livingstone Shire Council (Australia)
Livingwell Counselling Center (Australia)
Lonlin Pty Ltd (Australia)
Macarthur Education (Australia)
Management and Training Corporation (Australia)
Medical University of South Carolina (USA)
Mercy Family Services (Australia)
Metropolitan Fire Brigade (Australia)
Missoula County Public Schools (USA)
Mountain Group (UK)
Move Management Australia (Australia)
MWT Australia (Australia)
Nambour State Primary School (Australia)
New England Institute of TAFE (Australia)
Nia Learning Academy (USA)
Nirimba College of TAFE (Australia)
North Seattle Community College (USA)
Northern Lights College (Canada)
Nyman Academy (USA)
Olney Central College (USA)
Optima Technology Solutions (Australia)
Our Lady of the Rosarie Catholic School (Australia)
Our Lady of Victory School (USA)
Parkside Training Services (Australia)
Partee Drilling (USA)
Peninsula College (USA)
Petra Financial Services (USA)
Pinkerton Burns Securitas (USA)
Port Macquarie College of Adult Education (Australia)
Portland Public Schools (USA)
PPG IND (Australia)
Prairie Star Middle School (USA)
Priebbenow (Australia)
PwC (USA)
Queensland Police Service Academy (Australia)
Raven (Australia)
Runestone Regional Learning Centre (USA)
Rural Sheds and Garages (Australia)
Sadadden Primary School (Australia)
Safe Haven Financial Group (USA)
Salt River Project (USA)
Samaritan House (Australia)
School of Leadership Development (USA)
School of the Woods (Australia)
School On Wheels Literacy (USA)
SCOPE (Vic) Ltd (Australia)
Sertec Ltd (Australia)
Seton College (Australia)
Silkstone State School (Australia)
SkaCoChi (Peru)
Snow Lake School District (Canada)
Software House International (USA)
South Waikato Education Centre (New Zealand)
Specialised Training Services (Australia)
St Columban's College (Australia)
St Peter's Lutheran College (Australia)
Stellar Australia
Streets Ahead Pty Ltd (Australia)
TAFE New South Wales (Australia)
Tara Adult Education Program (Australia)
Tasmanian Police Academy (Australia)
TDASI (USA) Texarkana Arkansas School District #7 (USA)
Texas Department of Health (USA)
Texol technical Solutions (UK)
TGFJ Ministries (USA)
The Leap Estate (USA)
The Positive Learning Centre (Australia)
The Reynolds Law Firm, PC (USA)
Thomson Speech and Language Services (Canada)
Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls (UK)
Town & Country Community Options (Australia)
Training Australia (Australia)
Tuggerah Lakes Community College (Australia)
Tweed Heads Real Estate (Australia)
W. N. McMurry Construction Co. (USA)
Waterland Pty Ltd (Australia)
Weiss Enterprises (USA)
Western Sydney Institute of TAFE (Australia)
Woodford Correctional Centre (Australia)
WorkDirections Australia
Workforce Plus (Australia)
WT Daniels Special Education & Gifted and Talented (USA)

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Sports coaching, all sports

ACT Academy of Sport (Australia)
Activate Sports (Australia)
ACU National, School of Exercise Science (Vic) (Australia)
ANZ Bank (Australia)
Australian Institute of Sport (Australia)
Coaching Works Ltd (New Zealand)
Curtin University (Australia) Fourth Presbyterian Church (USA)
HS Williams Ent. Inc. (USA)
John Spence Community High School (UK)
Kalang Investments (Australia)
Lebanon Fire District (USA)
Literacy Link - Leamos (USA)
Massey University (New Zealand)
Maximum Potential UK Ltd (UK)
MJ Productions Ltd (UK)
New Zealand Academy of Sport, North (New Zealand)
Newington College (Australia)
Queensland Academy of Sport (Australia)
Redfrog Solutions P/L (Australia)
Research Institute for Olympic Sports (Finland)
School of Human Movement and Exercise Science, UWA (Australia)
Sports Assist P/L (Australia)
Towson University (USA)
University of Puget Sound Athletics (USA)
University of Southern Queensland (Australia)
Unleashing Speed Potential (Australia)
Victoria University of Technology Library (Australia)
Workplace Wellness Consulting (Canada)
Zen Team (USA)
ZGPVC (USA)

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Surfing coaching

Surfcoach.com (Australia)

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Swimming coaching

Akudae Pty Ltd (Australia)
Darwin Swimming Club (Australia)
Finnish Swimming Assocn, The (Finland)

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Teaching

Accelerated Cognitive Enhancement (Singapore)

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Tennis coaching

Hince Tennis (Australia)
Hong Kong Tennis Association (Hong Kong)
Smash Tennis and Sports Academy (Belgium)

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Tenpin bowling coaching

Rosebud Tenpin Bowl (Australia)
Tenpin Bowling Association of Queensland (Australia)

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Volleyball coaching

Australian Sitting Volleyball Team (Australia)

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Workplace safety

ALCOA/KAAL (Australia)
Airways New Zealand (New Zealand)
Bausch and Lomb (USA)
BHP Billiton (Australia)
Bickford Management Consultancy (Australia)
Brisbane City Council (Australia)
Brisbane Water (Australia)
Chamber of Minerals & Energy WA (Australia)
Colorado Group (Australia)
CSR Gyprock (Australia)
CSR Ltd Sugar (Australia)
Department of Main Roads (Australia)
Erickson Air Crane Inc. (USA)
Hawkesbury House Health Institute (Australia)
Heatley Secondary College (Australia)
Horizon Environmental Health and Safety (UK)
Intellectual Disability Services Council (Australia)
JAL Enterprises (Australia)
Let's Work! (Australia)
Livingstone Shire Council (Australia)
Main Roads Queensland (Australia)
Manpower (USA)
McMillan Staff Development (Australia)
Midwestern Area Health Services (Australia)
Millani Bridal Boutique (Australia)
Miriam Vale Shire Council (Australia)
Northern Rivers Area Health Service (Australia)
ORAL Operations Risk and Learning Ltd (Canada)
Psyfactors Pty Ltd (Australia)
Rockford Products Corporation (USA)
Shell Marine Products (UK)
Skadden (USA)
St Ives Gold Mining Co. (Australia)
Surgtrain (USA)
Team Formation (USA)
Tracmin (Australia)
Workplace Australia Group (Australia)

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