Coaching: Good/Bad/Unfair

Over 5 years ago I wrote a post about what was the driving purpose behind youth sports – winning or learning. This was turned on by an email I received from a father of a 10 year old [...]

Old school coaching is being excessively hard on your athletes, embarrassing and demeaning them, yelling at them and withholding positive feedback. The myth of old school coaching is that this [...]

Webster’s dictionary defines the word “paradox” as a “statement that seems contradictory, unbelievable or absurd, but that may be actually true in fact.” In the field of Sports Performance [...]

The new year is here! Is your child athlete feeling ready? As a coach, you have an enormous impact onn your team’s success and attitude. Are you ready to help your athletes make 2020 the [...]

For any athlete to become a champion, which to means going as far as possible in their sport, it takes a total team effort behind them. Without the appropriate support and guidance of coaches and [...]

Coaches, want your athlete to perform their best when it counts the most? Use the “LESS IS MORE” formula! One of the bigger mistakes that coaches make right before and during the big [...]

Hey coach, how come you won’t ever let anyone on the team be sick or injured? Why do I always feel like a wuss whenever I’m in pain around you? How come I feel like I have to go out [...]

She was just 15 years old and a pretty talented little pitcher. Under “normal” circumstances, she was a competitor who usually kept her head on straight. Handling pressure [...]

The very BEST coach I ever had BELIEVED in ME, He encouraged me to BELIEVE in MYSELF and DREAM! He REFUSED to let me get away with a MEDIOCRE effort, He CHALLENGED me to push beyond my limits, He [...]