Fourth Anniversary

This week marks the fourth anniversary of this blog. I have
no idea how many posts there have been, since we migrated from blogger to
typepad I have lost count. All I know is that this has been fun. I am very selfish;
I write this blog for myself. I use it to kick start my day, to get me focused on
my mission to define the field of Athletic Development. I sincerely hope that
the ideas, opinions and thoughts that I share stimulate you to think.

For you new readers I started writing this blog in August
of 2005 as a daily exercise to help me focus on writing and completing my
Athletic Development book published by Human Kinetics. I enjoyed it so much
that I kept writing after the book was finished that December. I will keep
writing as long as I enjoy it. I have tried to keep it as non-commercial as
possible, balancing this with the consideration that I still need to make a
living. We certainly live in a time of profound change and challenge in sport
and in everyday life. I hope to keep sharing my thoughts and ideas as long as I
can keep my enthusiasm. I am doing everything in my power to define the field
of Athletic development, to get away from guruism and fads, to focus on
knowledge and sound training principles. Gandhi said “We must become the change
we want to see,” that is what I am trying to do.