Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Coach & Teach the Way You Would Want to Be Coached & Taught
One of my biggest motivations in coaching is to NOT coach the way I was coached when I played football in college. It was characterized by physical and mental abuse with motivation (If you want to cal...
Some Lessons on Strength Training Learned Over 60 Years
I wanted to summarize some practical conclusions from my personal experiences so that young coaches and athletes starting out would not make the same mistakes I have made in my journey. There is no fo...
I Think I Can
There will always be naysayers, doubters, and critics – If you listen to them, you will never progress. Never let them define you or hold you back. Put your head down and do the work. Stick to your be...
Center of the Universe
You folks out there who self-identify as strength coaches, the weight room is not the center of the universe. If you are going to develop a complete adaptable athlete ready to thrive in the competitiv...
Importance of Knowing Why
It is so easy to get caught up in the what – the exercise, the drill or the workout. Today with the plethora of training porn available on social media the what is even more prevalent than ever. I can...
The Journey – Reflections & Recollections
This fifty plus year journey of coaching that I am on has been rewarding in so many ways. Most of the rewards are intangible, relationships, lessons learned. Trophies and medals get lost or break but ...
All the Answers
I remember forty years ago when I had all the answers. Then I found out that I had the answers to the wrong questions. Since then, I have learned to follow the wise words of Ken Kesey. "The answe...
Shapes
The essence of efficient movement in everyday life and sport is the ability to make effective and appropriate shapes for the activity. From a sport performance perspective making shapes and changing s...
Some Friday Thoughts
Never ever forget that training accumulates day to day, week to week, month to month and year to year. Therefore, you do not need to start over at zero each year. Build upon what you have done in a lo...