Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Contemporary Coaching Challenges
Coaching in 2012 has some different demands that when I started coaching in 1969. In so many ways how we meet those demands and adapt to the changes in society and sporting culture will determine our ...
One Size Fits All
I have a friend who is 5’8” and weighs 165 pounds, I am 5’11” and 195 we cannot wear the same size clothing. That should be obvious, then why do we do that with training. We take one training program ...
Key Abilities
There are certain key abilities that determine success or failure, those abilities are: Trainability – Can you do the work appropriate for your level of development. Does training match up with your c...
Brilliant Thoughts
This is from the Oregana, the University of Oregon yearbook from 1962 talking about Bill Bowerman and the development of the Track & Field team that won the 1962 NCAA championship and ended USC’s ...
What Matters
When searching for solutions to a problem It is not what is the matter, that is evident, rather focus on what matters. In order to get meaningful results from training and competition it is imperative...
Short Term Thinking
If you only think of the short term and immediate results from training something will always be missing in the long term. Short-term thinking yields immediate results and long term stagnation. Always...
Seize the Moment
You can’t seize the moment if you are not in the moment. Be here now, in being, in mind and in spirit, not somewhere else. Being in the moment will make each moment count. The past is gone and the fut...
Evidence Based & Peer Reviewed – Does it Matter?
Is it evidence based? Do you have peer-reviewed research to back that up? These are questions I get constantly. I certainly understand that point of view, but coaching is about performance. I know the...
Youth Sports Development
Could we learn some lessons from the French soccer development process? Here is some food for thought. This transcends soccer! At Clairefontaine – National Training Center for French Football Federati...