Athletic Development – Defining the Field
No App for that
There is no app that will magically teach you to be a better coach. Becoming a better coach is a process. It requires daily investment in time and effort to achieve mastery of the skills necessary. Co...
Something to Think About
This post was inspired by my third read of Adam Grants great book – Think Again and conversations with coaches and administrators over the past few weeks. It is the time of the year when we are ...
Thoughts from Morning Walks & Long Bike Rides
So often it is not about time, it about timing. Know why to do what you do and then find the right time. “Generation that plants the tree is NOT the generation that gets the shade.” Talent identificat...
Thoughts on End of Season Review/Debrief
Whether you are a national governing body reviewing your performance at the Olympic games or a high school coach just ending your season and preparing for next year. Here are few thoughts that ...
Tokyo Olympics in the Rear View Mirror
Well, the 2021 Olympics are in the books. It was an Olympics like no other. Great performances, disappointing performances, surprising performances, great upsets, in short just about everything you wa...
Seeing the World with Childs Eyes
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This is a picture of my ten-month-old granddaughter, Taylor at the California Academy of Science Aquarium. Her eyes tell the story. It is a reminder to us...
Coming Home to Roost – Injuries
Injuries at all levels of sport are off the charts. Despite much hand wringing, bloviating, and elaborate injury prevention programs injures continue to rise. In the actual sport training, we are so c...
Rhythm & Tempo
When working on writing projects I listen almost exclusively to two classic jazz albums: Time Out with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and Kind of Blue with Miles Davis. Over the years it is the rhythm, temp...
Now what?
You have a bachelors and master’s degree in sports science. You know more scientific theories than Newton & Einstein combined. You can run a GPS tracking system and generate multiple spreadsheets;...