Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Learn from Sherlock
Look for differences not similarities Strip away all things that don't matter and get down to the core issues What you don't see may may be as important as what you do see!
On Coaching
Coaching has been my life for 55+ years. Even before I formally begin coaching and was still an athlete I tried to think like a coach and learn the why I was doing what I was doing. Coaching is a spec...
GAIN Coaching by Design Workshop Designing & Implementing an Effective Athletic Development Program December 14 & 15, 2024,
GAIN Coaching by Design Workshop Designing & Implementing an Effective Athletic Development Program December 14 & 15, 2024, Notre Dame High School, Sherman Oaks, California. Register now: http...
The Seeds of Culture
Clay Erro is the former football coach at Enterprise High School in Redding, California and one of the winningest football coaches in Northern Californian history. More important than his success was ...
Mission Field – Where Champions Were Made!
Fifty years ago, this week I started as girls’ cross country and track coach at Santa Barbara high school. I was just back from a year’s leave from the school district to get my master’s at Stanford. ...
Using the Design Process for Better Coaching
Accept Get started, allow the problem to generate the process. Analyze Gather all the facts visible and invisible. Define &...
Developing Athletes
Ever since I started on this journey first as an athlete and then as a coach I was fascinated with what it took to develop and nurture the athlete. As a young athlete I saw some athletes develop and t...
Running Mechanics Part Three
To correct running mechanics, use the Fault/Reason/Correction Paradigm. First identify the fault in the mechanics. Then find the reason for the flaw and then correct the flaw. Look at the big things f...
Running Mechanics Part Two
The starting point for running mechanics is a basic technical model. That technical model is what man must do sprint at top speed. Therefore, in teaching to improve running mechanics we must start wit...