Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Routine – The Cornerstone
The cornerstone of effective practice is routine. A set routine is the basis for consistent practice. Great athletes and great teams have set routines for training that do not vary. In fact, with indi...
Announcing GAIN 2018 Faculty
Our faculty is a very special group with a tremendous breadth of experiences and a track record of excellence in their chosen fields. They know how a performance team works, how all aspects of athleti...
Your Brand
In a traditional sense a brand is a name or a symbol. In coaching and teaching it represents you and what you stand for. You are your brand. Who you are? You action and your words define who you are t...
Failure and Risk
In order to succeed you must take risks, you must operate well out of your comfort zone. Risk implies that there is a chance of success or failure. Most of what holds coaches and athletes back from ac...
Good Enough?
What are you doing to get better? Are you the best you can be at what you do? How do you know how good you are – How do you measure your performance? What exactly do you do? Are you doing what ...
Learning to Move
If you want to learn how to move spend some time watching kids play. I mean free non-directed play with no adult supervision or guidance. There are no limits, few inhibitions and no constraints. There...
Anybody Find the Compass?
“Nevertheless, the field of Strength & conditioning still remains susceptible to fads, misconceptions and zealous philosophies that have little to do with sound scientific based knowledge and care...
Coaching is Teaching
How do you teach? How you teach determines your effectiveness as a coach. It was drilled into me when I was in college and student coaching that coaching was teaching. Fortunately, early in my career ...
The Three L’s – Laps, Lines & Lectures
“Let’s go – take two laps and then we will get started with training.” “If you miss this shot then you will have to run.” Think about it, you see this all the time at all levels of sport,...