Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Coaching Excellence – Part One
(Introduction - This is the first of a four part post that I think is particularly important at this time and place. These are my ideas and observations on coaching excellence and coaching for e...
Thoughts on TEAM
You don't build a team, your grow a team. It is not a mechanistic process, it is organic like growing a garden. It requires a high degree of care & nurture. It is not my team or your team, it ...
More
Is more better? More miles, more tons, and more training sessions. Certainly, more can be better at various stages of a career, but and that is a very big but, you can quickly reach the point of dimin...
The Big C – Culture
It seems that lately everyone has discovered culture. For me throughout the years I have recognized that culture is the difference maker. You have good cultures that nurture and support excellence and...
Words
Words create images and images create action. This quote from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg underscores the power of words: “At Cornell University, my professor of European literature, Vladimir Nabokov,...
Get Past The What
What you do in training, the exercises are no more than just stuff unless you know WHY you do what you do. It is easy to go to these so called “summits” and come away with more stuff but all the stuff...
GAIN X – Short but Spectacular
As one who is not given to hyperbole GAIN was too short but it sure was spectacular, it was easily the best we have ever had. After ten years, we don’t have it figured out but we sure are on our way. ...
GAIN Swimming 2017 – Join us in September
Coaching Athletic Development for Swimming From Design to Implementation The GAIN swimming network is part of the GAIN network whose goal is to provide an experience that...
The Championship Season
It’s championship season in Track & Field. This is what everyone has been preparing for all year. Are your athletes ready? Rest assured at this time of year there is always doubt. Have I done enou...