Athletic Development – Defining the Field
My Sports and Coaching Books of the Year
My Sports and Coaching Books of the Year. Notice the placing of the Wade Gilbert book – Coaching is the foundation!
Old School
I may be an old man but one thing I am not is old school. I will use the metaphor of the increased awareness of the quality of vinyl records. Some call them old school, but there is a reason why peopl...
Go Analog and Start Coaching Now
Try this for one week. When you go out to coach leave your cell phone and iPad in the office. Put the Go Pro away. Turn off the GPS. Watch the athlete, see how they more, how they accumulate those num...
Stuff
Everyone does stuff. What is your stuff? Where did you get that stuff? How do you if the stuff you do works? Is your stuff better than my stuff? Maybe we need to get beyond stuff and focus on the why,...
What exactly is professional development?
Here are some of my thoughts on professional development: First: I do not count time on the Internet reading training porn written by keyboard cowboys with no skin in the game, time on the Internet on...
The Coaching Development Pathway
I originally posted this five years ago. I think given the state of coaching today it is worth reprinting. Frank Dick developed this coaching development pathway. It is a clear pathway, but more impor...
GAIN 2017 – Apply Now
GAIN is a community of professionals eager to learn and willing to share ideas and information. GAIN is not about more exercises, sets, reps and training methods it is about passionate people who purs...
Some Thoughts, Reflections & Advice on Coaching
Keep Learning There is no one way or an answer Be Humble Know what you know and learn what you don’t know Don’t reinvent the wheel Know History Stay curious & keep asking questions Coaching is a c...
Looking at the Landscape
In athletic development certainly we are not going where no one else has gone before, we are not sailing uncharted waters, the path is clear, and the destination is obvious. That begs the question the...