Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Evidence
Evidence Based = Research Practice Based = Experience Effective coaching demands a blend of the two, the art and the science. The ultimate measure is reproducible results by resilient adaptable athlet...
Basics
The basics are the essential foundation of performance at any level of sport. Know the basics Have command and mastery of the basics Don’t deviate from the basics Build on the basics If in doubt alway...
Words
Words matter! So use words that matter. Words can be helpful or hurtful. So select words with intention to gain the desired attention. Use action words that evoke the desired outcome. Be on point. Cle...
Were Talking
Coaches love to talk. They talk even when no one is listening. They talk just to hear themselves talk. Stop talking! Start listening! You will be surprised how much your coaching will improve. We need...
The Why of GAIN
I just finished reading Simon Sinek’s book Start with Why for the second time. It got me thinking about the why of GAIN. For those of you who don’t know GAIN is an acronym for Gambetta Athletic Improv...
Is there any there there?
Learn to look beyond the hype, the marketing, the promotion and see what is really there. What is the substance? Evidence based? Where is the evidence? Is there practice to back up the evidence? What ...
Injury Prevention – Getting It Right
In so many ways injury prevention programs are a lost cause. My sense of it is that the more time spent on injury prevention the more injuries there will be. Do I have proof with hard numbers? No rath...
The Concept of Foundation
As a coach for many years I bought into the concept that I had to re-establish the base, in essence starting over each year. Slowly I came to the realization that I was stifling the athlete’s developm...
Agility
Agility is the ability to recognize, make a decision, react, start, move in correct direction, change direction if necessary, & stop QUICKLY. Quickly is a time span of hundreds of a second up to t...