Athletic Development – Defining the Field
Old Questions – New Answers
Questions are a major stimulus to drive change. Significant change will not come by spending an inordinate amount of time trying to find new answers to old questions. Real profound change will come fr...
Reinventing the Wheel
It just amazes me to see how every generation of young coaches have to reinvent the wheel. No need. Connect with people who have been there before and the journey is much easier and direct. These the ...
Evidence Based
So your training is evidence based. Who has gathered the evidence? What actually is the evidence? I get it, it is published and peer reviewed – so what? So much research I see is still on untrained co...
Some Tips to the Top
Smart work, very focused and directed to meet individual needs is necessary. Embrace risk and failure – Take calculated chances and learn form the mistakes. Do ordinary things ...
One Trick Pony
Are you preparing your athletes to be a one trick pony? What’s a one trick pony? A one trick pony is an athlete who is highly specialized in a narrow range of skill sets and conditioning. They are hig...
Odds and Ends
I am enamored on what it takes to be the best, to be great, to sustain excellence. This interview with Smokey Robinson on NPR http://n.pr/1rIZ9Qm gives some insights into what has enabled this man to ...
More Colleagues Responses to Beware The Keyboard Coaches
Dear all, The amount of professionals around these days that have the wisdom, balls and credibility to email such a ‘rant’ are few and far between. Thanks Vern. There always has and always will be sho...
Colleagues Responses to Beware The Keyboard Coaches
Hi All. I couldn't agree more. We see short cutters in all sport and the arts today. I will answer in depth in a couple of hours. In swimming we observe coaches conducting practices for developing...
Beware The Keyboard Coaches
(I sent this post to many of my colleagues – over the next few days I will post their comments and reactions. I think you will find it informative and enlightening. Some of these people are icons in c...