Pressure Is Not Intensity
Pressure vs intensity in sports is one of the most misunderstood differences in athletic performance. Many athletes believe that playing harder means playing faster, louder, and with more urgency. In …
Logical Fallacies Series: The Loaded Question
Loaded Question in Youth Sports: How This Fallacy Derails Coaching Conversations This post is part of my ongoing series on logical fallacies in youth sports and athlete development. If you …
When It’s Time to Rewrite the Story
When It’s Time to Rewrite Your Story in Coaching and Life There is a funny thing about the stories we tell ourselves. We love them. We need them. Sometimes, without …
Five Books That Changed My Life
Did five books really change my life? If you would have told me twenty years ago that I would write a blog about books that changed my life, I probably …
Dear Tradition, It’s Time We Talked.
There was this coach I once worked with who had a very specific whistle. Two quick tweets for water, one long tweet to circle up, and three short tweets to …
Walking A Mile In Their Cleats
I once had a coach who thought motivation meant yelling at us until we “wanted it more.” Spoiler alert: it did not work. What did work? The coach who took …