THE MYTHOLOGY OF LEADERSHIP...

Posted by Coach in Coach's Blog on Feb 24, 2012 | No Comments

Losing coaches have shed tears over the years about not having any leaders on the court, field or in the locker room. Consider for a moment, that a lot of the shortage is due to the fact that there is a model that the so-called “natural-born leader” fits that eliminates most of the population. Having [...]

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THE IDES OF MARCH...

Posted by Coach in Coach's Blog on Feb 20, 2012 | No Comments

The Ides of March is fast approaching, which signals that we are fully into that madness called college basketball and its NCAA Championship competition. Our media pundits are fully engaged in identifying who is in and who is out, and of course, who is on the “infamous bubble.” It’s one of the very few occupations [...]

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GROWING THE YOUNG PERFORMER...

Posted by Coach in Coach's Blog on Feb 14, 2012 | No Comments

I have written several blogs over time about our largest group of athletes, ages 6-12. Given I do a lot of work with the products of that group of young people (college athletes) I keep seeing the same practices that don’t work. First, the number one reason kids play is to have fun. If this [...]

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IT’S MONDAY IN FEBRUARY...

Posted by Coach in Coach's Blog on Feb 14, 2012 | No Comments

It is Monday in February, so the Super Bowl must be over and the football is ended. A sad day for our friends in the media. Not sad for too long given March Madness is just around the corner. That’s a conversation for another time. I wonder why the powers that be think they have [...]

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POLITICS AND PERFORMANCE...

Posted by Coach in Coach's Blog on Feb 14, 2012 | No Comments

I don’t get it. We have one country and multitude of opinions as to what to do with it. We lead the world in finger-pointing. We act like we don’t need each other. We complain about the “way it is.” We are all responsible for everything that is going on. Yes, even the independents who [...]

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IF RELATIONSHIP IS THE KEY …...

Posted by Coach in Coach's Blog on Feb 14, 2012 | No Comments

In the last few blogs I have posted the topic has been on what has relationships work. I proposed that the context for effective relationships is 100%-0%. If you missed that you can catch up by reading those blogs preceding this one. When a relationship isn’t working it is usually due to a faulty foundation [...]

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