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Empowering Sport Coaches

If Your Friends Don’t Coach Then They’re No Friends Of Mine (and why you need a coach support system)

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  [I wrote this post 4 years ago. I’ve updated it and am sharing it again because the topic is more important than ever.] No coach is an island, and if you think you are…you’re doomed… I’d been at the party for what seemed like a lifetime. It was one of THOSE parties. Y’know the […]

The Price We Pay To Coach, And Is It Too Much For You?

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This is an update to an article original published in 2013] I’ve always been intrigue by the things we do when we coach. And also by the wealth of things a coach is NOT doing when coaching. For example, when in the act of coaching, the coach is: NOT spending time with the family NOT working out […]

Dads Cry Too

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[With Father’s Day on the calendar, I thought this a perfect time to bring this back from the archive] I cried for 20 minutes today. I’m a stoic-type guy. I’m used to compartmentalizing and burying my emotions. But not today. Today was different. It was checkin-day. I dropped my oldest off at college—to start his […]

Are You Good Enough To Coach Your Sport?

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[This is an update to an article original published in 2012] We coaches may look composed and tough on the outside, but on the inside we often have the same fears and worries that typical folks have. I know from my own experiences, and a survey I did of recently hired coaches, that one of […]

Human to human, and coaching relationship

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Relationships are at the epicenter of effective coaching. It’s a strong statement, and probably not news to you. Over the years, I’ve found two things distract from that statement. First, the importance-and-power of coaching relationships is often swept aside by the flash-and-allure of winning. Second, just what exactly is a relationship—especially a positive one? Often we […]

5 Steps To Take When You Want To Quit Coaching Sports

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[This is an update to an article original published in 2014] Coaching can be an emotional roller-coaster, full of surprising highs and terrifying lows. When things go wrong and you hit one of the lows, especially the low-of-lows, a normal reaction can be “I give up.” I’ve uttered those words more than once. Yet here’s […]