[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 […]
Lawyers, Guns, Money and Coaching Sports
Lawyers, guns and money. A popular song crafted by the late (and great) Warren Zevon. Unfortunately, lawyers, guns and money are on the minds of many coaches today. A lawyer, employed by an athletic department, is not uncommon. Disfranchised students, aggrieved parents, irate fans, unwieldy contracts cause employment of more lawyers each year. T.S. Garp, […]
How I Run A Practice (From Concept To Reality)
There’s a saying bouncing around the world of sports, and it goes something like this, “You compete as you practice.” You don’t need a PhD from MIT to make sense of that. Basically, if you want to compete like a champion you need to practice like one. Sounds simple. Well, not really. The tricky part of […]
How I Use Sticky Notes To Be A More Effective Coach
Looking for a sly way to persuade people? Are you taking advantage of this simple tool every office has? Our most powerful coaching tools can often be right in front of us, and we don’t even know it. A basic clipboard can be sneakily powerful. So can a smart phone. But the power of the […]
How To Increase The Value Of Your Coaching, And Why You Better Do It Now
Coaches are a dime a dozen. I know, that stings like getting snapped with a rolled-up, locker-room towel, yet there is truth to it. The truth lies in the fact there are many, many coaches in the world, at least 5 million in the US alone. As one athletic director told me, “There’s more coaches […]
11 Simple Steps For Finding And Keeping Amazing People
This IS rocket science, right here. See, rocket science is about putting things together that take off to great heights, or explode. That’s what this is all about. There is this special thing about coaching — it doesn’t matter how good a coach you are, if you want to achieve great heights you need to surround […]