Better recruiting by breakfast
Did you know you can improve your recruiting between the time you wake up and the time you eat your breakfast? For some of you that’s only a few minutes — or less. Maybe you just grab a banana going...
View ArticleYour special coaching advantage
Often the thinnest-of margins separates good-from-great or a loss-from-a-win in sports Where does that razor-thin margin come from? Often it’s all in what the coach knows. “It’s what you learn, after...
View Article21 Smart Ways To Invest In Your Coaching Development
[This is a significant update to an archived post] Here’s an intriguing question: how is a coach like a doctor, a teach, a plumber and an accountant? Easy… We are all in the help-people-improve...
View ArticleWhy are there two types of recruiters?
There are not—obviously—only two types of recruiters. There are many different types: High school recruiters College recruiters Business recruiters And on-and-on the list rolls. But in reality there...
View ArticleHeroes in Coaching Sports, and Zeroes
[This is a significant update from an original post from 2013] Growing up I was surrounded by heroes. Animated heroes were on the TV every Saturday morning. Storybook heroes in comics and paperbacks...
View ArticleYour next great coaching idea
Coach looks for an advantage. An edge. Maybe it’s a player. A play. A workout. Or, hey….what about an idea. Careful if it’s a new idea When an idea is NEW—especially radically new—get ready! For what?...
View Article4 Preventable Coaching Mistakes You Need To Stop Making
Oh, yes you are…you ARE making mistakes. Screwing-up. We don’t like to admit it. And the coaching mistake might not happen today. Or tomorrow. But one-of-these days you will screw-up your coaching How...
View ArticleThe Lonely Athlete Generation
Numerous articles have come out recently describing how Generation Z is the loneliest generation. Compared to previous generations the Gen Zer’s (born between 1981 and 1996) have been found to be more...
View Article13 Actions Every Coach Should Take During These Unusual Times
I want to tell you a story…about a time a coach lost her season. She was excited about her athletes, her staff, the possibilities of this being THE year. And then it ended. In the middle of a Friday...
View ArticleA New Weird World Of Coaching Sports
It’s more than a wee-bit-crazy these days. And if you are a sports coach your life is probably even crazier. In fact, a new mindset is that you now Coach Sports From Home (CSFH). Here are a few...
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