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A 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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13 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...
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The 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...
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4 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...
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Your 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?...
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Heroes 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...
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Why 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...
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21 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 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...
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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 ArticleThe Power of An Athlete’s Role
In work, in sports, in our daily life we want a role to play. Scratch that — we NEED to play a role. We need to know where we fit in. It’s important to us as humans. Why? It helps us feel connected....
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Let Your Authentic Coaching Shine Through
Authentic coaching is critical to recruiting. Specifically, you NEED to represent yourself, your program, your school honestly. This is super critical for two reasons. First, today’s prospects are a...
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Keep your athletes
Coaches invest resources, and energy, and sweat into recruiting athletes. It comes with the territory. Some may think this is only true of college or national teams. It’s true at all levels. Here’s the...
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Old Gold Coaching
Yes, it’s that time of year again. When we pitch the old stuff, and cart in the new. It’s time to reinvent. To try new things. Ah…but there’s one big error Coaches tend to make. Moving Too Quickly Many...
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People don’t want you as their coach
It’s not personal. Instead, they want what your coaching will do for them. They want the way it will make them feel. The problem it will solve. The relief it will give them. If your coaching can help...
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The most important person you will ever coach
Your reflection gives a perspective of how you look. Of how other people will see you. Looking deeper into that mirror you will see the most important person you will ever coach. Yep, it’s you. That’s...
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Yes Coach, you are a marketer
And now you need to get better at it Care to disagree about being a marketer? Okay, I’ll entertain that for a moment. A marketer (according to the smartest person on this topic I know) is someone who:...
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Stop trying to become a better sports coach
Why is it that coaches are rarely formally taught? Drivers are taught Doctors are taught Teachers are taught But sport coaches? Nope. Coaches are rarely formally taught — especially in the US. (Did you...
View ArticleYour Coaching-Improvement Action List
Few of us are exactly the coach we want to be. We constantly work to get better — that comes with the profession. I’ve yet to visit a coach who isn’t a consumer of “how to get better” books, podcasts,...
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Empower Your Coaching With The Right Question
A short while ago, I thought ideas were the new currency. So I would write 10 ideas and send them to people. All sorts of people. Maybe I sent some to you. I noticed something when I sent these ideas:...
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