Issues & Advice

By the way, there was no prize for winning or avoiding getting HORSE, although there certainly could’ve been. The game simply appealed to her competitive nature and got her attention. Being a coach sometimes can feel like you’re stuck in the movie Groundhog Day. You offer a correction, the player makes it for a repetition or […]

“It is about connecting to something that motivates you to play for something bigger than yourself or your own ego.” I am very passionate about the game of baseball. I used to be very passionate about playing baseball … that was when I was hyper-connected to the idea of playing in the big leagues. These […]

One of the reasons why people don’t volunteer is that they’re unsure of what’s required of them. And sometimes it takes too much effort on their part to get information. There’s been a downward trend in volunteerism the past decade. Each year we have fewer and fewer parents stepping up to help youth sports, schools […]

Swimming gave me so many of the amazing things I have today. I have been taught so many lessons that I wouldn’t have learned otherwise. In mid-November of 2017, I shared a piece about how my epilepsy diagnosis affected my swimming career. I had just suffered from my first grand mal seizure, but my doctors believed […]

11- and 12-year-olds “can be goofy, and they can exceed expectations. They can be outstanding, and they can be human. You keep things in perspective.” Bill Martin’s first trip to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, was by train along with his 1950 Houston Little League teammates, who returned home three games later as champions of the fourth annual […]

Instead of waiting for the fire to be out of control, spot the trouble patches early and reach out to your coach or teachers and let them know that you need some help. With another school year here – seriously, where did this year go? – comes another bout of the juggling that happens between […]

Good footwork is important to enable the boxer to defend or attack from a balanced position. When starting out, boxers will usually first be taught how to fight at a distance, also known as ‘outfighting,’ rather than getting in close where they are more likely to be hit. The skills used here include arm’s-length punches and […]

You cannot always be on the attack in your training. An army needs time to rest, eat, let the wounds heal and take rest from the pressures of battle. If you want to become a better hockey player, it’s important to go all-out in your training. You shouldn’t be holding back when you’re in the […]

As a whole these are the only blitzes you need. If your players are able to master these blitzes that frees them up to work on the techniques of each position instead of going through a million different blitzes every practice. A key component of being a coordinator on either side of the ball is […]