I was talking to a buddy about his kid who plays on the school baseball team and he was railing on the coach. Being a coach, I like to cut them some slack, but when there are bad ones there are bad ones. But, is this a bad coach? First off, my buddy was a [...]
The spring season is upon us. Teams are going through all their preseason work. One of the rituals, unless it already has happened, is the picking of the captains. Who among the group of kids is going to show the traits that you look for in a leader? As a coach, what are these traits [...]
The winter sports are coming to a close. End of the season tournaments are starting up. Only one team or individual can win all of their games left, so chances are your season will be ending soon. If you are moving on to a spring sport, then there are some things that you need to [...]
How old is old enough for my kid to start training? This is a question I get a lot. By this point, I usually have a stock answer that I give parents, but since this is a blog post, my response might start with “what type of training are you talking?” If you are talking [...]
I’m a 46 year old man. I’ve been working out or been active my entire life. As I’ve gotten older, I have a certain annual plan that I do with my workouts. My workouts are centered around 4 month training plans, which in a year means I cycle through these 3 times. Within this training [...]
Can you believe this year is almost over? It seems I was writing the same thing last year. The days just fly by. Understandably so, you have been busy and probably haven’t had the chance to read everything that I write. So, if you missed a lot of the 2017 blog posts, you should take [...]
One of the big misconceptions out there is in order to be a good coach, you have to have been a good athlete for that sport. Sometimes we can be blinded by all the accolades of that athlete and think, “I’m going to be taught by the best.” Well, as Magic Johnson found it, it [...]
It is a tough job being a coach. It is an even tougher job being a youth sport coach. I have nothing but kudos to those parents who are willing to volunteer their time to be a coach for a youth team. Yes, I said volunteer because most of these adults are not getting paid. [...]
I was talking with a parent yesterday about his daughter’s pulled quad muscle. It has been a nagging injury throughout the season and probably what is needed is rest. But, that isn’t happening right now with half the season yet to play. The parent mentioned how this has been such a tough injury to recover [...]
I remember when I first started coaching kids, I thought I would treat them with respect. Treat them how I would want to be treated. Basically, I thought that I tell them something to do and they would just do it because I was the coach and they were the athletes. I quickly learned that [...]