My daughter/son has “so-and-so” as a coach. So-and-so was All-American so obviously he/she will be a great coach for my kid. I’ve learned, and I think most of you reading this might realize it, but just because you were a superstar athlete does not mean that translates into being a good coach. Sure what you [...]
I try not to take things too personally when it comes to my athletes and what they are doing outside of our facility. I get that they have obligations to their team and their coach. But, sometimes I get a little frustrated when athletes get taken away from us because they simply have too much [...]
We are getting into the heart of our track regular season. The kids are starting to hit their stride. The competition is getting tougher. You get to see what your athletes are really made of when they are challenged a little bit. I am a big believer in the mental part of sports. I feel [...]
A few years back, I prepared an open letter to coaches describing why a service such as mine would be useful to his/her athletes. If you want to take a glance at it, you can CLICK HERE. I have created another letter for athletes who have to do a lot of off-season conditioning that isn’t [...]
I am as guilty as any private coach when selling my services. You have a prospective new client in front of you and you start discussing all the fabulous people you have had the pleasure to work with. You start discussing this athlete that won a state title and that athlete that is participating at [...]
The baseball hall of fame announcements were made last week and Derek Jeter, not surprisingly, made it his first time on the ballot. When hearing anecdotes about Jeter, one of the recurring themes was how confident he was in his ability to get the job done. He felt he was going to have success each [...]
This may be a whacky idea, but I’ve been thinking about this idea for club sports for a while. Maybe it is more specifically for club track or individualized sports, but what about a virtual coach or club for your travel sports? Let’s take my sport, track, for example because I’m not quite sure this [...]
When we have athletes start training with us, one of the more popular long term goals that is mentioned is they want to play in college. If that is the case, then you certainly need to be aware of what college coaches are actually looking for in recruits. I’ve been around for a long time, [...]
Back in the day, the biggest thing that stressed us out was whether that sabretooth tiger was going to sneak up on you or not. Whether you’d be able to find food or whether someone was going to steal your food. We don’t necessarily have those worries, but stress is all over us like flies [...]
Club sports and year-round training has been a hot topic for a lot of parents of athletes I train. At some point in our conversation, I seem to be saying similar points about less practice and more pickup sports. Everything in an athlete’s training is structured and regimented. If you screw up, you have a [...]