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 [...]
Athletes can be their own worst enemies sometimes. And it is not their fault. If you have watched enough sports, you will hear how tough you have to be when you are injured. So-and-so played with a broken leg, so why can’t you. Or while playing in little league, you might have heard a coach [...]
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 [...]
Recently, I had inquired about why a certain athlete was not making the workouts. I asked two teammates and they said basically that it boiled down to this person being lazy. And to be honest, I already had figured that out. It got me thinking that young athletes can make the same assumptions about their [...]
I can’t believe it is another year. Consequently, this is the time of year where athletes make goals for themselves to accomplish in their sport. Unfortunately, most of these goalsettings end up being dreams rather than actual goals. What do I mean? People that go out and start successful businesses usually begin by creating a [...]
I don’t think there is an argument to be had if I were to say doing deadlifts will make you stronger. I personally feel that doing deadlifts will also make you faster, but you might get some resistance on that by some people. Not many, but some. I didn’t always utilize deadlifts though. I am [...]
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. [...]
An athlete has different phases he/she might go through during the athletic year. For example, when one is actually in the middle of their season playing their sport, this period is called the In-Season. Using that example, many of you are probably going to go, “Well DUH!” But, let’s play this out so that I [...]
I have watched a lot of sports involving young kids. The age group I’m talking about is approximately 5 years old to 11 or 12. Sports at that age doesn’t look close to how the sport is actually supposed to be played. These kids are running around like chickens with their heads cut off. I [...]