It’s a sad phenomenon. A successful athlete who performs exceptionally 90% of the time, but somehow finds a way to choke under pressure. It’s sad to see it happen. But it’s even more sad because intuitively everyone knows the athlete could have done something during their preparation to prevent choking from happening. So, this is […]
One of my favorite books on coaching comes from the great Pete Carroll. In his book Win Forever he provides a simple philosophical prescription to help coaches go from good to great. Good coaches are good with game planning, great coaches are great with philosophical planning. Carrol gives Coach John Wooden credit for inspiring this […]
Nearly all youth athletes get their self-motivation from two areas: 1) Developing new skills. 2) Demonstrating those new skills. Contrary to popular belief, winning in youth sports is not how you motivate a young athlete. If a youth athlete cannot make the connection between practice and competing with these two things, they will not embrace […]