Today I watched the interview Flowrestling recently did with Tom Ryan, the head wrestling coach at Ohio State. Ryan made a statement that immediately caught my ear as a quote to commit to the memory banks. The quote comes right before the 9 minute mark in the interview after Flowrestling’s Christian Pyles asked coach Ryan […]
A recent clinical report on youth sports from the American Academy of Pediatrics shows that there are four things that make youth sports fun for kids. 1) Trying Hard Trying hard is nothing to be ashamed of. Recently talking with some middle school kids I got the perception that “try hard” kids get looked down upon. […]
Today I was talking with my son about the difference between adversity vs. tragedy and perseverance vs. resilience. The conversation was in the context of the results of his wrestling matches this morning. This weekend he is competing at the National Middle School Duals in Toledo, OH. To sum up our conversation, I was explaining […]