When an athlete is struggling at mid-season, without doubt an intervention is necessary. What’s more, it’s up to coaches to identify the type of intervention the athlete needs. The first step a coach must do before they can decide on the type of intervention is to identify if the athlete is struggling due to mental […]
It’s a fact that most coaches spend less than 5% of any given youth or high school practice on developing mental skills. This means that during a typical 2 hour practice, a coach may spend about 6 minutes tops on mental skills. Even with that 6 minutes, it’s still likely only touching the surface with […]
From the outside looking in, it appears that the hard part of coaching is teaching athletes technical and tactical skills. While these skills are important, one could easily argue that good technical and tactical coaches are a dime a dozen. Any great athlete could transition from player to coach if all they needed to worry […]