Yesterday I shared three facts about yelling at kids. These facts should motivate any parent or coach to stop using yelling as a tool for behavior change. Kids dislike people who yell all the time. Yelling at kids lowers their self-esteem and drives higher rates of depression. Yelling does not improve behavior and can instead […]
I did an unscientific survey this weekend among a handful of young athletes 12 and under. I asked them two fairly straight forward questions. Surprisingly, almost every kid I talked with said they had a coach they didn’t like at one time or another. In addition, they all had the same reason for not liking […]
A good coach must be proficient technically. They must know the rules and know how to create a game plan that legally exploits those rules based on the opponent. Those are the basics that almost every good coach understands. What separates a good coach and a great coach is the coach’s ability to teach and […]