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 […]
There are three types of losers. Those people who accept losing. The people who learn from losing. Then of course you have your sore losers. When you win all the time, it’s easy to fall victim to the sore loser mentality. If you lose all the time, it’s easy to let being a loser become […]