All high school athletes who get the opportunity to play in college are elite high school athletes. However, all college athletes are not elite college athletes. In other words, what it takes to get the opportunity to play sports in college is not the same as what it takes to seize that opportunity. To be […]
Elite athletes have already accomplished a lot in their sport. They have already made it through the grueling process of going from good to great. In addition, elite athletes already have a firm grasp of all the skills they need to win against elite competition. So, what’s left for a coach to do when they […]
It’s frustrating to coach an athlete who dreams to play in college, go to the Olympics, or go pro but doesn’t show the work ethic to back this up. I call this having million-dollar dreams with five-dollar habits. The go to method to motivate these athletes is to use rewards and punishments to try to […]