Many coaches in the youth sports community use the terms training and practice interchangeably. However, any coach who treats these two terms the same is making a mistake. In fact, training is practically the opposite of practice when you consider their purpose. The sole purpose of training is to get better. When you train you […]
I try my best not to make everything I write about my children. However, the truth is much of what I write comes directly from my experience with my sons. This is even more so when I write specifically about youth wrestling. I’m either pulling from a recent experience with my boys, or an experience […]
Coaches where many hats. However, the most important hat they where is that of a teacher. In that role of a teacher, there is one lesson above all that coaches must find the time to teach their athletes about preparing for practice. This is the lesson of mind and body harmony. While the idea of […]