There is a lot to love about those who coach youth and high school sports. The vast majority of coaches are the salt of the earth. The vast majority are more than coaches, they’re leaders, mentors, and motivators. What’s more, youth and high school coaches also serve as important catalyst for changing lives for the […]
Finding out how to achieve the mental state of flow in sports is the question I sought to answer 2 months ago to the day. On that day I received my copy of Flow in Sports: The keys to optimal experiences and performances by Susan A. Jackson and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. As I started the book, […]
There is a simple fact about youth sports that I think is necessary to reiterate over and over. Youth sports does NOT build character in children. Youth sports reveals character in children. It’s the parents and coaches who build character using youth sports as the classroom. With that said, here are 10 character building lessons […]