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Coaches these days are required to raise more money, deal with parents, work with their booster club, oversee the academic lives of dozens of athletes, work with the athletic administration and do the myriad other tasks required to build a championship program.
In each instance, sales skills will help coaches get more done and get more [...]
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When you talk to successful coaches, CEO’s and other leaders, they often attribute much of their success to the people with whom they surround themselves. Better people make your job easier and they make success possible. Here are six specific strategies that you can implement in order to better attract and retain great people.
Give them [...]
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As coaches, we often want our athletes to be self-motivated, driven and to hold themselves accountable for their own actions. We want this because we know that it will not only help us win more but also make our lives easier with fewer headaches and hand-holding. Rarely, however, do we set them up for success [...]
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I caught up with the always interesting Zach Even-Esh to talk strength and conditioning- we talk a lot about wrestling specifically but this is relevant to any coach. Check it out!
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My wife is a licensed child therapist who works with children from troubled backgrounds. Recently she was talking about a particular child that just was not responding to counseling, no matter the strategies or techniques used. Sage advice was offered to her from a highly respected therapist with whom she works.
“Our job is to give [...]
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I’ve written on the value of athletics on this blog before. As a coach, you certainly have an understanding of why athletics is important in the life of a young person. I’ve been a college , high school and even a elementary coach. Today, however, I am undertaking a whole new reality. I have volunteered to [...]
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About 10 years ago when I was coaching full-time at the Univ of Virginia, two of my colleagues in the dept recommended a book to me written by a guy named Jeff Janssen called the Team Captain’s Leadership Manual. It was an amazing book and when I became a D1 head coach, I implemented the [...]
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Guest Post by Annette Lynch
When it comes to thinking about preparing for life after sport, most athletes and their support people, are focusing on what they will DO. What new career can they pursue when they are no longer active in sport? How can they earn money?
Unfortunately, less time is spent is spent on thinking [...]
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guest post by Janis B. Meredith
Parents of athletes are not looking for flawless humans to coach their kids.
We realize there is no perfect coach.
But we do have a wish list. As a coach’s wife for 28 year and a sports
parent for 18, I know what I want in a coach and I’m pretty sure most [...]
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Matt Farrell is the Chief Marketing Officer for one of the most successful US Olympic National Governing Bodies in the USOC. They have harnessed their brand to increase awareness, participation and interest in the sport. I interviewed Matt so that we could learn what lessons grassroots teams could learn from what USA Swimming has been [...]
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