Live Your Core Values
Many college and high school programs are getting back together, or have been training for the past few weeks, and one of the first things the coach will do is...
The Certainty of Uncertainty
I've let a month go by without putting anything up here on The Coaching Conversation, but I have been writing, and reading, and working. I just have not been sure...
Want to Grow? Embrace the Challenge
I was burning through a fitness blender recently followed by blistering 4:30 minute half mile intervals (ha ha) and it occurred to me that I don't want things to be...
A Coaching Career: Begin Again
I watched this movie once that was largely unremarkable. The title was, I believe, Finnegan Begin Again and the lead character would repeat that to himself like a mantra each...
How to Succeed When Heading to Tournament
This afternoon many soccer coaches and teams will learn their NCAA fate. A handful of bubble dwellers will be disappointed by the committees decision, but most teams hosting a watch...
Make Use of the Time Between Seasons
I learned the term "liminal" in my graduate history program back in the 90s so forgive me if I get this a bit wrong. It was my medieval religious history...
The Inner Game of Tennis Revisited (Part 1)
I have written about The Inner Game of Tennis before many times. It keeps coming up in articles I'm reading and in conversations with athletes. I am repeatedly surprised by...
There’s Still Plenty of Time
Did you catch the Nationals' game? Me neither, but I read about their heroic comeback in the 10th inning to eliminate the Dodgers and advance. Sports are so often about...
Educate. Resonate. Integrate.
If you can't explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood .--Richard Feynman We toss the term life-long learner around as an identity casually and with...
Why Quality is the Key. "Not A Lot, But Much"
I was an average Latin student. It was one year of my life and I have a scarce list of retained learnings. One is a joke: Siempre ubi sub ubi...
Stay Focused. A Win is Just A Win
Stay focused. A win is just a win. I know I'm in danger of getting stuck in tautology here, but put the emphasis on "a." Don't get caught early in...
Season Off to a Slow Start? 8 Ideas for a Team Turnaround
Sometimes a team turnaround is required early in a team's season. We've all had that moment in a season, right? I know I certainly have. Everything started with excitement and...