I felt sad because everyday I had to wake up early to practice before going to school. After school I had to go back to tennis again, and...

(As you may have noticed I am posting some recent blog posts in a new format, this one was mainly written by Styrling Strother when we...

It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop. ~ Confucius Do we work on the shots that really matter, in the order in...

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should. ~ Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park PART...

March 21, 2017 Insanity: Doing the same things over and over again and expecting different results. ~ Albert Einstein Too Much Love for...

June 23rd, 2022 We Don’t Know that We Don’t Know Many sports leaders unwittingly build a wall between themselves and the common rank and...

Who’s Is It? How Valuable is It? How will I own something, if it’s not mine? Why do I value something much more when I work for it, than...

“Discipline is Remembering What you Want.” ~ David Campbell Deftly Done, or Heavy Handed? Quite often, what coaches think of as...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Strong Templates for Creating What can a tennis coach learn...

It’s a Dangerous Mission Coaching a team is a lot like going on a helicopter mission. No matter how good your skills as a helicopter...

Few Talk About Setting the Tone What is it that no one tells you, when it comes to coaching a team? One of the most important topics,...

Working Alone: Ego Satisfaction When I am working on a puzzle or solving a problem, I like to own it. When a problem seems really tough,...

January 10, 2017 Relationship Based Coaching: One at a Time One on One As we move toward more and more athlete-centered coaching, by way...

The Subconscious Message One of the most powerful principles of coaching engages in us, when we walk our own talk. As coaches we want to...

Stories: Off-putting, Challenging, Empowering What is your story? That is one of my favorite questions, but it wasn’t always. Initially I...

Road Trip to See Dave and Adeline I took a trip to Southern California to meet with a few people that I consider to have among the great...

A Mindset of Process, Engagement, Connection and Vulnerability When athletics is at its best, real life creeps into the competitive...

When this first came out in December of 2016, it created some controversy, some saw it as being too negative. Sometimes as coaches we...

Listening to Player Narratives Gives Us Insight Into Their Identities How can we understand players, if we don’t know their stories? One...

Dissent Mostly Seems Ill Timed One of the uncomfortable moments in coaching comes when players use their voice, and they do it in a...