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...

Though a righteous man fall seven times, seven times he shall rise up. ~ King Solomon What you will see here are some outcomes of the...

Not So Secret Nutritional Secrets For Healthy Brain and Visual System Bill Patton BrainSports.Coach Eat your foods as your medicines, or...

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. ~ John W. Gardner The Pursuit of Excellence Challenge the Top Level Pursuing...

October 2016 Contrast: Push, Pull, Hold This week we share two contrasting stories, that provide a balanced view toward helping players...

KAOS v. CONTROL September 2016 Styrling, who sometimes needs to be placed in the ‘Cone of Silence’, referenced that snarky old TV show...

“Adversity, to a fixed mindset athlete typically means something very different, than to a growth mindset athlete. The reality is that...

Team Play Anya is in the middle of her high school season, so I don’t expect to see her much until she is done. A major reason for that...

The Wrong Time to Develop an Athlete Centered Approach Is it advisable to free up a player in an athlete centered approach, if you don’t...

We are going to address how you as a coach can handle pushback from players and coaches, but we also want to open up the discussion so...

“No problem was ever solved at the same level of thinking that created it.” ~ Albert Einstein The way people react to a situation or...

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. ~ King Solomon It’s a great...

“The Most Dangerous Food to Eat is Wedding Cake.” Anonymous If we are going to achieve a major mental and emotional objective with our...

Maybe you have heard the phrase “Major in the Majors, and Minor in the Minors”. It really is great advice. If you are like us, and want...

“All behavior is purposeful.” ~ Dr. William Glasser Coach E had a purpose. Her purpose was two-fold. She wanted to do what was best for...

“The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.” ~ Tony Blair Having definite goals is an important part of...

I wish I had more time to watch TV, but I don’t. A great show on public television, that had a huge influence on my way of thought was...

July 2016 “Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.” ~ Gen. George S. Patton Use Big Planning Tools, Reduce Learning Curve When we plan,...

June 2016 If we zoom out a bit to discuss the texture of our relationships in the greater coaching community, we can identify with three...