No matter where I go in the
world to teach, the
traditional coaches mantra
of “Can’t pass, can’t hit”
is one of the first
statements I hear in any
language. Then, when we
introduce our sport to new
players of any age, the
first skill taught is almost
always “the…
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I oft speak of the impact a
Discover magazine article
long ago had on me, on how
we are fooled by randomness,
in helping me be a better
parent and coach. A short
TED.com clip on why we need
to teach our kids stats over
calculus – as my daughter
struggles to decide between
taking…
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I have been reflecting on
the lack of specificity in
most coaches’ teaching, as
well as the choice of words
we often make by habit. I
am reminded of this as we
are scripting some free
videos to share this year,
but mostly it is due to the
difficulty I see coaches go
through and how their…
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What a great IMPACT webinar
last week, with Andy Pai
answering the 200 coaches’
written questions that
poured in, while Phil
Shoemaker, head coach at
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, and I shared
about 100 total years of
collective insights for
these new coaches to learn
from. One coach made…
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So I spent the last four
nights in Hartford,
Connecticut. Snowfall of a
greater amount in the storm
than any other time in
recorded history.
Temperatures lower than any
time in the last six years.
So the aptly named
Winterfest Tournament took
place on over 20 courts in
the Convention Center, and…
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I am a month into coaching
my 14 team, I call them the
Fourteeners, after our 52
highest 14,000 foot plus
mountain peaks we have here
in Colorado, including the
snow shrouded one right out
the USA Volleyball office
window known as Pikes Peak.
I figured I would simply
share what I wrote my team,
BOTH…
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Some of you may know the
Hippocratic Oath, given to
medical doctors. For those
who do not know, it
translates simply to First
Do No Harm. This is a
cornerstone in my philosophy
of developing amazing
leaders and growing the
game. I believe this oath
should be given to each
coach, for in my decades…
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While my grassroots article
from over 20 years ago shows
lots more of the things I
have somehow either changed
or even completely avoided
(CLICK HERE to download “How
to Ruin a Player”) – of late
I have been hearing from the
grassroots some variations
and outright new versions
of…
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Last week at the LTAD
Conference in Canada, I
found it most intriguing
that of the many ideas I
shared, the one that
resonated the strongest was
the title of this blog.
After my keynote speech,
just about every following
speaker noted it in some
fashion, tying it into their
own presentation. …
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