by Mike Davenport, Coaching Sports Today If you want to make our world a better place, there are few ways more powerful than being a coach. – Dr. Jim Knight Sport coaches are a dime-a-dozen. I know…that stings like getting snapped with a rolled-up, locker-room towel; however, there is truth to …
A College Coach’s Keys to Productivity
by Mandy Green, Busy Coach As we are almost 2 months into the fall competitive seasons and 1 month into school, I wanted to send you a few friendly reminders about how you can completely change the energy that you bring to everything you do as you are trying to finish this fall out strong. You …
What You Should Do With All Those New Names
By Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions Services As your admissions team navigates through college fairs and high school visits, I’m sure everyone has been accumulating plenty of new names to add to your database. Once those leads are inputted, now what? How are you going to get those …
On Being a “Reasonable” Coach
by Mike Davenport, Coaching Sports Today [This is an update to a post from 2013 and is not intended to be legal advice and should not be taken as so. It is only meant to introduce a concept to coaches.] Take a situation. What would a reasonable person do? What would a reasonable person think …
An Exit Plan Today Will Make You a Better Coach Tomorrow
by Mike Davenport, Coaching Sports Today Jack is in line at the supermarket, waiting to pay for his bananas. He knows exactly what he is going to do as soon as he gets his change. He has a plan. Barb, a fifth grader, is watching the clock slowly move toward 3pm. She has big plans when school is …