by Charlie Adams, StokeTheFireWithin.comAs college coaches, you are not only recruiting talent but also helping to develop these young people to have success in life. Of the twenty players on Herb Brooks Miracle on Ice team, all of them have gone on to be successful. While over half played …
7 Sly Skills Of Wicked Good Coaches
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comHave you been trying to improve your coaching, but it’s not working well?Do you know the simple skills that can make a big difference?I’ve not been in many Cracker Barrel restaurants, but I will remember this one.We were traveling to Boston …
4 Strategies to Developing Your Recruiting Relationship
by Jeremy Tiers, Director of Admissions ServicesI heard it again last week. In the middle of my conversation with a first-year admissions counselor who was reflecting on the past 10 months, he blurted out, “I never really thought of this job as a sales position, but that’s what it basically …
The Legacy Of Herb Brooks
by Charlie Adams, StokeTheFireWithin.comTo understand the magnitude of Herb Brooks' leadership, before Brooks coached the 1980 Miracle on Ice US Olympic hockey team, he took over a University of Minnesota program in 1972 that was 8-24 the year before him, including a 15-3 loss in one …
How I Run A Practice (From Concept To Reality)
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comThere’s a saying bouncing around the world of sports, and it goes something like this, “You compete as you practice.” You don’t need a PhD from MIT to make sense of that. Basically, if you want to compete like a champion you need to practice like …