by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comI still hear the voice of my first screaming parent.Even though she was bellowing to support the team it was grating — like fingernails-down-the-chalkboard. Yelling little tips to me (“Yo, Coach, call a time out!”) that were, well, her way of being …
The 8 Hells Of Coaching
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comWelcome to Hell.You don’t want to be here. You don’t deserve to be here.Yet, here you stand — hip deep in Coach-Hell.Welcome to the club.Every so often I visit Coach-Hell. Sometimes it’s my fault, sometimes not. Regardless of how I get …
What the Professional Coach Needs to Do Toward Career Advancement
by Dr. Thom Park, The Gamebreakers LLCThe modern coach, of whatever sport, works and lives in a siloed sport society. Be it football, soccer, golf, or track, basketball, or baseball, each sport has generalities in common with others and yet specifics unique to each sport. Each sport has a …
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 …
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 …