by Mandy Green, Coaching Productivity StrategiesA common time management mistake is to try to use your memory to keep track of all of the tasks you need to accomplish. I don't care how good you think your memory is: the fact is that most people simple cannot rely on their memory alone to keep …
Jonas, The Blizzard, And Coach Maneuvers
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToady.comJerry Rice, retired wide receiver of the San Francisco 49ers, is the leading points scorer in the NFL. It may surprise you to know that few NFL coaches wanted him on their team.Except for one coach — Bill Walsh.Rice wasn’t the fastest, the …
How A Pre-Mortem Can Save Your Coaching Bacon
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comI worry a lot.During the season I can’t tell you how many 3:37 am worry sessions I have. Just me and my pillow trying to figure things out. For me, it’s one of the least enjoyable parts of coaching.I’m not the only coach this happens to. I once …
The Power Of Your Coaching Beliefs
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.com Every morning, within 5 minutes of waking up, I read my beliefs about coaching. Most times that means even before I get out of bed. I recorded those beliefs years ago. I did so in response to the quickly changing landscape of college coaching, …
Two Critical Time Management Mistakes Coaches Make
by Mandy Green, Busy CoachCoach, have you ever come back from lunch, checked your email, fiddled around on the web, and realized that two or three hours had just slipped away from you? Every day, so many coaches engage themselves in activities that are not relevant to their goals, recruiting, …