By: Mandy Green, Head Women's Soccer Coach, University of South DakotaWhen I have time, I sit and watch other sport practices. It seems pretty common across the board that all coaches have practice planned down to the minute. Everything is planned in advance, top priorities to work on take up …
Down the Dark Road of Demeaning Coaching
by Dr. Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comSitting in the audience, I waited for the stand-up comedian to get us laughing.He didn't.He was having an off-day. Not even a giggle. I could see the frustration building on his face.After a few minutes of joke-after-joke failing, he …
3 Tips for Managing Your Coaching Energy
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comTime-management is everywhere.Books and blog posts abound with a wealth of tricks to squeeze a few more workable minutes out of your day.But none of those are any good to you if you sit down exhausted and your head bounces off your desk after a …
My Dad, His Outdated Computer, and the Lesson for College Coaches
by Sean Devlin, Front RushThis past weekend, I updated my fathers operating system on his computer.It was a real pain because I couldn't just install the operating system, I had to install a previous version of the operating system, update that version, and then install a new version after …
Habits Are For the Short Run
by Ellen Sawin, NCSA Athletic RecruitingWhat do John Wooden, Anson Dorrance, Bill Bowerman, Sue Enquist and Russ Rose have in common?All of these coaches established historic programs in their respective sports.They established brands: UCLA Basketball, UNC Soccer, Oregon Track & Field, …