by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comThere are four kinds of coaching experiences. Unfortunately most of us end up with the bad kind. The four flavors The place we dream of being is that coveted upper-right hand corner. That is where things are positive and you’ve …
Multitasking Makes You Dumber Than Being Stoned!
by Mandy Green, University of South Dakota Women's SoccerThe speech that I gave at Dan Tudor’s NCRC was called “Multitasking Makes You Dumber than Being Stoned.”I asked the 100+ coaches who were there in Nashville this question and I will ask it of you now. How many of the following common …
Who’s Your Pluto?
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comDealing with groups of humans means you have a Pluto.Big group. Small group. Doesn’t matter.There is a Pluto in there — somewhere.And you need to find him (or her) because it could be the secret to your success. Space Trucking The celestial …
How Do I Deal With A Screaming, Disruptive Parent?
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 …