by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comIn 1991 I was sent to Havana, Cuba as part of the advance team for the Pan American Games. I arrived a week before the U.S. Team, and my job was to get our equipment ready at the competition site.The site was an hour out of Havana, in a rural area. I …
5 Steps To Take When You Want To Give Up Coaching
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comCoaching can be an emotional roller-coaster, full of surprising highs and terrifying lows. When things go wrong and you hit one of the lows, especially the low-of-lows, a normal reaction can be “I give up.”I have uttered those words more than …
11 Simple Questions That Will Improve Your Coaching
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comI’m going to dare you to do something that used to scare the bejeezits out of me.It’s tough. Draining.Yet, like daily exercise, the benefits can be profound.Here’s what I dare you to do … Ask Yourself A Simple Question A simple question can …
Things That Keep Coaches Up At Night (And What To Do About Them)
Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comI love gadgets, especially apps for my iPhone.I’ve been fiddling with one for several weeks, it’s called SleepCenter.I turn on the app and slide the phone under my mattress. Using the magic that lives in the center of my phone, SleepCenter measures …
6 Little (Secret) Steps To Improve Your Coaching This Week
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.comWhen I started coaching, I longed for the BIG-SECRET.That one huge secret thing that was going to blast my coaching to the next level.I didn’t know what it was, but I knew that it was out there … somewhere.But over the years I learned the …