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, …
How College Coaches Control The Future Of Specialization
by Wayne Mazzoni, Pitching Coach, Sacred Heart UniversityI hope all college coaches reading this agree with this statement: The specialization of young athletes is an epidemic we must take part in changing.To do this, let’s look at the facts and trends. Over the past 15 years there has been …
MENTORS – WHY YOU NEED THEM AND HOW TO SEEK THEM OUT
by Erika Brennan, National Recruiting CoordinatorThe coaching world is extremely dynamic – one in which no two days are ever exactly alike. It’s probably what drew many of you in to coaching - the ability to impact young people for the better using your respective sports as the vehicle for …
5 Ways To Ensure A Steady Pipeline Of Leadership On Your Team
by Erika Brennan, National Recruiting CoordinatorWouldn’t it be nice if we could just put a “WANT Ad for Team Captains” out in the classifieds of the theoretical team newspaper?Certainly, then we would have our pick among those eager respondents who have had previous training, …
This Is Important!
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.com[This is part two in the series on effective persuasion for sport coaches]You’re reading this, which means the title did exactly what I hoped it would do — it sparked your interest. And that’s exactly what effective sports coaches have to do — they …