by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.com There’s a saying bouncing around the world of sports, and it goes something like this, “You compete as you practice.” You don’t need a PhD from MIT to make sense of that. Basically, if you want to compete like a champion you need to practice like …
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How Do I Get Athletes To Respond To My Emails?
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.com I hit “Send Message” and waited. And waited. And waited. My head began to spin … I muttered, “What’s wrong with these athletes — why don’t they respond?” Do they hate me? Have they quit? Were they kidnapped? Are they conspiring against …
Political Debates and Your Prospect’s Vote
As the 2015 Presidential primary season started heating up, one of the largest - and, to date, most watched - candidate debates took place. It featured 16 men and women running for the Republican nomination. And while I don't want to parse the political messages that each candidate brought to …
Warning: The Era Of Abused Coach Needs To End
by Mike Davenport, CoachingSportsToday.com Now I’m worried. I’m reading the September 28, 2015 issue of Sports Illustrated. On page 50, Alexander Wolff’s article, Abuse Of Power, begins. Wolff does a slam dunk on abusive coaches. Every coach at every level needs to read it. You need …
Key Questions to Ask Your Recruit AFTER They Visit Campus
In college recruiting - especially this time of year - there is often a singular focus from coaches who are doing all they can to ask the right questions of their recruits in order to get one thing from them: Their commitment to visit campus. That's the holy grail of college recruiting, no …