Really well articulated delineation by Lee Taft on the “anatomy of a skill versus a drill”… A SKILL is the area of athleticism or sport performance we want to enhance to improve the greater good of our performance. We want greater SKILL so we can perform at high levels. Our intentions as coaches should always be focused …
Growth comes in two forms: improvement or innovation. Improvement is the process of accumulating marginal (or incremental) gains. One percent learnings, or ‘1%-ers’, as I like to call them. As a young coach (or player), it’s easy to make big leaps in improvement. The learning curve is steep. And, if you’re hungry, growth can come …
We are all teachers and students of the craft of “coaching”. The subject may change, but what makes the greats great (at their level), is universal. In fact, some of my biggest “Aha!” moments these last few years have come from my interactions with teacher-coaches in other sports. I love cross-sport learnings(…!). So when I …
It’s not the recipe. It’s you. Why is it that two people can take the exact same recipe yet have different results? Same ingredients, same cooking supplies, different results. If The Lady and I were to follow the same 10-step instructions for cooking salmon, they’d taste different. Fact. She’s no master chef and I’m not a …
You’re not going to find this at any basketball clinic or in any coaching book. Rarely will it show up in any works on leadership. But… it is the essence of great coaching and leadership. This is one of my everything-yet-nothing to do with coaching shares: Brené Brown on Empathy. Watch. Reflect. Apply… Takeaways… “Empathy fuels …
The Whistle and a Clipboard podcast was created to “provide a place for coaches to learn from one another.” With, I want to give a big shout out to Jason Oates for creating this platform for so many coaches to share their point of view and grow sport coaching – together! Highlights: In this interview, I discuss: …
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’ve been blessed with a beautiful burden. Coaching is my opportunity to give back to – and thru – a game that’s given me so much. Awakening possibilities in others is my life’s blood. When John Leonzo contacted me to do an interview on decision training and …
The Sufis have a saying, “Before you kill the cat, make arrangements for the mice.” There’s been quite a bit of buzz around Kobe’s – then LeBron’s – comments on the state of youth basketball in America and the AAU’s role in it. “Kobe Bryant believes European basketball players are more skillful than American basketball players, …
Julie Zhuo says it well: “I like words a lot. But sometimes a few sketches communicate a point more simply and memorably.” Enjoy. The Process of Novice Coaching The Process of Master Coaching The Ambitions of Novice Coaching The Ambitions of Master Coaching Zhuo is nails it: “Ideas are cheap; execution and results are everything.” …
Seems odd – at first – to connect coaching to vulnerability. Doesn’t it? It definitely felt that way for me too. Yet, after watching Brené Brown speak about the power of vulnerability, it dawned on me: how can one claim to have fully accessed the essence of what it means to be a master coach unless …