What’s the hard part?
If we really want our teams and programs to operate at their best, we need to find and eliminate friction points. This question helps.
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team psychology
Book Review: Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
Leaders Eat Last is a book about creating strong team environments and the things that contribute to them, and work against them.
Podcast 13 – Can you succeed when the players don’t prioritize winning?
In this episode of the podcast Tim Alaniz and I talk about whether you can succeed with players who put winning below other priorities.
What does playing like individuals mean?
We hear coaches tell teams sometimes that they are playing like individuals rather than playing like a team. What does that mean?
Adding unstructured play
There's value to unstructured play. So how can we give kids more opportunities for that, and how can we be less structured in practice?
Handling players who get angry at themselves
Sometimes players get angry after a mistake and their reaction negatively impacts the team overall. Here's how you can help them be better.
Coaching the current generation
Here's my advice for being successful coaching the current generation of athletes. It's pretty simple and to the point - and hopefully not a big surprise.
Making practices harder than games
We often hear that practices should be harder than matches, but how do we do that? This article offers some ways you can get there.
Handling mixed player levels in practices
Having to work with a group of players at different levels of development and/or skill is a real challenges. Here are some ideas for doing so.