Feb
19
A coach is recorded in uncontrolled rant. Saying nasty and hurtful things in the locker room.
She took her team’s effort a personal insult to her and wigged out. She lost her job and the player that recorded her received a two-day detention.
The important lesson is not that she got caught, but how she spoke to her team. We do have to be cognizant that more and more of life is recorded and can be played back and edited on a whim.
Listen to the recording what do you think?
Feb
04
I have met Don Yaeger, read his work and follow his blog. He is insightful as a moto speaker, author and journalist.
He take a few snapshots from Tom Brady’s life to illustrate how Brady thinks and evolves.
Read before the Super Bowl, follow Don on Facebook and his blog.
Feb
01
Awesome report by Stone Phillips. Football, hockey & lacrosse players, parents and coaches. You need to watch this about concussion study of E team Pop Warner players out of Virginia Tech. They followed seven players during practices and games. Over 700 hits happened over course of a season with most of the head hits came during practice.
Jan
24
The Institute is proud to announce the launch of its newest service, the Sport Coach USA Intelligence Update. Based upon successful efforts in Australia and the United Kingdom, the Sport Coach USA Intelligence Update is designed to keep sport coaches, whether you are youth or high school coach, up to date on the latest research in sport. Produced monthly, the Intel Update is created by the Institute’s Research & Information Team who monitors and reviews over 100 leading sport journals, magazines, websites and databases.
Topics covered in the Intel Update include:
Check out the three free issues posted online on the Institute’s website.
Please feel free to send me feedback on this new exciting way for coaches to stay up to date on the latest in sport science and research.
Jan
16
We often drive into Boston to watch sporting events at Boston College, my wife’s alma mater. We like to watch the female sports with our teen daughter as a way of reinforcing in her mind that it is okay to be physically active.
So this past Sunday, we caught BC Women’s Basketball vs. Georgia Tech. As you can imagine, when I got to games, at any level, I tend to watch the coaches as much as the athletes. Hey, what can I say, it’s free research!
The BC coach, Sylvia Crawley, has a great reputation on and off the court among, at least, this BC household. It was great to observe her and how she engaged with her team and her coaching staff during the game. Coach Crawley was calm throughout the game right up till the end when the the BC loss was evident. She clearly communicated with her players and assistants. Of note, I found of great interest was the manner in which she ran her timeouts. First, the defensive coach, Timothy Eatman, talked to the players while Coach Crawley met with the other assistants to the side. Only in the last part of the timeout did she engage her team.
This struck me as very interesting. My first assumption would be that Coach Crawley is confident enough that she does not have to be in control at all times, and does not have a mega ego to feed. The second assumption I made is that she is investing in her assistants. She clearly engages them for input and allows them to coach. Of course, this all has to be based upon trust that has been built over months and years of work.
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