Category: sport
Dr Kenneth Ginsburg on resilience
just listened to a brilliant and human presentation on resilience and children by Dr Kenneth Ginsburg, and what we can do to help them weather life storms, deliberately and intentionally. Directly connects how I go about coaching my youth soccer teams, using athletics as the vehicle for important life lessons. his work is definitely worth […]
PK Subban: hockey player
P. K. Subban is making u remember why we are all hockey fans. What a fantastic game by this rising young talent tonight; he is all hockey player right down to the end of game interview when he had the best game face and playoff attitude I can remember seeing in a long time. 2 […]
Bob Probert remembered
Image via Wikipedia Mickey Redmond, as always, hits exactly the right note in remembering Bob Probert (#24): “He came to play hard every night, he was blue-collar and he came to embody the spirit of the city of Detroit,” longtime Red Wings broadcaster Mickey Redmond said. “I think that’s why the people forgave him for […]
What to say at halftime when we’re losing
Image via Wikipedia It’s my opinion that your halftime speech should be the same each game, regardless of the score. And I say that because I think you should be focusing on the things that really matter and that is: are the players executing the game plan that we have agreed upon and are they […]
Appreciative Inquiry meets soccer
Image via Wikipedia I got back to Kansas City this Sunday two hours after the last game was completed and I missed my girls taking second place in the statewide tournament by a fraction. They lost on penalty kicks, 3-2, after an overtime. It was a great tournament and an exciting championship game played at a […]
Admiration for Andy Roddick
has a great career, a great wife, world class skills, more money than he can spend, and nothing to prove. he is comfortable in his own skin and ihas a career that will stand the test of time. And he still has the courage and grit to get out there and play the match of […]