Urban Meyer, Pete Carroll, Pat Summitt, John Calipari, Jay Paterno, are all high profile coaches in high profile sports with high-paying, high-stress jobs. They are all excellent leaders as evidenced by their having reached a high level of excellence within their respective sport. Every coach could all learn a lot by observing their actions and…
The most limited resource for any coach is time. You always have practices to plan, budgeting to do, schedules to make, travel to plan, money to raise, athletes issues to deal with, meetings with athletic administrators… and don’t even get me started on dealing with parents. Unfortunately, none of the tasks above includes anything about…
It’s easy to go about your day doing the things that you did yesterday which are the same things that you’ll do tomorrow. It’s comfortable. It’s easy… even if it’s hard, it’s easy. Returning emails, filling out forms, running practices. It’s what coaches do. But what is it that’s in the back of your brain…
There was an article in the Wall Street Journal last week about the Cornell University Wrestling team. The title was “What Makes Cornell So Good? There are a lot of things that coaches spend their time on. Most of them will not make you good. It is the same when you are an athlete, a…
In wrestling, we are supposed to attack from an angle. Get better angles more often and you’re likely to have more successful offense. Likewise, if you approach your goals from multiple angles, nutrition, drilling, competition, flexibility, rest, etc, you’re more likely to win. Attack your marketing from multiple angles and win. “If you’re attacking your…