There is a conversation I have had a hundred times over at this point in my career. I am at a social gathering, I am introduced to someone, and they ask what I do. Sometimes just for my own entertainment I pretend I don’t know that they are inquiring about my career. On these occasionsContinue reading “What exactly is it that I do?“
Go Find Boredom
By all accounts our first child has been an incredibly ‘easy’ baby (I’m now frantically knocking on wood for daring to type that). I guess she is a technically a toddler at eighteen months of age. We have a very short list of areas that Merriam really gives us challenge. One of those areas thoughContinue reading “Go Find Boredom“
A Love Triangle, of Sorts
I was doing a consultation with a high school coach last week when I found myself saying something realized I repeat often, ‘I love pyramids, I use them for everything.’ The topic was programming training for a track season and I was sharing with her how I organize my training components into a pyramid thatContinue reading “A Love Triangle, of Sorts“
The Overvalued vs. The Undervalued
Over the years I have found that most athletes and coaches tend to hold a short list of principles in very high regard, the things they think really matter. Unfortunately, these tenets commonly held in such esteem are not the most important in truly exploring one’s potential. They are not inherently detrimental things, let meContinue reading “The Overvalued vs. The Undervalued”
On Coachability
There is no trait I have found in an athlete with a higher correlation to performance than coachability. Yes, I know, shocking to hear this from a coach. Newsflash, coach likes it when his athletes do what he says! Actually just doing what coach says is not true coachability but we will get to thatContinue reading “On Coachability”