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”
The Inconvenience of Connection
This past weekend our seven-month-old daughter Merriam got to meet her Great Uncle Pat, whom I was named after, for the first time. They gazed into each other’s eyes, and she reacted to his voice with great curiosity. Those of us watching were pulled into the moment, as these two humans separated in time byContinue reading “The Inconvenience of Connection”
The Value of Discomfort
In my adolescent years I spent a good chunk of each winter waterfowl hunting in the farm and ranchlands of Western Idaho. I loved it, probably mostly for the time with my father and our bird dog Cheska. Hunting gave my dad and I a shared activity to connect over at an age where connectionContinue reading “The Value of Discomfort”
On Mentorship
An athlete asked me the other day where I got my coaching philosophy from. Hmmm, that’s a broad question with plenty of different facets. I didn’t have a quick answer other than it came from my experiences, research, and patterning what was effective over the years. I realized later that night lying in bed thatContinue reading “On Mentorship”
Why Do We Compete?
Last weekend I got to be back at a track meet coaching for the first time in just short of a year. While some of our athletes got the opportunity to compete in 2020 and early 2021, this was the first time I was able to join any of them in that competitive arena. ItContinue reading “Why Do We Compete?”