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”
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Confidence vs. Toughness
I cringe at the term toughness when it is thrown around in athletics, and particularly in distance running. I guess I am not very tough . I react this way for a couple reasons. First, I don’t think any athletic endeavor should be approached as a toughness contest. This is not the point of the basketball game, theContinue reading “Confidence vs. Toughness”