Sitting Update: Grassroots Efforts Flourish
Sitting athletes take the lead in growing the sport through clinics, tournaments
Creating Talent with What You Have
If you live in a place with thousands of players, this article might help you get better. If you live in a small market with just a few or maybe no players (yet), this is a competitive advantage to help you take on those teams that seem to have all the talent.
Words of Little or a LOT of Meaning
Words have little meaning to beginners in motor learning.
I am a Teacher of Athletes
This month some kid I know really well has his senior year athlete banquet. I was looking at the Princeton website, and at the top of the athletic department’s home page was a quote I had never heard that impacted me.
To Become A Skillful Spiker
Sharing the science and my thoughts based on motor learning as to it relates to most machines
Five Keys to Scouting Your Opponent
Tips on scouting your opponents from coaches and volleyball professionals
Divergent and Juxtaposition Thinking
One of the topics in my clinics is working on getting our sport families to think divergently – where it is not just “this OR that” but “this AND that.
Always Learning
This end of the year blog is where I share what/where I have learned. It is mostly books, but also some video clips I found worth watching. I love that Michelangelo at age 87 said “I am still learning.”
Train Ugly
About a decade ago my kids and I went up to Lander, Wyoming to run a high school volleyball camp at the base of the Wind River Range, and home of the famous “cheesewheel” (a batter fried cheeseburger) and NOLS, the National Outdoor Leadership School.
Mikey Makes the Serve
I often talk about variance and bell curves in coaching and player courses, as being aware of this fact of life, including in sports, is important.