Attributes of a Champion
What does a champion… a winner… look like? They come in all sizes and shapes. There are many attributes that make up a champion… some tangible, but many not easily quantified. A couple of years ago,...
View ArticleDrill, Drill, Drill
The Internet… You can have your own personal clinic every day. Earlier this week an online call came from Lee Weber (CSIC and head football coach at Wamego High School, KS) asking coaches to send in...
View ArticlePlayer Ranking Process
As coaches, we always want to make sure our best people are on the field at the correct time. Personally, I also want to make sure, as much as possible, that these decisions are based on good data and...
View ArticleThe Process is the Key
By the time this post goes live, Missouri High School football squads will already have one game under their belt with most other states following suit this week. For the next 10-15 weeks coaches...
View ArticleShare a Day With a Pistol Expert!
I am extremely excited to announce the following: A longtime friend, great coach, and awesome clinician, Coach Scott Baumgartner, will be coming to the Kansas City area to hold a one-day clinic on...
View ArticleRunning an Effective Drill
In my first season as a coach at the University of Central Missouri, during one of our first staff meetings, our Head Coach, Terry Noland gave us some advice. His instructions regarding how to...
View ArticleProject Launch!
I hope you take the time to read this post… it is important to me. Since I started this blog several years ago, I have written over 400 posts… with the intent of helping colleagues and their athletes...
View ArticleThe YouCanDoMore YouTube Channel
There is a very detailed explanation of my new YouTube channel project at this post, Project Launch!, but this will be a little more succinct description with links to the videos that already reside...
View ArticleLittle Things = Big Fixes
Do you need to make some BIG fixes to your squad? My suggestion is … focus on the “little things”. I think many times as coaches it is easy to get caught up thinking that some “shiny” new scheme might...
View ArticleThe Choice is Yours
I get asked this question… A LOT. “What can I do to get a college to notice me… what should I do to get recruited?” Often the student-athlete does not like what I have to tell them. First, let me say,...
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