coaching advice
November 3, 2021
The Difference Between Confidence & Cockiness
If confidence bolsters sports performance, does cockiness vault performance to a higher level? The confidence versus cockiness debate has endured for decades. Cockiness is often equated with supreme confidence. In the sporting world, several terms...
November 1, 2021
How To Approach Watching Game Film
Nowadays every coach is watching game film, whether it be of their own team or upcoming opponents. The classic cliche of a coach post-game telling reporters "we'll have to look at the tape," is a dated phrase — referring to the time when a game ...
October 26, 2021
NFHS Cites Referee Shortage in US as ‘Crisis Level’
Since taking on the position of the executive director of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), Dr. Karissa Niehoff has penned op-eds on issues surrounding high school athletics. So when the ever-growing referee shortag...
October 20, 2021
Hudl’s Focus Camera Brings Ease on Sidelines
How do you improve on a program that has won six state championships in the last 12 years in the state of Texas? What can you continually integrate into your program that not only represents your core values and helps you stay up-to-date in the techn...
October 18, 2021
Defining Athletic Attitude
We hear coaches use the word “attitude” frequently. Have you ever defined exactly what “attitude” means to you? The more clearly you can define anything, the better chance young people will understand and apply it. Clarity and brevity (with d...
September 21, 2021
What Is Your Program All About?
As a young coach, I was always looking for advice and tips to have a successful program. I would read books, watch videos, and pick the brains of veteran coaches at every opportunity. The best advice on program building was very simple – “yo...
September 14, 2021
Cultivating Confidence in Student-Athletes
The beauty of confidence is that it’s a skill; we can build it and get better at it over time, and I have a few suggestions on where you can start. There are a plethora of resources and tips on confidence building between blogs and books, but on...
September 13, 2021
A Job Guide for Young Coaches
In 2010 I became the head football coach at an inner-city school in Nashville. In doing so, I inherited a young assistant coach by the name of Bob Gecewich. After several years of coaching together, Bob moved on and has since become a head coach hims...
Many school emergency plans in operation today are put in place with the understanding that the school day is in session and that all school-certificated and classified staff are on site.
Installing a preseason emergency response plan
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All public and private schools have an emergency response plan that al...