RaiseTheFloor

Today, I asked a student why they had not been attending class. It was not a…

Athletic programs do not operate in isolation. Every team may have its own coaches, traditions, expectations,…

Every athletic program has minimum requirements. Athletes must pass a certain number of classes. They must…

Youth sports have created a dangerous assumption: if an athlete is serious, they have to travel.…

There is a difference between loving a sport and loving coaching. They can exist together, and…

Coaches love to talk about progress. We hear that a program is “getting better,” athletes are…

You often hear it when someone takes over a new program: “Once I get my system…

Every team has a personality. Some teams are thundering in their volume, with enough energy to…

When people look at a coach they think of sport specific training, they think wins, losses…