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Lions & Zebras

As a leader, it is vital to identify others members within your organization that will help support your cause and leadership efforts. Identification of other potential leaders is a valuable task which will allow you to best utilize your time and efforts supporting the environment and culture you are trying

You Are Your Team

You Are Your Team

When I was first starting my career in Strength & Conditioning, a mentor of mine once told me, "What you see is what you coach". He couldn't be anymore correct. Let me explain. 💡Key Takeaways • What you see is what you coach: every behavior you walk

Adapt, Migrate, or Die

Adapt, Migrate, or Die

Thanks for staying with me for this long. I've made a decision to move my hosting services away from my previous one and streamlined the backside of this blog to make for more efficient strength & conditioning writing. This was a tedious process which required me to migrate

How to Lose Talent Within an Organization

How to Lose Talent Within an Organization

Introduction Michael Fertik wrote an excellent article titled “Managing Employees in Their Twenties” in the Harvard Business Review last month. What I enjoyed about Michael’s blog post was the simple to read tips about what it is that keeps talented employees in their mid-twenties within the same company.

Be a Beginner

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.” Zen Master Shunryo Suzuki * Be Present Don’t get caught up in wondering what should come next or the grand illusion that there is a sequence of events that one should follow. Throw

On Details

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen. - John Wooden The secret to success is often so obvious that it hides within plain sight. I don’t claim that there are too many hidden secrets within strength & conditioning that will make or

On Coaching and Leadership

On Coaching and Leadership

Coaching requires a great understanding of leadership that is rarely taught in any kinesiology or exercise science coursework. You will rarely find it taught in any conference or certification body. It is often only developed through personal growth or obtained from other coaches who’ve been in the field and

Focus on the Process

Focus on the Process

In basketball - as in life - true joy comes from being fully present in each and every moment, not just when things are going your way. Of course, it's no accident that things are more likely to go your way when you stop worrying about whether you're

Nuggets of Wisdom

Nuggets of Wisdom

This semester has nearly passed by and with another tick of the second hand on the clock, another year of coaching had passed. Throughout the year, I keep accurate notes on everything from: leadership development, my staff’s performance, athlete/team progress, and a wide variety of other topics and

Leave it at the Door

Leave it at the Door

Rachael had her head down throughout the beginning of the lift and I could tell that she wasn’t herself. She did little to motivate her partner nor did she respond to the vibrant enthusiasm her partner Taylor was giving her. “Rachael, may I speak with you?” I said. Rachael

The Power of a Notecard

The Power of a Notecard

Daily goals – Do you have any when you walk through your office door? If your like most people, chances are that you do. We all have some sort of small goals, medium-sized projects, and even the occasionally lofty (but still attainable) goals we’ve all been working on for

The Wisdom of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

The Wisdom of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

"One cannot lead a life that is truly excellent without feeling that one belongs to something greater and more permanent than oneself." - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi" Of all the virtues we can learn no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality

10,000 Hours

“The closer psychologists look at the careers of the gifted, the smaller the role innate talent seems to play and the bigger the role preparation seems to play…The thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That’s it. And what’s more,

Something From Everyone

Something From Everyone

A valuable lesson I was taught early on is that everybody has one lesson to teach you. If you approach all the people you meet with an "empty glass" approach, you'll be more likely to walk away with useful information or a perspective that you otherwise

Your Energy Transfer

Your Energy Transfer

“The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.” - Lee Iacocca As a coach, your athletes will follow the tempo, pace, and energy of the coach. you set the tempo for the team; so set a good one! Find a strategy that works for you. I’ve done

Growing Future Leaders

Growing Future Leaders

It’s our responsibility to grow future coaches as well as developing your own coaching abilities. You cannot do one without doing the other. It is vitally important to bring out the best in the people you work with. In our internship program, my mission is to develop the interns,

A Leader's Oath

A Leader's Oath

The ladies came together gathering around the central pillar in our weight room to receive feedback from our strength & conditioning staff regarding the outcome of their mission. They circled up standing shoulder to shoulder while their hands were still covered in chalk and sweat still pouring down their faces.

Leadership. It's a 24/7 Responsibility

Leadership. It's a 24/7 Responsibility

Being a leader isn’t a temporary job. It’s not season position or a typical nine to five. It isn’t a trait that you can turn on or off at your disposal. Being a leader is a permanent characteristic that defines a person. Coaches often ask for my

Why Are They Still Crunching?

Why Are They Still Crunching?

Why are athletes still crunching for core development but more importantly why are coaches still programming abdominal crunches and sit-ups? I don’t think both parties are doing it to spite researches like Stuart McGill, but I got to believe that athletes and coaches just don’t know any

Stop Learning...Start Dying?

Stop Learning...Start Dying?

What a fantastic quote by Lillian Smith. Too often coaches get set in a routine that becomes 'comfortable'. When you ignore current research, advice, science breakthroughs, in relation to your training programs, then it is time to die. Don't neglect research at the expense of comfort.

Red's Coaching Blog

Red's Coaching Blog

I'm always excited to share the valuable resources that I use in order to better my knowledge and coaching quality. One of the most fascinating blogs that I religiously follow is Red's Coaching Blog, operating by Tim "Red" Wakeham from Michigan State University. Tim

Preparing Athletes From the Neck Down & The Neck Up

Preparing Athletes From the Neck Down & The Neck Up

Be a Team Player Despite what the formal Wichita State Strength & Conditioning job description specifies, part of my responsibility is protecting the WSU teams’ integrity from opponents and from within. This may mean preparing the team for the physical and mental difficulties that they will face on the field/

Grooving Movement Patterns Before Loading

Grooving Movement Patterns Before Loading

I often explain to athletes that our strength and conditioning program is much like the Tortoise and the Hare analogy. If we get overly concerned with adding weight and progressing before we have the proper movement patterning, than we're essentially adding fitness on top of dysfunction. Remember, weight

Applying the Five Levels of Leadership

Applying the Five Levels of Leadership

What The Five Levels of Leadership Are Level 1: Position (Power) - Given by Company People Follow Because they Have to. Level 2: Permission (Relationships) - Earned People follow because they Want to. People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care. Level 3: Production

Did The Pendulum Swing Too Far?

Did The Pendulum Swing Too Far?

Did the Pendulum concerning physical therapy methods, prehabilitition, functional movements, and identifying asymmetries swing too far? Are we losing the strengthening of our Strength & Conditioning profession? The Profession Has Strength In Its Name We are strength and conditioning coaches. Strength is the first word. Somewhere along the way, a