Blog Teach. Mentor. Give Back. > “Be a man of principle. Fight for what you believe in. Keep your word. Live with integrity. Be brave. Believe in something bigger than yourself. Serve your country.” “Teach. Adam Ringler 31 Mar 2013 · 1 min read
Blog 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, Adam Ringler 28 Mar 2013 · 1 min read
Blog 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 Adam Ringler 27 Mar 2013 · 4 min read
Blog 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 Adam Ringler 20 Dec 2012 · 1 min read
Blog 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 Adam Ringler 18 Dec 2012 · 1 min read
Blog 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 Adam Ringler 8 Nov 2012 · 1 min read
Blog 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 Adam Ringler 4 Nov 2012 · 1 min read
Blog 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, Adam Ringler 25 Oct 2012 · 1 min read
Blog 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. Adam Ringler 20 Oct 2012 · 1 min read
Blog 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 Adam Ringler 15 Oct 2012 · 1 min read
Blog 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 Adam Ringler 31 May 2012 · 3 min read
Blog 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 Adam Ringler 14 Feb 2011 · 3 min read
Blog Are You Making Yourself? - Nike Women I've wrote about Nike's "Real Women" advertisements in the past via this post here [http://www.adamringler.com/blog/nikes-new-ad-campaign-real-women/]. I've said Adam Ringler 10 Feb 2011 · 1 min read
Blog 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 Adam Ringler 4 Feb 2011 · 3 min read
Blog 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 Adam Ringler 30 Jan 2011 · 1 min read
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 Adam Ringler 28 Jan 2011 · 1 min read
Blog 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 Adam Ringler 27 Jan 2011 · 4 min read
Blog My Home Away From Home This is where I get the bulk of my program design, writing, implementation changes, research and education done. This is, quite literally, my home away from home. I wish I Adam Ringler 25 Jan 2011 · 1 min read