From Positive Coaching Alliance
Watch this video clip to see why Northwestern University’s Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald and Stanford University’s Head Football Coach David Shaw believe in coaching character, and what they do to implement character coaching with their teams.
By Dr. Tim Rice
Contributor, Sports+Fitness Network
On January 25th, Mike Krzyzewski, arguably the greatest basketball coach of his generation, won his 1,000th game as a collegiate coach. He has coached as a head coach for 40 years coaching many student-athletes, in addition to the USA Basketball team members. He is known as an outstanding coach but, more importantly, he is a builder of leaders. That focus on leadership goes all the way back to his days as a cadet at West Point, where he played for Bob Knight and attended one of the best schools in America. I can only imagine the stories he and his players could tell us about his drive as a coach, but also of his ability to use his stories to change lives.
By Joe Rice
Contributor, Sports+Fitness Network
In my recent presentation to the Massachusetts PE teaches, the MAPHERD convention, I focused on how we can create better practice plans that actually taught instead of just keeping players busy. The great John Wooden said, “Never mistake activity for achievement.”
The problem that was addressed was the common scenario of coaches putting together their practice plans that had 8-10 unrelated and randomly organized drills. Players would have a warmup, then a passing drill followed by a shooting drill. Usually there were some transition drills, followed by a defensive drill and then another shooting drill. Last, of course, was a scrimmage...
By Brian Freeland
Dean, School of Health Sciences at American Public University
Today’s sports landscape offers more opportunities than ever for young athletes to participate in year-round activities with offseason access to leagues, camps, clinics and training. So, should young athletes focus on one sport?
A variety of theories and philosophies exist regarding specializing in one sport. On one hand, some believe concentrating on training for one sport helps an athlete to develop and provides the best opportunity to participate in that sport at the collegiate or professional level. On the other hand, sport specialization can be associated with certain risks, such as overuse injuries, burnout, and fewer sport experiences.
To learn more about specialization, I reached out to four adjunct faculty members at American Public University who teach various courses in the sports management and sports and health sciences degree programs.
PCA Founder Jim Thompson moderates "Bullying and a Culture of Performance" - a panel discussion at the Santa Clara University Institute for Sports Law and Ethics Symposium. Panelists are PCA National Advisory Board Member and World Cup Champion Brandi Chastain; Dr. Gary Namie, who founded the Workplace Bullying Institute and served as an expert witness for the Jonathan Martin and Richie Incognito case; and Dr. William Pollack, PCA National Advisory Board Member and author of Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood.
By Dr. Tim Rice
Contributor, Sports+Fitness Network
I recently coached at an academically rigorous private high school where expectations on students were pretty high in all areas. During my time, I perceived that there was a very high fear of failure among most students. While this was certainly not an empirical study, it led me to take a look at the research out there that examines this phenomenon.
By Aaron Mehl
Contributor, Sports+Fitness Network
Everyone has an opinion on how testing should be done in regards to their athletes. If you ask ten coaches how they test their athletes you could very well get ten different answers. Which method is the safest? Which method best relates to athletic performance? The answer may be much more complex than you think...
By Dr. Tim Rice
Contributor, Sports+Fitness Network
As most sport fans witnessed recently, the San Antonio Spurs provided a flawlessly executed performance in the 2014 NBA Finals. How did the Spurs have such chemistry and cohesiveness compared to the Heat considering their differences? Could the rest of the NBA (and professional sport in general) learn something from this?
By Aaron Mehl
Contributor, Sports+Fitness Network
The modern soldier is highly motivated, intelligent, more technologically saavy than previous generations, and getting smarter about their physical training every day. There is always room for improvement when it comes to the physical training of tactical athletes. When it comes to excessive training volume...More Is Not Always Better!
