“You’re the dumbest smart kid I know.” This is how the “winning” football coach at a small Texas town speaks to his players. He demeans them, rules by fear, and everyone in town is thrilled because “he keeps winning.” This is Bud Kilmer, the consummate coach that plays out on youth fields across the country. […]
The_C0ach1ng_C0de Ep15 {Voices in Their Heads}
unlock> Every athlete has a voice in his or her head during performances. In fact, all of us have voices guiding our decisions, actions, and beliefs. Those voices are not simply coming from our own brain, but are influenced by the voices of people around us. As coaches, we create the voices in our athletes’ […]
The_C0ach1ng_C0de Ep14 {The Curse of Reverse Alchemy}
unlock – You’ve heard of alchemy: the the medieval “chemistry” of transforming matter. It was concerned particularly with attempts to convert base metals into gold or to find a universal elixir. Well, reverse alchemy, it would stand to reason, is the art of turning noble metals into base metals. Or transforming something special into waste. There […]
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