31 07, 2024

Exciting News: I’ve joined a Sport-related Start-up!

By | July 31st, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

I'm beyond thrilled to announce that I've joined Mindto (as in "put your mind to") as its Chief Content Officer. As my title suggests, I'm responsible for identifying relevant topics, building a team of experts ("Mindto Masters"), creating content myself, and building a library of content for teams and athletes. The business is going to [...]

1 02, 2018

Vlog: Do with Other Sport Parents

By | February 1st, 2018|Categories: Parenting, Vlog: Prime Sport Parenting|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

In this final segment of my eight-part vlog series on sport parenting, we shift our focus onto what you can do with other sport parents to ensure a healthy athletic experience for your children. There is little doubt that you as a parent have an immense impact on your children’s sports involvement. At the same [...]

12 09, 2016

Create a Vocabulary for Individual and Team Success in Ski Racing

By | September 12th, 2016|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Your goal as a coach is to have as great a positive impact as you can on your athletes. This influence starts with your specific coaching of them to make them better ski racers and to help them achieve their competitive goals. To that end, you motivate them, build their confidence, try to relieve any [...]

7 09, 2016

Build a Team Culture for Athletic Success

By | September 7th, 2016|Categories: Sports|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

It is a widely held belief in the sports world that team culture can have a big impact on how a team functions and performs. How team members, think, feel, behave, and perform are all influenced by the environment in which they practice and compete. For example, have you ever been on a “downer” team? I’m [...]

20 10, 2015

Is Praise Bad for Young Athletes?

By | October 20th, 2015|Categories: Parenting, Sports|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Please be prepared. I'm going to go on a bit of rant now. I just can't hold it in any longer. I see parents doing this constantly and it's killing me because they know not what they do and they are actually hurting their children's personal and athletic development. What am I referring to? It's [...]