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The Basic Performance Modes - The Game Mode

You have to trust what you have learned in your practice session and then do it. The key word, of course, is trust - no second guessing....

The Basic Performance Modes - The Practice Mode

The purpose of the practice mode is to have the kids learn new skills and mechanics and to sharpen up the ones they have already learned....

The Mind / Part I: The Conscious Mind

We want our players to learn the tactics and strategies of the game so well that they’ll know what to do and when to do it. That’s the...

Cooperation: The Partner of Competition

“It’s a competitive world out there. Teach these kids to fight their way to the top. Otherwise, they are going to be stepped on, walked...

Leading the Learner

Then said a teacher, Speak to us of Teaching. And he said: No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the...

Let’s Root for Our Side!

I’m concerned when I see players, spectators, and especially coaches, cheering when opponents commit errors or mistakes. And then...

Label with Care

Several years ago, I was asked to speak to a group of coaches on the topic “Grouping and Self-Image.” This is a topic I have strong...

You Create What You Expect

Who was that early sodbuster in Kansas? He leaned at the gatepost and studied the horizon and figured what corn might do next year and...

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