Feedback is a very important tool in your coaching toolbox. Let’s be careful that we don’t use this very effective technique in a...

“I always treat my players fairly.” Really? But what do you mean by ‘fairly?’ There are two distinct and separate belief systems on...

Often, I hear coaches saying, “You have to praise your kids” or “We don’t praise our kids enough.” It’s a great idea when done right...

Have you ever wondered why there are no achievement tests for children in Art, Music, Dance, and Literature? I know they are “frills...

“I’ve always been a Winner and my daughter will be a Winner, too.” Those are the words of Betty Dalton - no, not the spoken words. In...

There are two kinds of parents who really bug a conscientious, caring Coach. Here’s #1. You’ll find him in every game/sports venue I...

For my birthday, I got a gift card for some golf lessons at any one of our really good community golf courses. Now, at my age, I’m not...

Bobby is standing there holding the basketball in his two hands and shaking his head. You have been showing your young players how to...

If the game show host asks you who the outstanding basketball player of the first half of the 20th Century was and you want to be a...

A new year brings resolutions and a new set of goals for the year ahead. Let's remember to co-create the goals we set for our players...

Holiday Greetings! The most wonderful time of the year! We slow down. Create and share fond memories with family and friends! Enjoy this...

The Team/Parent Agreement As a parent of _______________, I am also a member of the _________________ team. I must and will work together...

Parents Involvement With The Team Parents can do great service for the team by volunteering to do some of the things that make a poor or...

The Family Team - The Parent, A Student of the Game Here are some ideas that coaches can give parents so that they become expert support...

The Family Team simply means that Parents are to join up with their Kids and the Coaches of their Kids so that these Kids have a joyful,...

We have much to be thankful for: Family, friends, students, players, all those we love and who love us, and our getting back together...

Positive Expectancy Positive Expectancy, the positive use of the Self-fulfilling Prophecy, is the necessary condition for a positive...

In these two next blogs, we will be dealing with Positive Expectancy and Negative Expectancy; and how they affect Self-Fulfilling...

It really is a funny thing about competition - adults talk about having to compete in the “Real World” and they are very clear about when...

I’m Elmer Jacobs and I learned a lesson in maturation and competition in my first year of teaching Kiddy P. E. I was in a K-6 school so I...