120th Edition With Guts and Guile Having grown up in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains, hiking in the high country has always appealed to me. There is something magical about pausing after a strenuous climb to enjoy the view and

118th Edition Roger Bannister Faith Kipyegon, an extraordinary Olympic track & field champion from Kenya recently attempted to become the first woman to run the mile under four minutes. A recent Wall Street Journal article described her historic attempt, which took

94th Edition Lesson 13 – Don’t bail them out. Let the kids figure it out In most games coaching youth for nearly three decades, I rarely called timeouts. Why? Basketball is a very dynamic game, and kids need to learn

93rd Edition Lesson 11 – Be bold and have a religious agenda Coaching kids has always been a spirit-filled experience for me.  One time a parent went to the headmaster of the charter public school at which I was coaching

92nd Edition Lesson 9 – You can’t save them all, but you should try to I first started coaching Maurice when he was 9 years old at a local YMCA. He was tall and skinny, not very skilled, but was blazing fast,

91st Edition Lesson 7 – Expect more than they can accomplish then love them when they fall short One year I was coaching a U9 team, made up primarily of a few neighborhood kids. In no way were we an all-star

90th Edition Lesson 4 – Act like you’ve been there before Nick made the winning shot and his dad raced on the court and picked him up. I felt that was totally inappropriate. Why? In most athletic competitions, at all levels, when a

89th Edition There are multiple life lessons that can be learned through a properly focused athletic program.  Here are a few real-life experiences.   Lesson 1 – Relish Unfairness… Minutes before the start of the basketball game a mom approached me. I

88th Edition The sixth in in my six-part series – “Six things we can do to make America better.” Focus on character development and maximize participation Note: This final recommendation in this six-part series is very long. This week’s edition will include an overview

71st Edition I watched a lot more of the Paris Summer Olympics than I planned to. There just seemed to be one inspirational event after another, across multiple sports and venues, which kept drawing me in. It truly was an inspirational Olympics.