Facilitating the Mental Game with Athlete Journals
Have you ever noticed that girls like to ponder things? Me too. Have you ever wondered what they’re thinking about? Me too. Do you know the best way to find out? Ask them. But don’t expect it to be that easy. You have to read between the lines. Which means…get it in writing. I’ve had some […]
Raising Capable Kids in a Competitive Setting
So, if everyone in your class gets an A, what will you work on next semester? I asked of the PE teacher I addressed in the previous post Why All A’s is Failing Our Kids? “Integrity. Respect. Confidence. Protecting others,” he replied. How would he grade those? He didn’t really know. That’s because character is meant to develop organically, […]
Can we hurry patiently?
Patience is an ever present alternative to the mind’s endemic restlessness and impatience. Scratch the surface of impatience and what you will find lying beneath it, subtly or not so subtly, is anger. It’s the strong energy of not wanting things to be the way they are and blaming someone (often yourself) or some thing […]
In a breath, out a prayer
*As you inhale, breathe in God’s love. As you exhale, let go of anything blocking that love. . . . . Cool. Crisp. Moist. Expansive Stretching Full Hold it Hold it Can’t. Won’t. Must! Hissssss His. * Karla M. Kincannon, in Creativity and Divine Surprise.
Why All A’s is Failing our Kids
Kids today are the most evaluated generation ever, but are they any better prepared than we were? A Facebook friend who teaches in the local schools recently posted a photo of his grade book with names primly truncated. There was not a grade below an A, with several achieving the superlative A+. It was captioned, “Never […]
How, Lord, do we respond?
“The evil out there will not stop because of the faith in here.” ~ Tom Berlin, Easter 2016 Sermon You can’t just stand on your principles. You must act on your convictions. What will we do that we haven’t been doing? say that we haven’t been saying? to stop what’s not stopping? Renew us, in […]
Can a US Soccer Girls Development Academy Prevent Overuse Injuries?
Did you know there is yet ANOTHER league to consider if you’re interested in high level girl’s soccer these days? Yep. US Soccer has announced that it will be launching a Girls Development Academy in the Fall of 2017. This will book-end the boy’s Development Academy (DA) which they formed in 2007, created then to address […]
How would life look if we became the change we want to see?
How quick are we to fantasize how life might be, if only what we wished for were true. If life were different, I would be successful. If life were different, I would be recognized. If life were different, I would be loved the way I want to be loved. If life were different. What might […]
Meekness is not…
Meekness is not weakness, rather it’s a sign of surrender to God.” ~ Rev. Barbara Miner
Taking the Fear out of Post-Concussion Syndrome
It seems like nearly every soccer-playing kid has had a concussion these days. And even if we’re lucky enough to have kids still in the clear, we’re set on edge by the looming fear that the succession of “sub-concussive hits” now under intense scrutiny may be just as damaging as that one big blow that […]