Looking Our Best
There I am, in all His glory. Funny, when the book needed an author photo, I thought, really, who would want to see me on the cover of this thing? But it’s a coaching and fitness book, and don’t you want to know who you’re taking advice from? Does she look like she practices what […]
Fit2Finish Athletes Use Bands for Fitness & Training
Dynabands, Therabands, resistance bands, stretchy bands, no matter the name, they are one of the best training tools for the fitness games we play and home exercise programs we teach and recommend. Bands are perfect because they are portable, inexpensive and adaptable. Purchased in 3-4 foot lengths or cut to this length from 75 foot […]
Can You Head it Like a Puppy?
Only 10 weeks and she’s already getting the hang of it. Look out Air Bud. Here comes Lily!
Are you leaving a margin?
What if we printed our books and wrote our essays right up to the very edges leaving no margin? Wouldn’t that be a much a better use of our space. Why waste all that good white paper around the edges? I know. I know. The book publishers out there will tell me it’s easier on […]
Religion or Spirituality, which is it?
Religion is the menu. Spirituality is the meal. Religion is the score. Spirituality is the music. Religion is what they hand down to you…the codified beliefs. Spirituality is how you live out your ultimate commitments. It’s what drives you to embody your values. Religion, you inherit. Spirituality, you create. – Jan Phillips, October 2014 “Museletter” […]
Ending the Excess in Youth Sports Will Require Cool Heads Around One Table
Who made the new rule that you can only score on a fast break?! Don’t bother dribbling, passing, running plays or setting a pick. Just run and gun. Time outs and man to man defense are for sissies. That’s where, it seems, we find ourselves today, in sports, in business, and in our personal lives. The sad […]
Are Youth Soccer Coaches Smarter than Little League Coaches?
Throwing too many pitches is injuring our little leaguers. The scary thing is, coaches know this and are still putting young players at risk. A group from Case Western Reserve reports, While 100% (of coaches) were aware of the need to limit the number of pitches thrown by young pitchers to prevent overuse injuries, only […]
Order in Chaos: can’t you see it?
As I look down this tunnel of books packed floor to ceiling, I hear… du-doo, du-doo, du-doo, du-doo. I am pretty sure Rod Serling is about to tell me I have crossed over into … “The Twilight zone.” I am standing in the back of a small bookstore in Lake Junaluska, NC. On entering, I […]
What Does an ACL Really Cost?
What does an Anterior Cruciate ligament (ACL) tear really cost? Young athletes don’t have a clue. I’ll never forget sitting with Katherine and her dad as we looked at the video of her performance in the screening exercises. I cautioned Katherine about the ACL injury risk in athletic girls whose knees tended to fold inwards […]
Play needs no purpose
Play needs no purpose. That is why play can go on and on as long as players find it meaningful. After all, we do not dance in order to get somewhere. We dance around and around. A piece of music doesn’t come to an end when its purpose is accomplished. It has no purpose, strictly […]