Leadership
How I Squandered a Season by Failing to Create a Team Culture (and What I Do Differently Now)
Matt Richards is head men’s basketball coach, as well as Associate Dean of Students and Director of Athletics, at Southern Maine Community College. He is the all-time winningest coach in [...]
Steve Kerr Reveals How to Combat Complacency on a Championship-Caliber Team
How do elite teams manage to stay on the summit season after season? How do they fight complacency when they know they’re far superior to most of their opponents? https://youtu.be/niK8pv-pfcc [...]
Brad Stevens Reveals the Coaching Tactic That Helps His Players ‘Soar’
Brad Stevens is a basketball mastermind. His ability to help a team become greater than the sum of its parts is what every coach aspires to. At Butler, Stevens led [...]
How to Be a Great Track and Field Teammate
Track and field is a weird sport. Why? Because it's both an individual sport and a team sport at the same time. Some people love the team aspect of track, [...]
NBA Coach Mike Brown: Parents Need to Let Their Kids Lead Post-Game Conversations
The car ride home after a practice or game can often be a one-sided conversation—the parent blurting out everything they wanted to tell their child during the action, and the [...]
Brad Stevens Offers Crucial Advice to New Coaches
Brad Stevens might be just 41 years old, but he’s already established himself as one of the most respected coaches in basketball. His impressive leadership at Butler earned [...]
Calais Campbell Reveals How He Got the Strangest Voice in the NFL
Calais Campbell has a unique voice. The 6-foot-8, 300-pound All-Pro defensive end has a deep baritone, punctuated by constant hoarseness. It sounds like a lion that just got his tonsils [...]
NFL QB Prospect Davis Webb Explains His Intense Admiration of Tom Brady
Cal quarterback Davis Webb sees some similarities between Tom Brady and himself. Not on the field—Webb says no one can compare to what Brady does between the white lines—but in [...]
3 Ways to Get Youth Athletes to Believe in Your Training Programs
One of the greatest joys of being a coach is the opportunity to make a positive impact in today's youth. Youth sports are more popular than ever, for...
What the Wells Report on Hazing Among the Miami Dolphins Means for High School Sports
Miami Dolphins offensive linemen Richie Incognito (left) and Jonathan Martin during a preseason football practice in 2013. (AP Images) The Wells Report issued last Friday contained gut-wrenching findings on the [...]