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Soccer Legend Kristine Lilly on the Missing Ingredient in Youth Sports
Kristine Lilly is one of the greatest women’s soccer players of all time. Her 352 career caps are the most of any player, man or women, in international soccer history. [...]
Julie Foudy Says Team Culture Made U.S. Women’s Soccer Unbeatable
Great teams exist as one unit. They trust each other, they support each other, and they push each other. When divisions form inside a team, those fractures harm the overall [...]
Why Women’s Soccer Powerhouse Santa Clara University Values A Recruit’s Mentality Above All Else
Santa Clara’s women’s soccer is a titan of their sport. https://youtu.be/3vUkj4uQVpc The program, which boasts alumni such as Julie Ertz and Brandi Chastain, consistently ranks among the top 10 teams [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Notre Dame Basketball Coach Mike Brey Reveals How Tense Coaches Create Tense Players
A coach who’s constantly tense and frustrated will rub off on their players in all the wrong ways. That’s the message Notre Dame head basketball coach Mike Brey shares in [...]
Steph Curry Says Playing Multiple Sports Gave Him Confidence to Be an MVP
You can count Stephen Curry among the number of pro athletes who firmly believe in the virtues of children playing multiple sports. The two-time NBA MVP spoke on the topic [...]
Basketball Guru Kevin Eastman On How Coaching From the Stands Ruins One of Sports’ Key Life Skills
Kevin Eastman knows basketball. He was an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics for eight seasons, including their 2008 championship run. After that, he was the Los Angeles Clippers’ Vice-President [...]