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Oct 21 2011

Expectations

By: rlarsen

How many of you have coached a team and had what was termed as a “big win”? Three weeks ago my team experienced exactly that. We played a team everyone assumed would be victorious against us. We prepared for this match just like any other match; we were prepared to compete. We had what we thought was a good game plan. We watched videos as a coaching staff and as a team. We were prepared, but did we expect to win? No. We were just prepared to compete. If you asked my team or coaching staff, I am sure they would have said we were as prepared as we could be. But we did not expect win. So what happened…we won in five games. The players were euphoric. We just had a big win.

Oct 12 2011

Breaking the 10,000-Hour Rule

By: mwall

Why is Olympic gold medalist, Shaun White, affectionately known as the “flying tomato,” the only skateboarder to land a front-side, heel-flip, 540 body varial or Armadillo? How long should it take Cam Newton to learn the Carolina Panthers’ offense? Why did Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlm…

Oct 12 2011

Yeats and the Volleyball Season

By: mwall

Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing  - William Butler Yeats

Oct 10 2011

The Ultimate Over-Achievers

By: jwatson

This past weekend, unbeknownst to many here in the United States, the Wallabies (Australia) defeated the Springboks (South Africa) and advanced to play the All-Blacks (New Zealand) in the second semi-final of the Rugby World Cup.  Over the past year, these three teams have been the most dominate in World Rugby.

Oct 6 2011

Self-Esteem

By: admin

What I’ve come to greatly appreciate in working with the crew at GMS, is the cadre of coaches in the company and those you get to meet. These relationships have proven critical in my own coaching development.

Oct 6 2011

The Dog Days

By: mwall

I was reading a fishing report a few weeks back, and it was entitled “The Dog Days of Summer.” The report went on to explain the current fishing conditions, the hot weather, how to avoid rattlesnakes, and the challenges of trying to catch fickle trout.

Oct 5 2011

Breast Cancer Awareness Month – Serve for the Cure!

By: Tom Melton

Sep 30 2011

Science and Coaching

By: admin

Annie Murphy Paul wrote an article that was published in the NY Times on September 10, 2011 titled The Trouble with Homework.

Sep 28 2011

Staying the Course–Process over Outcome

By: admin

Last Thursday we played our first conference match of the year at BYU–a new member of the West Coast Conference. We knew they were very good–even better than when we played them earlier in the season. I felt like we were ready to play well and we were expecting a very competitive match. It wasn’t competitive. We got crushed in straight sets.

Sep 27 2011

Mid-Season Choices

By: admin

A good question recently came in from a coach: