AthleteFIT - Functionally Integrated Training
Functionally Integrated Training
“Things are hard when you HAVE TO…but become easy if you WANT TO…”
- Alan Stein
What motivates younger players? Not surprisingly it is the same things that motivate all of us when we are placed in an unfamiliar position or situation. In the beginning, it all comes down to three simple things that have total control … Read More >
Motivation, confidence, skill and talent are all interconnected, and are especially important at a young age. Children with low confidence tend to lack motivation. This lack of motivation leads to a reluctance to try and a lack of effort. Lack of focused effort leads to lower skill and low skill usually leads to a lack … Read More >
Last weekend, while presenting at the TPEA National Conference, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to sit down over dinner with some of the best coaches around. We discussed our systems, or goals and our philosophies. During one of these discussions, we talked about specific qualities that great youth sports coaches possess? What unique … Read More >
Tests are not designed to make us uncomfortable. Challenges are not laid out before us to make us nervous. We don’t go through difficult times in our lives because God is punishing us.
In our life we will face many types of tests, challenges and difficult times. We test in school, we test at practice, we … Read More >
Seth Godin wrote a post called “Coming from a Loud Place” where he talked about all the companies that have made an impact on society, and how they didn’t start off with multimillion dollar ad campaigns. Instead, they focused on the experience that the user would ultimately have with their product (making it great).
Is this … Read More >
What makes the US so dominant in Basketball? Why is Spain dominant in soccer? Why do certain countries seem to dominate a particular sport, why others seem to struggle at the world level. It has everything to do with the environment (culture) and expectations (belief). I was talking to a soccer coach that works with … Read More >
One of the most overlooked aspects of coaching is verbal cuing. Words that invoke pictures or images that inspire the athlete to increased levels of performance, while also creating clarity regarding how to best execute the task, can be extremely beneficial when working with younger athletes that may not fully understand the task. This could … Read More >
Although this is targeted to coaches, the message should ring true to all of us, whether we are teachers, parents or aspiring entrepreneurs.
One of my many mentors told me long ago, “Scott, if my goal is to teach you everything I know, then I will most certainly fail you.” I will pause a moment and … Read More >
As we finish up our second week in the PowerFIT/SpeedFIT program, I am becoming more and more optimistic that we will not only hit our goals, but in many cases will probably exceed them. Here’s why…
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill
We had a 70% of our … Read More >
I heard that line from a recent sermon on positive thinking. The point being made here was simple…if you only focus on the negative, your focus, your time, your efforts, your faith, are all going in the wrong direction. And ultimately, you will become what you believe.
I heard another saying once that has stayed with … Read More >
