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The Blog

Notes on mindset, coaching, and the craft of sport.

Essays on Positive Psychology, talent development, and what it really takes to perform at your best.

Mindset

Why I Joined the Committee to Restore Integrity to the USOC

Over the weekend, I got an exciting invitation. I’ve long been operating around the people who make up the Committee to Restore...

February 13, 2019 · 3 min read
Mindset

Emotional Regulation for Everyday Coaching

Last week I wrote about Optimism and it was well received. It’s part of an ongoing effort to explain a little bit...

February 4, 2019 · 5 min read
Mindset

Podcast Preview: Will Sarah Ehekircher Get Another NBOR

Later today I’ll be recording a podcast with Sarah Ehekircher. Sarah and I have been doing a lot of three person pods...

January 31, 2019 · 1 min read
Mindset

Optimism for Everyday Coaching

Recently at practice, one of the swimmers I coach, a high school senior, came into the wall and dropped two truth bombs...

January 25, 2019 · 4 min read
Mindset

What is the Age of Consent For Training Hard?

We live in a world where we universally acknowledge that children cannot make all decisions for themselves. Under 18? Can’t vote. Somewhere...

January 17, 2019 · 3 min read
Mindset

Podcast Preview: Monica Strzempko and Sarah Ehekircher

Later today I will record a podcast with Monica Strzempko and Sarah Ehekircher. If that first name sounds unfamiliar to you, then...

January 14, 2019 · 2 min read
Mindset

PED’s and Abuse are Both Long Term Poison

One of the things I have hinted at in this space is the explicit connection I see between the fight that many...

January 9, 2019 · 3 min read
Mindset

Another Lost Too Soon

A couple weeks ago, Missy Franklin announced her retirement in a heartfelt letter she posted to Instagram. At just 23 years of...

January 3, 2019 · 3 min read
Mindset

Biggest Misses of 2018

I’m a little late. Whatever. Last year, I took a look back at 2017 and considered what were some of the biggest...

January 1, 2019 · 3 min read
Mindset

It’s Not Fair to Idolize

When I was just trying to break into coaching, I called John Trembley. He was then the head coach of the men’s...

December 11, 2018 · 3 min read
Mindset

Olympic Selection Puts Women in an Impossible Situation

Earlier this week, USA Swimming announced its head coaches for the 2020 Olympics. Dave Durden will coach the men, and Greg Meehan...

December 5, 2018 · 4 min read
Mindset

Dick Shoulberg Is No Legend

The transitive property of coaching morality works something like this: If a coach=high performing athletes, and high performing athletes= you are “doing...

November 29, 2018 · 10 min read