The lights are low. Your players are scattered around, some are in chairs, some are on the floor. They’ve been sitting in classes since 8am, and now its 3pm and they’re sitting again, watching next week’s opponent. You’ve got the remote. A few assistants are scattered around the room. You are narrating the film like [...]

This is Step 10 of the 10 Steps to Creating a Tougher Defense, an on-going series where we look at 10 ways to improve the overall toughness of your team defense. Step 1: Conditioning Your Defense for Toughness Step 2: Building Toughness in the Weight Room Step 3: Equipping your Defense to Play Tough Step [...]

This is the first post in a series of 10 Steps to Creating a Tougher Defense. Over the next couple of weeks we’ll look at all sorts of ways that you can make your kids think, act, feel, and be tougher. Step 1: Conditioning Your Defense for Toughness Step 2: Building Toughness in the Weight [...]

We’re all in coaching for a number of reasons. We are passionate about the game. We love working with young men and developing them. And we are normally intensely competitive. And the facts is, despite our passion for the game and our desire to help our players build character, if we don’t win it won’t [...]

What is our responsibility with young athletes and coaching character? It is a question that I think all of us have to consider. Some coaches would rather view themselves as a “Teacher of Men” than as a “Winner.” Other coaches view teaching your players to be winners as being a coach of character. Where is [...]