We don’t need more positive coaches or positive sports parents. Why? Because many who buy in to those ideas kind of have this feeling that not being mean is more or less the extent of what it entails … not swearing at the kids not yelling from the sidelines not going ballistic over mistakes not badmouthing others etc, …
Amanda Scarborough explained it perfectly in her article “The Power of Shaking Off.” I’m going to leave most of the talking to her on this topic. Before I do that, I just want to say that I’ve heard all kinds of “reasons” why coaches don’t let players call … Not even college players call their …
Why do we believe in (and perpetuate) the idea that the important stuff in life can’t be fun … Or that if someone is having fun then they’re “not serious enough” … Or that hard work and fun are somehow mutually exclusive? I think excellence and joy go hand in hand. I think we can …
