by Dave Gleason   Setting short, medium and long term goals is the foundation for any action plan.  Creating and attaining any goal is a process.   In the context of goal setting for young athletes, often a trainer or coach will direct the question of desired goal(s) by giving away the answers.  A [...] read more

Dreams and ambition are great.   But how many times have you established a goal for yourself and not completed it?   I’ll bet that number totals into the dozens.   You start the process, get ultra-excited, amped-up beyond belief…   … And then…   Nothing.   You kind of get started, but not really. [...] read more

The Pygmalion Effect can either elevate a workers productivity or entirely undermine it. For instance, workers who receive continuous verbal praise for their efforts, while being supported by non-verbal means, will aspire and ascend to even more productivity. In contrast, if a worker receives less praise or even communication from management than their peers or [...] read more

Soccer is no different than any other sport at the youth level – and I am not inferring that anyone suggested otherwise – but every youth coach of every sport, seems to think that the technical nuances of their sport are some how more intricate or specialized than the skills of other sports… and that [...] read more

You could open an interesting debate with respect to teaching sporting skills to kids.   I did last week during a presentation I gave to area basketball coaches.   Some trainers and coaches have decided that the skills required to achieve a certain task should be taught from the beginning.   Others believe in the [...] read more