With the New Year rapidly approaching, folks are beginning to announce their resolutions. This time has reminded me of how silly I think "diets" are, particularly for athletes.A few days back, I exposed how I like to write about shit nobody cares about when I mused on the health benefits of tamarind paste.Loren commented: I am curious to know your thoughts on Whole 30? … [Read more...]
Failing to Succeed
Striving to avoid slipups isn't noble.Striving to take bold action, knowing that you'll inevitably fail and look foolish, is a strong strategy.Recently, an inspiring colleague of mine shared this with me. Life is a maze and we are mice. We have decisions to make at every fork in the road. We will unquestionably take wrong turns, bump up against walls … [Read more...]
In the Zone
Prioritizing effectively is a skill like any other and therefore requires deliberate practice.When we engage in weight training, we deliberately overload our muscles and ask them handle progressively heavier loads. We instantly comprehend that if we were to only train one body part while ignoring the rest, only the area we trained is going to get bigger and stronger.Our … [Read more...]
Chalk Talk
Chalk talk applies to life, not just sports.We are coming to understand that the mental side of sports is just as (if not more) important than the physical, particularly at the highest level. More accurately, mental strength is the separator when talent is comparable. Sure, basketball players should be knocking out their free throws deliberately and linemen need thousands … [Read more...]
Building a Winning Culture
Building better teammates and creating a winning culture are intertwined. In order to build a long-term, winning culture, it takes months and years of continuous, dedicated, deliberate effort. It's a never-ending commitment to sharpening each other at every turn.The New Zealand All Blacks, the national men’s rugby team, were smacked in the face with this undertaking. They … [Read more...]