Jim Collins, author of, “Good to Great” said The real path to greatness, it turns out, requires simplicity and diligence. It requires clarity, not instant illumination. It demands each of [...]
The Best Compliment Winning championships, coach of the year awards, coaching all-state teams, are all awesome and certainly events to celebrate. To be apart of those kind of moments as a coach [...]
Winning the Anthem has become increasing popular. In recent years there has been many National Anthem standoffs during baseball and softball games across the country. You can YouTube all kinds of [...]
One of the paradoxes of life is that the people you most depend on might be complete strangers to you. Yet, ironically they provide you with support, encouragement, and sometimes more. Jim [...]
The Winning Combination Each game that is played is the opportunity to win. The thing about each game is we do not know how that win will come together and we also don’t know which players will [...]
What is One Huge Role of a Coach? Set the Tone – Create the Culture One of the most critical responsibilities of an effective leader is to consistently and continually take a positive approach [...]
Dear Coaches, Many high school/college baseball and softball seasons are coming to a close and summer seasons are underway across the country. Unfortunately only one team can win the last game [...]
30 Day Challenge – Follow Up At the beginning of April on my 1PW Weekly Blog I posted a 30 Day Challenge after watching this TED Talk by Matt Cutts. If you haven’t already watched it [...]
30 Day Challenge When I work with programs I always challenge the players and coaches to work on their mental game by doing small things that are not difficult that anyone can do but that they [...]
Fundraising My goal for this blog has always been to give coaches ideas to improve their program and make it as well rounded as possible. Some weeks we discuss process based measurement, mental [...]
