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Leaps in Progress
I recently attended the USA volleyball high-performance clinic in Colorado Springs. One of the guest presenters was Julio Velasco,...
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Gold Medal Squared
- Apr 24, 2014
How Good Are You Going to Become?
“To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do what you have never before done.” R G Scott Coaches, here is a message I...
Gold Medal Squared
- Jan 17, 2014
Practice Execution Means Game Reality
Volleyball Coaches – This is a great article the outlines the importance of practice planning. Enjoy! Original Article Written by...
Gold Medal Squared
- Aug 26, 2013
Fail Faster, Learn Faster
My friend Keegan told me about a business model of an app company: We will Fail Faster than any other app creator. The idea is that they...
Gold Medal Squared
- May 24, 2012
The Feedback Trap(s)
One of the many debts I owe to Ron Larsen is the day he handed me a study taken of John Wooden’s feedback. The study codified Wooden’s...
Gold Medal Squared
- Feb 20, 2012
Why Athletes Disengage
My first overseas volleyball experience was bitter-sweet. The sweet parts for me were the opportunities to get to know a new culture, the...
Gold Medal Squared
- Jan 31, 2012
Improvement IS Addictive
This post comes to us from Dr. Steve Bain, who not only knows a lot about neuro-science, but is becoming quite a good volleyball coach as...
Gold Medal Squared
- Jan 25, 2012
Learning How to Learn
Carol Dweck, a behavioral psychologist at Stanford, has written a well known book called “Mindset”. In the book, she identifies two...
Gold Medal Squared
- Jan 19, 2012
Making Changes
“Some coaches don’t have the energy or willingness to make the emotional commitment to motivate people to attain the standard required of...
Gold Medal Squared
- Oct 25, 2011
Observing Skaters
The first time I took our son to the local skate park over a year ago I sat and watched as he made his way around the pavement. But I’m...
Gold Medal Squared
- Oct 21, 2011
Expectations
How many of you have coached a team and had what was termed as a “big win”? Three weeks ago my team experienced exactly that. We played a...
Gold Medal Squared
- Oct 12, 2011
Breaking the 10,000-Hour Rule
Why is Olympic gold medalist, Shaun White, affectionately known as the “flying tomato,” the only skateboarder to land a front-side,...
Gold Medal Squared
- Sep 27, 2011
Staying the Course–Process over Outcome
Last Thursday we played our first conference match of the year at BYU–a new member of the West Coast Conference. We knew they were very...
Gold Medal Squared
- Aug 22, 2011
Learning through Teaching
I’m not a quick learner, but eventually I learn some things. Fortunately, I enjoy teaching, which is a great way to learn. I find that I...
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- Mar 23, 2011
Why Talent is Overrated
By Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large (Fortune Magazine) — It is mid-1978, and we are inside the giant Procter & Gamble headquarters in...
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- Mar 23, 2011
Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication
by Dr. Carl McGown The philosopher William Of Occam (1300-1349) reputedly said: “Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.” This...
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