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    Gold Medal Squared
    • Feb 14, 2018

    From BYU to GMS: Heather Olmstead Joins GMS Advisory Staff

    Heather Olmstead Joins GMS Advisory Staff Are you someone who believes Gold Medal Squared is only suited for the men’s game? Were you con...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Jan 29, 2018

    Courtney Thompson Joins GMS Advisory Staff

    Courtney Thompson Joins The GMS Advisory Staff Gold Medal Squared (GMS) is pleased to announce their partnership with Courtney Thompson a...

    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 th...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Feb 17, 2014

    Messages We Send

    Messages we Send – Written by GMS Staff Member Rob Browning During a match we are constantly sending messages to our team, and our player...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Oct 21, 2013

    The Success of our Players

    The Success of our Players Written by LMU Head Coach Tom Black Watching players at the high school or club, collegiate, and international...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Oct 4, 2013

    Leadership Doesn’t Have a Title

    A few weeks back GMS Staff Member Tom Melton wrote this in the Volleyball Toolbox forum.  I thought I’d share it here as well.  Enjoy! Si...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Dec 12, 2012

    Coaching the Young Kids, Part 2

    My last blog entry was about teaching kids how to play the entire game by allowing them to perform all skills in practice and matches. T...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Dec 5, 2012

    Don’t Cry That It’s Over

    I think this is one of the most perfect quotes for many of us: “Don’t cry that it’s over. Smile that it happened.”  It’s been attributed ...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Nov 12, 2012

    Teaching the Young Kids

    As the club volleyball season gets underway, I would like to share some thoughts on my experience Coaching Volleyball players from 8 to 1...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Aug 19, 2012

    10 Days into the 2012 Volleyball Season

    10 Days in to the Volleyball Season Perpetually Dissatisfied and Always in a Hurry This is the second quote on our whiteboard. This time ...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Aug 18, 2012

    Coaching is Hard

    This post is certainly long overdue. As such, I’m going to combine a couple of different topics into one post. You will forgive me, but l...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Aug 9, 2012

    Five Coaching Strengths that Produce Champions

    This summer’s Olympics got us thinking: how do we as managers and leaders become coaches who elicit greatness in others? A study of the c...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Jul 11, 2012

    Times are Changing

    This article was sent to us by a client.  Did you ever think Drill Sergeants would do away with the yelling that exists during training? ...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Jun 8, 2012

    Stepping Up When it Matters (it always matters)

    We have all heard about the great competitors who raise the level of their game when it matters most.  I’m not buying it. Great competito...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Apr 13, 2012

    Helicopter Coaches

    The other day I was reading an article in a magazine about Helicopter Parenting—the term given to parents who hover over their child’s ev...

    Gold Medal Squared
    • Feb 22, 2012

    Lessons From the Las Vegas Invitational

    This past weekend I coached my first ever 3 day Juniors Tournament in Las Vegas. I’ve spent many days recruiting this tournament, but hav...

    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 25, 2012

    Super Bowl – Consequence of Little Things

    The 2011 PAC 12 Season is looking like it will be the last where a true double round-robin is used to determine the conference championsh...

    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

    Yeats and the Volleyball Season

    Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing  – William Butler Ye...

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