Athletes and making Mistakes

In this BLOG my focus is to help parents, coaches, and athletes understand the hard work to takes off the field to be the very best on the field.  90% of this BLOG is focused on getting the athletes body to work like a well oiled machine (let's say a corvette since that is my favorite car). 

Every now and again I like to throw in different topics that also aid in shaping great athletes.  I found this clip on-line from Doc Rivers discussing mistakes and our athletes.  He shares some great thoughts and perspective for all of us to keep in mind when dealing with athletes.  Mistakes are inevitable but GREAT coaches (or parents and teammates) help pinpoint with the athlete where the lack in focus came from to learn from the mistake.  All too often we see examples of coaches, fans, parents, and teammates coming unglued at youth sporting events because of a mistake that has been made.  One thing to keep in mind - they do not make the mistake on purpose and it is inevitable that they will make more mistakes in the future.  

Doc Rivers Video on Athletes and Mistakes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgCIoLvwPWM&feature=uploademail

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Leadership

For all the readers out there - if you HAVE a young athlete or if you ARE a young athlete then by now the concept of LEADERSHIP is something you have heard about.  It is a common thread in any sport. 

Shane Battier who played basketball at Duke has a great video on Leadership for athletes to gain insight from.   Regardless if you lead by example or vocally one thing that is in common is the hard work it takes day in and day out to be reputable.

  Hit the link below to view:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY6tdhzDzBk&feature=uploademail

Back at it

Sorry about last week folks -  the middle and later part of the week took an unlikely turn.  Anyway we got back into our barbell routine today - finger is much better and the ability to grip is back to about 90% so we are diving back in!

5.9.2011 Video: