As a coach you want the players to know they have to keep improving in order to stay at their level or move up. (more…)
Archive for January, 2011
Tom Tallmadge and the Arrowhead High School boys golf team won their fourth straight Wisconsin division one state championship in 2010. They won five state titles in a span of ten years.
Monday, January 31st, 2011Kayla Woodard walked-on to the Mississippi State University volleyball team in 2007. In 2010 she was an ESPN Academic All-American and finished 3rd in the SEC with 507 digs.
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011
Kayla Woodard - photo courtesy of Mississippi State University volleyball media relations
I wasn’t ‘just a walk-on.’ I could contribute to the team. (more…)
Rusty Komori won his 17th straight boys tennis state championship with Puhahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Punahou School set a national record for consecutive boys state championships at 20.
Monday, January 17th, 2011
Remembering that the mind controls the body is important and quotes will trigger something mentally which might help them physically during competition.
I instill high standards of excellence and welcome adversity as challenges to overcome, rather than problems to worry about.
Marc Johnson has coached the Cherry Creek High School baseball team since 1972. He has guided them to 7 state championships and 4 runner-ups.
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Head Baseball Coach Marc Johnson has two passions: one is the game of baseball, the other is working with young people
Our motto includes three things: play hard, execute the skills you have learned to the best of your ability, and most of all… have fun! (more…)
Daniel Hardy Jr walked-on to the University of Idaho to play wide receiver in 2006 at 6’3 190lbs. In 2010 he was the starting Tight End at 6’4 242 lbs and a Mackey Award semifinalist and 2nd team all WAC.
Monday, January 10th, 2011
Daniel Hardy Jr against the University of Nebraska. Photo courtesy of University of Idaho Athletics Department
There were athletes that were faster than me and stronger than me, but I was better because I worked harder. (more…)
Jeff Howard is the head cross country coach for Woodridge High School in Ohio. He has guided the Bulldogs to the Ohio division II boys state championship in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
Jeff Howard and his Woodridge High School boys cross country team
If you get kids to commit ten to eleven months, five to six days a week, you can’t help but be competitive. (more…)