Team gathers for post game chat
Many girls, by nature, are tentative. Go ahead. Watch the U7 boys play. They throw themselves into the game, into their opponent, get whistled for rough play. Then watch the girls. They fight over offering the other player the ball. A whole new species.
Girls are tentative, not necessarily because they are bei [...]
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Fail More, But Try to Avoid Mistakes
Team gathers for post game chat
Many girls, by nature, are tentative. Go ahead. Watch the U7 boys play. They throw themselves into the game, into their opponent, get whistled for rough play. Then watch the girls. They fight over offering the other player the ball. A whole new species.
Girls are tentative, not necessarily because they are bei [...]
Suzy Germain on “the Coach-Athl...
One of the hardest issues for kids in today’s competitive youth sports setting is playing time. No one likes to spend time on the bench; the fun is in playing the game. But, the more competitive the team, the more important the win. Coaches whose jobs and reputation depend on fielding a winning team play their starters. Maybe only their [...]
Bishop’s Titans: Girls Soccer C...
The CYA Titans, U18 Girls: Proud of what they've accomplished together
Lisa Bishop started coaching the CYA Titans when they were pint-sized and grew them into the girls who graduated high school this fall. So how do you say goodbye to girls who have been family for nearly a decade? You take them on a service trip to Costa Rica where they [...]
Coaching Well: Why Do We Coach?
This article was originally published in The Fairfax Times, June 2010.
It so saddens me to read the endless stories of remarkably talented athletes like Tiger Woods and Ben Roethlisberger behaving badly– these lives, full of potential, are then misspent by their worst natures. We are left asking:
“How did we let these athlete [...]
Redeeming Soccer Mom, the Parent-Coac...
Part 3 in the 3 Blog Series: “Redeeming Soccer Mom”
The Parent-Coach Conversation
A coach once told our team parents: “As a parent, it’s your job to see the very best in your child. It’s my job to see them as they are and to help them be better.” He was right. None of us is objective about our own child. B [...]
Marion Booth Mentored Me
In November, 92 year old Marion Booth received the award of a lifetime: A Distinguished Service Award from the Maryland State Golf Association. I can think of no one more deserving.
Marion has played championship golf since her teenaged days. She’s played with and against the best. She still competes in District Golf matches and stil [...]
Dick Schultz, Coaching God’s Way
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.”
~I Corinthians 9:24
What prize are you running for?
Who is your role model?
Who is holding you accountable for how you run?
These were the questions posed by Dick Schultz at a recent Workforce Ministries luncheon. Di [...]
The Beautiful Game, Beautifully Playe...
How many of us have watched in amazement and disgust this week as Elizabeth Lambert of the University of New Mexico women’s soccer team assaulted players from Brigham Young University’s team? First, pulling a player down by her ponytail, then administering karate chops to the face of a player on a “tackle” and more. After her reprimand she [...]
Under Their Own Power
Under Their Own Power
While I was out for a walk I came upon a young father coming out of the driveway behind his toddler son who was on one of those big plastic tricycles that has the handle behind for pushing. The son signaled the direction he wanted to go with his right arm and pointer finger. Upon being pushed that way, he signaled his [...]
LIFE ON SOCCER SUNDAYS
A popular T-shirt reads: “Soccer is life. The rest is just details.” I would have worn this T-shirt when I was growing up. Athletics brought identity, order and discipline to my life. And the discipline I learned there, I brought to life’s other pursuits.
Cut to today. My kids wear this T-shirt. And in spite of the Christian path I long for t [...]
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