“Deus Ex Machina”
"I’m convinced that the power of the mind is God’s greatest gift to us. I’m also convinced that the secret to unlocking that power lies in belief. Belief, I contend, is the “deus ex machina,” or the magic elixir that…
Coaches Advisor – September 2004
Holding on to the momentum of winning - and stopping a losing streak – Speed Development Hold That Momentum! Last October I had the privilege of being behind the scenes with the West Virginia University football team and staff the…
All you really need to know about baseball ………
All you really need to know about baseball you learned in Little League Or so it seems if you look at what Cincinnati GM Dan O’Brien did this past off season with Pitching coach, Don Gullett. He decided that…
Summer Time Blues…Keeping your team motivated through the summer
Winning The Mental Game by Ray Lauenstein Summer Time Blues…Keeping your team motivated through the summer. Football season is less than two months away in some states, no more than 10 weeks in most states. As a coach you are…
Performing Under Pressure – It Starts in Practice!
Mental Skills Corner: Performing Under Pressure – It Starts in Practice! by Ray Lauenstein Jim Donnan, who writes about college football for ESPN.com, had a very good point in his column about getting the most out of spring football practice…
Winning the Mental Game
by Ray Lauenstein Momentum…what is it…can you stop it…can you regain it? Hard to define, elusive, yet you know when you have it, and you know when you don’t. Momentum. Change is one way to define it – changes in…
I Believe . . .
by Larry Beckish This is an excerpt from the book "I Believe in Cream, Apples, and Football – Thoughts for Coaches". The most valuable lesson I learned about coaching came from Frank Howard, Clemson's legendary head football coach who led…
Vince Lombardi – What it takes to be # 1
Vince Lombardi Vince Lombardi, legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers and winner of two Super Bowls is considered by many to be the greatest coach in NFL history. Lombardi also served as Head Football Coach of the Washington Redskins)…
When anything is possible….
This article was written by Jim Reese. Jim was a quarterback and assistant coach at the University of Minnesota and is now retired and lives in Tampa, Florida, where he reports on sports for a local newspaper. I was covering…
Turnaround job ahead? Why not Six Sigma?
Initially championed by Jack Welsh and GE Corporation in 1985, Six Sigma is a highly disciplined, project-based approach to attaining perfection. There's probably no better application for these principles and approaches than in coaching - specifically in turnaround situations. Through…