Last week I was able to attend the Character Conference 2019 at Glacier High School in Kalispell, Montana. This is the second year of this event and while my son went last year, I was not able to attend. Why did I go this year, one, because he wanted to go…and two, because the content this year, loneliness, anxiety, depression and suicide are items that have impacted my life. As a father, if ...[Read More]
Character Conference 2019
Resolving to Do Less in 2019
Well, it’s that time of year to make – and possibly break – resolutions for a fitter, smarter, and better version of you. Even now, most people I know are scribbling down new diets, new exercise regimens, new goals, new plans, and new commitments to a happier, healthier, and more successful version of themselves. Unfortunately, most of those resolutions will be broken within two months for a var ...[Read More]
Kyrie Irving – “My dad is the reason I wear #11”
This Nike commercial dropped on Thanksgiving day and what a great way to give thanks. Drederick Irving was a single father raising two young children. Drederick had NBA potential, even having a tryout with the Celtics in 1992, before the loss of his wife, Elizabeth, changed everything. Like any father would, he put his dreams on hold to provide for his children. The commercial is a heartwarmin ...[Read More]
Perseverance of the baby bear
Hat tip to @carsondaly for posting this on the @todayshow. The concept is easy, life is hard. Watch as the baby bear tries so hard to climb the steep snowy mountain, and fail, over and over again. The bear doesn’t give up, and the momma-bear up top paces back and forth, but knows all that she can do is watch. When you think about it, the baby bear must be exhausted by the time it gets to th ...[Read More]
Teachers Pay Teachers – sharing your educational ideas
When I was in the classroom (12+ years ago), if you needed a lesson plan, there were just a handful of websites that you could visit. They were not well organized, but they were a start. Earlier, I saw a piece on the Today Show about a website called Teachers Pay Teachers and I have to say, it’s a brilliant idea. Think of Etsy, but for teachers. Have a lesson plan that is wonderful, or aw ...[Read More]
EDGB Podcast – The Dichotomy of Leadership – Episode 1
Episode 1 – Ryan is joined by the authors of the best selling book Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink, and Leif Babin and has the pleasure to visit with them about their new book; The Dichotomy of Leadership. The conversation about their new book visits a few different topics, ranging from coaching, athletics, hazing, and of course, extreme ownership. Pick up a copy of The Dichotomy of Leade ...[Read More]
Jocko Willink on Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink – Good
Win with grace, lose with dignity
The concept is simple and it is what I tell my players after every game before we go through the handshake line. Win with grace, lose with dignity. A video just surfaced on earlier today from @b757fo_jim and @cut4 of two friends, and they were friends first…but these two friends just happen to be facing each other in a baseball game where the winner gets the chance to move on to the state ch ...[Read More]
Dear Basketball – Kobe Bryant with animation
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Dear Basketball takes the letter that Kobe Bryant penned on the eve of his retirement announcement and mixes it with the magic of a custom John Williams score and legendary animator Glen Keane. The letter by itself is amazing, but when narrated by Kobe himself, then mix in the music from the man who brings Star Wars to life and add the p ...[Read More]
Buzz Williams – What are you for
Rounding out our three post Buzz Williams series is a video Coach did for #gBTimeout #getBETTER and we want to share that message with you too. In the comments below, share “What you are for”. Too often, I think we spend too much time ➕ energy on talking about or tweeting about ‘what we are against’ Over the last 2️⃣ yrs within our program & my family, I've tried to spend that ...[Read More]
Frank Martin and Buzz Williams – the start of what are you for
Yesterday, we posted a Buzz Williams quote – today, we share the video of the press conference where the quote was sourced. It’s worth the 18 minutes of your day to promote positive change.
Buzz Williams, coaching, community and choices
“I think my tenure as a coach is coming to a close. I tell my players that, I tell my children that, because all I care about is all the things he just talked about. I think the things that I used to look at on a scorecard that were really important, those things don’t matter at all anymore. So I spend a lot less time as a coach than I once did, and I spend a lot more time trying to help them grow ...[Read More]
What’s Important Now
Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz loves to use the acronym of WIN. For Holtz, WIN stands for; What’s Important Now I am pondering that quote as I just returned from a leadership summit for a preeminent collegiate leadership group. Out task from my division in preparation for the next year was quoteworthy. Break some shit, and put it back together! As a coach, I love those types of ...[Read More]
A leadership tweet from Mark Cuban
Leaders don’t conform to the consensus. They create a consensus to their vision and goals. Leaders don’t change their positions mid-debate. They welcome scorn from the masses because it creates the opportunity for dialogue. Leaders don’t look backwards to condemn what has already been done, they look forward to create a better future. Leaders are not dogmatic. They are princip ...[Read More]
Kevin Durant – Still KD: Through the Noise
Matt Deggs, a coach who gets it
“There is no greater honor than to sacrifice for a brother” – Matt Deggs, Baseball Coach at Sam Houston State. There are just some coaches that you want to play for. Matt Deggs is one of them. After a loss that knocked his team out of the NCAA tournament in 2017 – Deggs gets deep. He talks about love, being a transactional coach and becoming a transformational coach.
Tim Ferriss: Why you should define your fears instead of your goals
Tim Ferriss is not only the voice behind my favorite PodCast – but he is also the presenter in the top TED talk of 2017. Talking on “fear-setting”, Tim is both vulnerable and uplifting. [ted id=2799]
Cus D’Amato on Self Control
“Boxing is a sport of self-control. You must understand fear so you can manipulate it. Fear is like fire. You can make it work for you: it can warm you in the winter, cook your food when you’re hungry, give you light when you are in the dark, and produce energy. Let it go out of control and it can hurt you, even kill you… Fear is a friend of exceptional people.” – Cus D’Amato
The Bench Cam with @UFGatorSoccer
The first question says it all – “Who likes being subbed out of the game?” In this great social experiment, Coach Becky Burleigh talks about putting a camera on her bench to watch the body language of both the players and coaches.
Trust Builders with @UFGatorSoccer
Coach Becky Burleigh is back with part 2 from her talk in 2015 at What Drives Winning. Players and coaches have to trust each other. Coach Burleigh shares the different ways that she helped the Gators build team and trust.
Fear and Failure
The Green Dot
Body Language on and off of the court
In a recent post game press conference, University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma shared his philosophy on body language. It’s a great lesson that all young athletes and their parents should hear. The video is embedded below, but here are a few highlights. “We put a huge premium on body language, and if your body language is bad, you will never get in the game ...[Read More]
The Will to Win
The Will to Win by Vince Lombardi “Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that’s first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, ...[Read More]
Chris Greicius – and the first ever wish
I am an avid podcast listener. A few months back, I found out that I had been missing out on The Tim Ferriss Show. In episode #225: John Crowley – The Real-Life Captain America and Bruce Banner (Seriously) Tim interviews John Crowley, the Chairman and CEO of Amicus Therapeutics. While this interview is so amazing on so many levels – one story caught my attention. The story of Chris ...[Read More]
Reaching Escape Velocity – Andrew Crawford
Dream Big
DREAM BIG If there were ever a time to dare, to make a difference, to embark on something worth doing, it is now. Not for any grand cause, necessarily — but for something that tugs at your heart something that’s your dream. You owe it to yourself to make your days here count. Have fun. Dig deep. Stretch. Dream big. Know, though, that things worth doing seldom come easy. There will be g ...[Read More]
A meditation to increase empathy
“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own – not of the same blood and birth, but the same m ...[Read More]
14 Minutes of Gary Vaynerchuk #DailyVee
Louisville Coach Jeff Walz post game after loss
If you have time watch all 11 minutes – but the good stuff starts at the 5 minute mark where Coach Walz dives into the state of youth athletics and the coddling of the current generation. Do you agree with Coach? Share your thoughts below.
Can we Auto-Correct Humanity?
Prince Ea – One bar closer to humanity!
Changing the game in youth sports
Eutemia
“According to Seneca, the Greek word Eutemia is one we should think of often. It is the sense of our own path and how to stay on it without getting distracted by all the others that intersect it. It’s not about beating or having more than the other guy. It’s about being what you are and being as good as possible at it without succumbing to all the things that draw you away from it. It’s about ...[Read More]
Travis Rudolph’s best catch
On the eve of my oldest son starting middle school, I was taken back by a photograph of Florida State Universities star receiver Travis Rudolph. Recently Rudolph, along with teammates Dalvin Cook, Deondre Francois, Derwin James and Jalen Wilkerson visited Monfort Middle School in Tallahassee. It was at lunch that Rudolph caught a student named Bo sitting alone. Rudolph walked up to Bo and asked ...[Read More]
Little Eyes Upon You
Little Eyes Upon You There are little eyes upon you and they’re watching night and day. There are little ears that quickly take in every word you say. There are little hands all eager to do anything you do; And a little boy who’s dreaming of the day he’ll be like you. You’re the little fellow’s idol, you’re the wisest of the wise. In his little mind about you no ...[Read More]
Pathfinders: Montana – Lacrosse
Tony Hawk lands 900 at 48!
17 years to the day of landing his first ever 900 – the GOAT of Skateboarding retains the spirit of youth and does it again. The footage shows the struggle, the pain and at the end the success.
Kevin Cassese – Culture Eats Strategy
Culture eats Strategy for breakfast
Kevin Cassese – Leaving Nothing to the Imagination
Lacrosse Coach Kevin Cassese on clear and concise communication with his team.
Kevin Cassese – Goals vs Standards
Coach Cassese discusses the team definitions of goals versus standards.
Kevin Cassese – A Deeper Level
What is your coaching roadmap? What is your philosophy?
Kevin Cassese – Where Can We Be Great?
Who do we want to be? Who can we be?
Character Conference 2019
Last week I was able to attend the Character Conference 2019 at Glacier High School in Kalispell, Montana. This is the second year of this event and while my son went last year, I was not able to attend. Why did I go this year, one, because he wanted to go…and two, because the content this year, loneliness, anxiety, depression and suicide are items that have impacted my life. As a father, if ...[Read More]
Resolving to Do Less in 2019
Well, it’s that time of year to make – and possibly break – resolutions for a fitter, smarter, and better version of you. Even now, most people I know are scribbling down new diets, new exercise regimens, new goals, new plans, and new commitments to a happier, healthier, and more successful version of themselves. Unfortunately, most of those resolutions will be broken within two months for a var ...[Read More]
Kyrie Irving – “My dad is the reason I wear #11”
This Nike commercial dropped on Thanksgiving day and what a great way to give thanks. Drederick Irving was a single father raising two young children. Drederick had NBA potential, even having a tryout with the Celtics in 1992, before the loss of his wife, Elizabeth, changed everything. Like any father would, he put his dreams on hold to provide for his children. The commercial is a heartwarmin ...[Read More]
Perseverance of the baby bear
Hat tip to @carsondaly for posting this on the @todayshow. The concept is easy, life is hard. Watch as the baby bear tries so hard to climb the steep snowy mountain, and fail, over and over again. The bear doesn’t give up, and the momma-bear up top paces back and forth, but knows all that she can do is watch. When you think about it, the baby bear must be exhausted by the time it gets to th ...[Read More]
Teachers Pay Teachers – sharing your educational ideas
When I was in the classroom (12+ years ago), if you needed a lesson plan, there were just a handful of websites that you could visit. They were not well organized, but they were a start. Earlier, I saw a piece on the Today Show about a website called Teachers Pay Teachers and I have to say, it’s a brilliant idea. Think of Etsy, but for teachers. Have a lesson plan that is wonderful, or aw ...[Read More]
EDGB Podcast – The Dichotomy of Leadership – Episode 1
Episode 1 – Ryan is joined by the authors of the best selling book Extreme Ownership, Jocko Willink, and Leif Babin and has the pleasure to visit with them about their new book; The Dichotomy of Leadership. The conversation about their new book visits a few different topics, ranging from coaching, athletics, hazing, and of course, extreme ownership. Pick up a copy of The Dichotomy of Leade ...[Read More]
Jocko Willink on Extreme Ownership
Jocko Willink – Good
Win with grace, lose with dignity
The concept is simple and it is what I tell my players after every game before we go through the handshake line. Win with grace, lose with dignity. A video just surfaced on earlier today from @b757fo_jim and @cut4 of two friends, and they were friends first…but these two friends just happen to be facing each other in a baseball game where the winner gets the chance to move on to the state ch ...[Read More]
Dear Basketball – Kobe Bryant with animation
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Dear Basketball takes the letter that Kobe Bryant penned on the eve of his retirement announcement and mixes it with the magic of a custom John Williams score and legendary animator Glen Keane. The letter by itself is amazing, but when narrated by Kobe himself, then mix in the music from the man who brings Star Wars to life and add the p ...[Read More]
Buzz Williams – What are you for
Rounding out our three post Buzz Williams series is a video Coach did for #gBTimeout #getBETTER and we want to share that message with you too. In the comments below, share “What you are for”. Too often, I think we spend too much time ➕ energy on talking about or tweeting about ‘what we are against’ Over the last 2️⃣ yrs within our program & my family, I've tried to spend that ...[Read More]
Frank Martin and Buzz Williams – the start of what are you for
Yesterday, we posted a Buzz Williams quote – today, we share the video of the press conference where the quote was sourced. It’s worth the 18 minutes of your day to promote positive change.
Buzz Williams, coaching, community and choices
“I think my tenure as a coach is coming to a close. I tell my players that, I tell my children that, because all I care about is all the things he just talked about. I think the things that I used to look at on a scorecard that were really important, those things don’t matter at all anymore. So I spend a lot less time as a coach than I once did, and I spend a lot more time trying to help them grow ...[Read More]
What’s Important Now
Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz loves to use the acronym of WIN. For Holtz, WIN stands for; What’s Important Now I am pondering that quote as I just returned from a leadership summit for a preeminent collegiate leadership group. Out task from my division in preparation for the next year was quoteworthy. Break some shit, and put it back together! As a coach, I love those types of ...[Read More]
A leadership tweet from Mark Cuban
Leaders don’t conform to the consensus. They create a consensus to their vision and goals. Leaders don’t change their positions mid-debate. They welcome scorn from the masses because it creates the opportunity for dialogue. Leaders don’t look backwards to condemn what has already been done, they look forward to create a better future. Leaders are not dogmatic. They are princip ...[Read More]
Kevin Durant – Still KD: Through the Noise
Matt Deggs, a coach who gets it
“There is no greater honor than to sacrifice for a brother” – Matt Deggs, Baseball Coach at Sam Houston State. There are just some coaches that you want to play for. Matt Deggs is one of them. After a loss that knocked his team out of the NCAA tournament in 2017 – Deggs gets deep. He talks about love, being a transactional coach and becoming a transformational coach.
Tim Ferriss: Why you should define your fears instead of your goals
Tim Ferriss is not only the voice behind my favorite PodCast – but he is also the presenter in the top TED talk of 2017. Talking on “fear-setting”, Tim is both vulnerable and uplifting. [ted id=2799]
Cus D’Amato on Self Control
“Boxing is a sport of self-control. You must understand fear so you can manipulate it. Fear is like fire. You can make it work for you: it can warm you in the winter, cook your food when you’re hungry, give you light when you are in the dark, and produce energy. Let it go out of control and it can hurt you, even kill you… Fear is a friend of exceptional people.” – Cus D’Amato
The Bench Cam with @UFGatorSoccer
The first question says it all – “Who likes being subbed out of the game?” In this great social experiment, Coach Becky Burleigh talks about putting a camera on her bench to watch the body language of both the players and coaches.
Trust Builders with @UFGatorSoccer
Coach Becky Burleigh is back with part 2 from her talk in 2015 at What Drives Winning. Players and coaches have to trust each other. Coach Burleigh shares the different ways that she helped the Gators build team and trust.
Fear and Failure
The Green Dot
Body Language on and off of the court
In a recent post game press conference, University of Connecticut women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma shared his philosophy on body language. It’s a great lesson that all young athletes and their parents should hear. The video is embedded below, but here are a few highlights. “We put a huge premium on body language, and if your body language is bad, you will never get in the game ...[Read More]
The Will to Win
The Will to Win by Vince Lombardi “Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that’s first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, ...[Read More]
Chris Greicius – and the first ever wish
I am an avid podcast listener. A few months back, I found out that I had been missing out on The Tim Ferriss Show. In episode #225: John Crowley – The Real-Life Captain America and Bruce Banner (Seriously) Tim interviews John Crowley, the Chairman and CEO of Amicus Therapeutics. While this interview is so amazing on so many levels – one story caught my attention. The story of Chris ...[Read More]
Reaching Escape Velocity – Andrew Crawford
Dream Big
DREAM BIG If there were ever a time to dare, to make a difference, to embark on something worth doing, it is now. Not for any grand cause, necessarily — but for something that tugs at your heart something that’s your dream. You owe it to yourself to make your days here count. Have fun. Dig deep. Stretch. Dream big. Know, though, that things worth doing seldom come easy. There will be g ...[Read More]
A meditation to increase empathy
“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: the people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they can’t tell good from evil. But I have seen the beauty of good, and the ugliness of evil, and have recognized that the wrongdoer has a nature related to my own – not of the same blood and birth, but the same m ...[Read More]
14 Minutes of Gary Vaynerchuk #DailyVee
Louisville Coach Jeff Walz post game after loss
If you have time watch all 11 minutes – but the good stuff starts at the 5 minute mark where Coach Walz dives into the state of youth athletics and the coddling of the current generation. Do you agree with Coach? Share your thoughts below.
Can we Auto-Correct Humanity?
Prince Ea – One bar closer to humanity!
Changing the game in youth sports
Eutemia
“According to Seneca, the Greek word Eutemia is one we should think of often. It is the sense of our own path and how to stay on it without getting distracted by all the others that intersect it. It’s not about beating or having more than the other guy. It’s about being what you are and being as good as possible at it without succumbing to all the things that draw you away from it. It’s about ...[Read More]
Travis Rudolph’s best catch
On the eve of my oldest son starting middle school, I was taken back by a photograph of Florida State Universities star receiver Travis Rudolph. Recently Rudolph, along with teammates Dalvin Cook, Deondre Francois, Derwin James and Jalen Wilkerson visited Monfort Middle School in Tallahassee. It was at lunch that Rudolph caught a student named Bo sitting alone. Rudolph walked up to Bo and asked ...[Read More]
Little Eyes Upon You
Little Eyes Upon You There are little eyes upon you and they’re watching night and day. There are little ears that quickly take in every word you say. There are little hands all eager to do anything you do; And a little boy who’s dreaming of the day he’ll be like you. You’re the little fellow’s idol, you’re the wisest of the wise. In his little mind about you no ...[Read More]
Pathfinders: Montana – Lacrosse
Tony Hawk lands 900 at 48!
17 years to the day of landing his first ever 900 – the GOAT of Skateboarding retains the spirit of youth and does it again. The footage shows the struggle, the pain and at the end the success.
Kevin Cassese – Culture Eats Strategy
Culture eats Strategy for breakfast
Kevin Cassese – Leaving Nothing to the Imagination
Lacrosse Coach Kevin Cassese on clear and concise communication with his team.