Onward and Upward!
When your child makes the decision to participate in athletics, one of the things you have to realize is that you are also going to be significantly involved in that sport or activity. The behavior that you model during athletic contests is going to have a
When you make the decision to get into coaching you will have a great opportunity to influence other people, teach the game you love, experience the thrill of competition, and help another individual realize their potential and you will be able to accomplish goals as part of a team that may be near impossible in society at large. One of the most important things that you can do is to have fun coaching and the rest will follow seamlessly. You will feel giddy like you bought tickets below face value to the Super Bowl.
The date was April 17, 1986 and I had no idea when I woke up that morning that I would be going to Boston, but that is the way it is with youth, whatever way the wind blows. It was at breakfast when the idea first surfaced, the Red Sox were playing the Kansas City Royals that afternoon, and we should skip class and go. Being a much
Playing the game of golf can provide your life with many benefits, increased hand eye coordination, physical fitness; enhanced social skills and a stronger mental toughness are all benefits of this great game. You can work your tail off or you can
The best baseball manager in the country resides in a small town in middle Tennessee. His name is Wink Chatterfield. A smallish man, with a height that would only make a child jealous and a weight bordering on a sack of flour, Chatterfield is an icon in his field. He has all the smarts to be great but his key to
‘Upside’ is a dangerous term. It’s not as outwardly dangerous as say, ‘projectile vomit’ or ‘written by Jason Whitlock’ but to basketball general managers, nothing is scarier than upside. It makes people lose their jobs.
LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett. These guys are physical freaks of nature and their skill levels coming out of high school were head and shoulders above anyone else their own age. Due to this, they decided to skip college and take their talents straight to the pros,
A cool, almost imperceptible breeze saunters through the gallery. Foreshadowing Henrique Cordova’s demise perhaps? The fans, friends and relatives in the crowd surely hope not. Cordova has been known to fall victim to late-game jitters before though. Just last year, at this very same Minneapolis Open, Cordova’s
“Frank Thomas stepped up to the plate. The most feared hitter in all the land brought shivers through the spines of opposing pitchers. No one could sneak a pitch by The Big Hurt, especially with men on base.”
As the sun sets on another year of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, we are reminded of a few things about the NHL in general.
1) The Stanley Cup Playoffs are tremendous and top the playoffs in any other sport as far as excitement and unpredictability.