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Posts tagged "Concepts"

High School: The Good, Better and Best vs. a Master Coach

With summer fast approaching (and summer practices right around the corner) I thought it a good idea to repost what I believe to be important differences between coaches and master coaches, and all that lies between. (Original post – September, 2012.)   A coach is a teacher working toward giving their athletes a good understanding of... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
May 18, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School Sports: Two Foundational Traits That Support Athletic Goal Achievement

When asked what aspects are necessary in order to achieve difficult athletic goals, many athletes will answer with things like “discipline,” “commitment,” “working hard,” “dedication,” even “perseverance.” And there is no debate that these pieces are certainly necessary components to have if athletes want to be very good, or successful. However, there are a couple... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
April 2, 2012 at 7:00 am
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High School: Nine Attributes Necessary For Athletic Greatness, Plus One, Makes Ten

That first half of the title above, Nine Attributes Necessary For Athletic Greatness (Part I, Part II), comes from a two-part piece I did last summer for Weplay Moms. Its purpose was to help identify some of the important characteristics athletes need in order to reach some level of athletic excellence, or championship form. I... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
March 30, 2012 at 7:00 am
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“Becoming a True Champion” Forthcoming Book Cover Preview, Rowman & Littlefield (2012)

What has it been now? Seven, maybe eight years since I made that semi-life altering decision, that final leap into putting down on paper what I saw as helpful, developmental measures to a sports and youth sports culture gone off track. More specifically, a motivational teaching tool that just might help with what I felt... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
October 10, 2011 at 7:00 am
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High School Sports: Preventing the Mid-Season Doldrums

Ever notice how excited athletes are at the start of a season, and then how that excitement tends to wane as their season hits mid-stride? How efforts become more robotic and less intense, diminishing what athletes get out of their practices and ultimately their potential? If this is something you are familiar with, then the... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
August 3, 2011 at 7:00 am
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Placing A Higher Value On The "Process" Versus The "Outcome" In Sports

In today’s sports-crazed culture, one where importance seems so misplaced on winning as the only defining measure of success and a scholarship as the “reason” for participation, one must wonder whether there is still value in athletic endeavor. From my perspective, I would say…yes there is. That is the topic discussed in the article Valuing... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
April 24, 2011 at 6:28 pm
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Four Areas That Can Help End The "Burnout" Syndrome

Do you have concerns over sports burnout happening to your kids? Are there areas of focus that can help create and maintain a young athlete’s interest and involvement in sports? I believe that there is, and I address this issue in the ParentHood section of WePlay’s Expert Advice for Sport Parents in my piece titled: When... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
November 28, 2010 at 11:03 am
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High School Sports: Interest & Commitment Are Like Night & Day

Photo courtesy of Marquette University and Bill Gosse at “TeamScore” When recently perusing my Google alerts I came across an article by an acquaintance of mine from Wisconsin, Bill Grosse. Bill is the founder of Team Score, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “Educate, build character and raise the level of respect by creating... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
August 15, 2010 at 3:43 pm
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Keep High School & College Athletes Motivated Through Competitive Practice

For many a competitive athlete, just the idea of being able to compete is a motivating factor behind why they play sports; they just love the exhilaration of the competitive arena. It is not necessarily winning that drives them, even though competitive athletes hate to lose, but the enjoyment they get out of the challenge... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
June 23, 2010 at 10:23 pm
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Part I - Private Coaching and Private Club Sports: What Parents Need to Know

It has become much more common today for parents of aspiring athletes to seek private “lessons” (coaching), or join private sports clubs, to enhance their child’s sports training. Rather than debate the existence of an appropriate age for, or even the importance of, traveling this path, let’s discuss the topic from a more objective standpoint... Read more »
By Kirk Mango,
April 12, 2010 at 6:37 pm
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