The Car Ride From Hell
Last Saturday I enjoyed the beautiful experience of watching my amazing daughter graduate from a major university in Tennessee. She graduated with a grade point average above a 3.0, battled…
Managing Unmet Expectations
I recently watched 2 of my teenage girls walk through the club volleyball tryout journey. Wow, you would have thought it was life and death! Uncertainty, comparison, frustration and so…
Coaches: Invite your Parents on the Journey!
Have you ever had someone try to climb in your canoe while you were in the middle of the lake? Talk about a disaster. It’s almost impossible to get in without disrupting,…
3 Things Coaches Need to Tell Their Athletes, Pt. 1
There is a great deal of frustration amongst coaches about athletes being entitled, soft, and unable to receive feedback. As a former athlete, I understand why such a dilemma would…
Interview: Tony Williams
Tony Williams is the head women’s basketball coach at Cleveland High School and has partnered with us at A Better Way Athletics. Eric sat down with him to ask a…
The Great American Lie
I hear a great deal of discussion about character over championships nowadays. Most right-minded people openly say they put their children in sport to build character and that championships are…
