by Tim Nash
George Bernard Shaw was right.
And not just because he said, “Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.” The quote I really like is this one: “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” [Read more…]
by Tim Nash
Youth sports organizations and coaches like to talk about how playing a sport “teaches life lessons.” However, how many actually take an active role in the process. ‘Teaching Life Lessons” is too important to be left to subtleties or chance. It often requires a deliberate, blunt, straight-forward approach by the coach.
The team at DRIVN is certainly aware of the coach’s role in everything on the field and off, and here’s how DRIVN help coaches teach their athletes life lessons?
by Tim Nash
When the youth soccer club Thomas Finlay was operating started to feel growing pains, he knew the club needed to be run like a small business.
And Finlay had a solid background on which to draw. He had coached in the Atlanta area. He was executive director for New Orleans Soccer Academy, and he had a degree in Economics and Political Science from Wake Forest, where he played for four years.
So, what did Finlay do to set the course for what was then called the North Mecklenburg Soccer Club? He turned to an odd source for the solution.