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 and off the field, and here’s how DRIVN help coaches teach their athletes life lessons. [Read more…]
by rob-gagne
Elite teams across the country have chosen DRIVN as their mobile coaching platform of choice. We simplify communication, consolidate operations and track performance with the flexibility to meet your team’s unique needs. Our all-in-one mobile coaching platform is a proven solution at the professional, college and elite youth level. [Read more…]
by Tim Nash
At some point in the 1990s, I was in a group of reporters when Julie Foudy was asked a simple question. Foudy, the co-captain of the U.S. Women’s national soccer team for 11 years, rarely gave simple answers. Her replies usually contained insight, humor, self-deprecation, a smile, or some combination of all of the above.
But if there ever was one, this question was a prime candidate for a simple answer. She was asked, “What sacrifices have you made in your life to become an elite athlete?” The reporter’s intent was to get a list of things other teenagers were able to do that Foudy was not because she was traveling the world playing soccer for her country.