by Tim Nash
We hear the complaint more and more frequently in various forms. But most of the time, it starts with “Kids these days …”
The complaint revolves around teenagers – and sometimes covers an entire generation – and their phones. “Their heads are buried in the phones” … “They don’t know how to interact with people” … “They have no social skills.”
by Tim Nash
Some recent conversations have reminded me about the importance of failure in player development.
The first example came from Rose Lavelle, a current rising star with the U.S. National Team and a rookie with the Boston Breakers. She told a story about how as a high school freshman her fear of failure nearly derailed a promising career.
[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 and off the field, and here’s how DRIVN help coaches teach their athletes life lessons. [Read more…]