Athlete By Design

Summer Training Is Here

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:18:00 GMT

Summer is here and athletes are ready to get training! Here are a few mental concepts I have shared with my athletes to kick off a great summer:

What bad habit can you change that is holding you back starting today?
What personal risks are you willing to take in order to become the best version of you by the end of the summer?

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New 'Coaching Conversation' Series

support@athletebydesign.com — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:17:00 GMT

I am super excited to announe that I will be hosting a new free to participate educational series called 'Coaching Conversations'!

After speaking with so many different coaches on a daily basis on a variety of topics, it was obvious that most of my conversations often were about the same or similar issues. Therefore, it made sense,,,

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NFL Carolina Panthers Offseason Program

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:00:00 GMT

I can't believe it but we are now already starting week five of the offseason program. Wow does time fly!

If you want to checkout a short clip of a few of the things we do go to http://tinyurl.com/panthersoffseason

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Coaching Frustrations

support@athletebydesign.com — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:05:00 GMT

This past Saturday I had the opportunity to give two presentations at the SouthEast Regional NSCA Clinic held at App. State in Boone, NC. There were a broad mix of attendees ranging from students, to strength coaches, to professors, to personal trainers.

During my first presentation titled 'Coach Your Best', I asked the participants to list out some of their top current...

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Do Your Athletes Even Know Your Name?

support@athletebydesign.com — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:52:00 GMT

The past several months I have done an informal survey with young athletes and I have to be honest, the results have been shocking to say the least.

So what is this informal survey I am referring to?

Well, the nametag above says it all!

I have asked probably just over one hundred high school and college athletes since December 2009 the following question...

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The Assumption Trap

support@athletebydesign.com — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:43:00 GMT

We assume a lot in life and it is assumptions that often get us in trouble. Yet we tend to take for granted these 'false truths' becuase it takes too much time to stop, sit back, and think through the situation or item of interest at hand.

Back when I first started coaching, some of my assumptions were the following:

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Marvin Lewis calls NFL combine prep 'asinine'

support@athletebydesign.com — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:13:00 GMT

I would love to get feedback from those of you who are College Strength Coaches on the post below from Bengals Coach Marvin Lewis on RedZone:

Joe Reedy of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports when it comes to evaluating talent in the draft, Bengals coach Marvin Lewis is always quick to point out “the film doesn’t lie”.

On Friday on Dan Dakich’s show in Indianapolis, Lewis did chide those who go through unusual steps of preparing for the combine, saying that ...

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Is The Sports Performance Profession Doomed?

support@athletebydesign.com — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:42:00 GMT

I was reading the paper yesterday and came across this following article from the L.A. Times.

Check it out below and let me know what you think:

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What Do You Think?

support@athletebydesign.com — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:53:00 GMT

The past few weeks I have been asking coaches of all sports and levels the following question:

When it comes to successful game play, which has a greater impact on winning or losing a game....player personality or decision making skills?

Click Here To Let Me Know

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NSCA Sport Specific Conference in Orlando

support@athletebydesign.com — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:40:00 GMT

I am getting ready to head down to Orlando to speak at the NSCA Sport Specific Conference so for those of you that are attending I hope we will be able to connect.

I am presenting on 'The Coaching Mindset- How To Get The Most Out Of Your Athletes'. I have presented on this topic a few times already the past few months but this should be a ton of fun as there is some new material added to the talk.

I will post a few take home points here on the blog upon my return.

Have a great week!

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