Chapter 2 from Building A Successful High School Sports Program Why Not Build a Program? As coaches, we often take over teams not knowing whether we’ll be there next season or two years from now. That is the nature of our profession; the volatility of the coaching environment, better opportunities,…
Forward Runs The goalkeeper serves to the side of his goal with two players. The receiving player feeds into the target player on the halfway line. The two players without the ball make forward runs beyond the target player. The solo player moves to receive a pass that has been…
Once every decade or so, a team emerges that amazes the world. And, once a generation, a team emerges that creates a new era in football. The new era leads to revolutionary tactics and ideas that break with the ‘status quo’ of the game and which drive new schools of…
An excerpt from 10.4 Interactions DEMONSTRATING YOUR UNIQUE OFFERING Our offer becomes compelling when we create the desire for change KEEP THE PRODUCT IN THE BAG If I think back to my time learning to sell, there was one tactic that we were always told to rely on. ‘Get the…
In this excerpt from Togetherness, we look at a team's badge or logo Our Badge Nothing exemplifies a club’s identity more than the badge. Clubs typically have badges at their inception. It may have changed over the course of history but, ultimately, it Represents “us”. It represents us in the…
An excerpt from: Italianita. Click on the cover to learn more Life in Little Italy The stereotype of Little Italy is based on what these neighborhoods were during the diaspora. The idealized images of this time are of happy immigrants, children playing stickball, and laundry hanging on lines stretched between…
Do you need to buy a gift for a football fan? Are you looking for something a bit different? Here at Bennion Kearny, we have three titles that will make the football fan in your life as happy as larry. One Football, No Nets One Football, No Nets by Justin…
Click on the cover to learn more. Game management is the use of two things. First, the use of effective communication skills in order to positively influence the game. These communication skills have been identified as gaze, posture, movement, and verbal explanation.[i] The ability to do these things efficiently is…
In today’s world, there seems to be a plethora of advice on every subject from a thousand-and-one resources. Self-help has exploded across blogs, personal websites, Facebook groups, and beyond. Yet, one format is still the gold standard when it comes to meaningful, coherent, properly-researched, and genuinely helpful information for self-improvement.…
[This excerpt is from Finding Your Way Back to YOU] Click on the cover to learn more As touched upon in the Introduction, there will be certain people in your life who constantly drain you of energy, and who put you instantly into a negative mood when in their company.…