Growing up Quaker meant learning to sit still, be quiet, and surreptitiously practice sign language with your friends. Today though, silence, mindfulness, and living in the moment — all the things that happened in the Quaker meeting —...
We aren’t just playing games. Youth sports is also about social impact, character development, and growth into adult life. None of this happens automatically when we hand a kid a ball. Instead, it all develops over time as we...
“If everyone played baseball like Cumberland Americans, this would be the greatest game.” With those words and the rest of his five-minute speech after losing at the Little League World Series, Dave Belisle entered the hearts...
In Northern Ireland, soccer led to rioting and violence between Protestant and Catholic boys. But could basketball be different? One man thought so, and he created a team of Catholics and Protestants together. Mike Evans, founder and executive...
By teaching people to do something, you take away their ability to figure it out for themselves. Isn’t structured coaching the best way to learn? Not always. You need to get a feel for how to control your defender with your eyes, posture...
Liam is 10 years old. He has Duchenne muscular dystrophy. It’s like ALS but affects young boys instead of grown ups. He’s also part of the baseball team at Northeastern University. Liam is just one of the seriously or chronically ill...
Never sugarcoat anything. Willie Edwards, assistant football coach at Brown University, believes the recipe for effective coaching blends discipline, love, firmness, and hard work. It took tough love for him to lead a team to five straight High...
On this episode of the On the Whistle podcast, Greg and I talk about making squash accessible.
In this first episode of the On the Whistle podcast, I talk with Jeff Hood, Chief Executive Officer at National Association of Police Athletic/Activities Leagues, Inc.