Yesterday I told you three things that shouldn’t be done in a warm up room. If you’ve coached a long time, I’m sure you think those were common sense. However, I have coached more than 20 years. The first time... Read More

As we start looking toward end-of-season events, it’s important that coaches are creating an environment where athletes want to return. I’ve been guilty of finding myself in hyper-competitive mode this time of year. In fact, 10 years ago, if you... Read More

Save time. Save money. Go on more vacations (paid with cash from your own paycheck)! Sit on a beach at ease because your fully competent staff has everything under control.  ^^ Those are the top reasons we hope to see... Read More

Hi, I’m Danielle. I’m also losing a coach at the end of the season. Maybe two. In fact, it gets worse. One is my director. She’s been on full-time staff for just under a year and has decided to move... Read More

If you haven’t already done them, I’m sure you’re bracing for them. Maybe one – maybe several.  I’m talking end-of-season events.  These days, when we talk end-of-season events, I think we’re usually thinking about something big: The Open, All Star... Read More

Many years ago I thought, “This is the most athletes we’ll ever have. Our town just can’t support more than that.” That was 100 athletes ago. Now, we sit at 615 athletes in a town of just 20,000. For some... Read More

We all want more athletes, right? Of course we do! We want to have teams that make sense for every athlete, and athletes to help out when someone can’t fulfill their commitments on a team. But what most people forget... Read More

Have you ever said, “I literally can’t do one more thing right now?” Maybe you had a hundred things going at once, you had family issues and well, COVID and all the quarantines that come with it. Maybe you just... Read More

Many years ago I offered a free trial class at my gym. As long as there was an opening in the class, I’d pop you in there and see what you thought. It converted well (not that I was actually... Read More

Does your staff struggle to take the lead? If so, you might find delegation to be pretty challenging. I’ve encountered this very issue in my gym a few years ago. It makes you think delegation just isn’t going to work... Read More