Coaching myself
Ethan Barron on Aug 16th 2010
Wow, am I really glad that I wrote that last post when I did. It came in incredibly handy as I was working to motivate myself in my greatest hour of need. I actually said out loud to myself…”What would you say to an athlete in this situation?” I’d never tried to consciously coach myself [...]
Good or bad role model?
Ethan Barron on May 20th 2010
As a student, am I a good role model or a bad role model for the team? I’m now 4 classes deep into my new program, well 3.5 classes deep which is what prompts this question. I’ve yet to finish a class on time yet in the last two years. I’ve taken an incomplete in [...]
Quick Thoughts
Ethan Barron on May 8th 2010
Wow, this is a crazy life we track coaches live. Thursday/Friday/Saturday meets on 4 of 5 weekends is a tough one. I guess I bring it on myself by having decathletes. Speaking of the decathlon, I realized yesterday exactly how much of a love-hate relationship I have with that event. If anything is going to [...]
No Regrets.
Ethan Barron on Apr 27th 2010
No regrets. That’s what it’s all about for me. I realized this very early on. My greatest regrets are things I never attempted, not my failed attempts. I probably realized this in 6th grade when I never asked out my crush, Jessie. Then Jason beat me to the punch. Who would have ever thought that [...]
New Year Around the Corner
Ethan Barron on Dec 28th 2009
Wow. It seems like only yesterday that I was writing up a post processing the whole year and making some new year’s resolutions. I’m not 100% sure that I’m ready to do that again. I may have to wait and do something like that next week. I’ll be sure to make time.
Ultimately, this winter break [...]
Get the ball rolling
Ethan Barron on Dec 15th 2009
Wow, it’s officially been 2 months since my last post. No excuses for that, but I also have no regrets. I, and the other coaches, have definitely been working our tails off for the last couple months. Months that included the XC/indoor cross over which is always a little hectic around the office. Crazy, but [...]
Is information useless?
Ethan Barron on Oct 15th 2009
How crazy is our brain? Really, it blows my mind how it can be so powerful and so flawed all at the same time. Yet somehow we even figure out how to even use our flaws to our advantage. Lately, I’ve been spending a fair amount of time simply thinking about how we learn anything [...]