Coaches’ Blog

This is an odd profession that I’ve chosen. (One of these days I’m going to look and see how many of these posts start with that exact sentiment.) Regardless, as a coach, there are days that come home from work feeling like you got kicked straight in the teeth. And then as you’re on the […]

Take a deep breath and hold it.  Keep holding it.  Keep going.  Almost there.  Just nine more months to hold your breath.  Seriously…nine months.  Sometimes, this is exactly how I feel every school year.  And Nationals is the moment right before I get to exhale, sigh, take a deep breath, and recharge.  You’d like to […]

Potential, chance, and what if’s. There’s nothing better? Think about it. Don’t we all pause as we’re about to scratch the last spot on our lottery tickets. We pause and think “If this last spot says $5,000 or if this last one is a cherry…” It’s its own natural high and I won’t lie, I’m […]

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 […]

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. 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 […]

Some people say that you learn something new everyday.  I’m not sure if that is 100% true, but I think you should strive for it.  If not, life gets boring.  You lose sight of that when you’re in school getting information crammed down your throat around every corner.  Maybe we should do less time trying […]

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 […]

It’s official.  My favorite part of summer is the books.  I actually get to read and have energy to do so.  It just happens without effort.  My reading has hit the full range of genres from Harry Potter to Kafka, from incredibly sappy books that the wife recommends to education theory books, from mind-numbing sci […]

So I think that this should officially go down in history as the low point of this blog.  It will be the first (and hopefully only) time that I will draw a parallel between my life and a Shaquille O’Neal movie.  No, I’m not talking about Kazaam or Steel.  I wish I was, that would […]