Random Thoughts on a Cold Winters Morning.

* Parents spend a LOT of money sending their kids to soccer camps.   I sometimes wonder if that money wouldn't be better spent sending their child's coaches to a coaching camp?

*  A school with a brilliant academic reputation routinely struggles to play smart in any team sport?

* If we prize athletes who are creative problem solvers why do we seek to limit the decisions we allow them to make?

*  Shooter!  I hear this called out in girls basketball all the time in regards to a particular player.  Shouldn't all players be considered shooters? 

*  Coaches have a responsibility to prepare a player for success. Then place them in positions where a reasonable expectation for success exists.

*  Next Play!

*  Soccer referees need a mentoring program. Something more than read the material, do the on-line stuff, sit in a class reviewing the material, take a test and Voila! you're a soccer referee!  There should be a program to gain practical experience under the supervision and tutelage of experienced referees.

*  Surround yourself with people who will challenge you.   So many administrators and coaches view people as smart or smarter than they are as threats.  The most successful coaching staffs are filled to the brim with past, present and future head coaches.

* Communication is the life line of relationships.  Healthy productive relationships are the foundation successful teams are built upon. Perhaps even more so than talent.

*  Mistakes?   Certainly don't go looking for them, but when you make one?  Embrace it. Own it. Learn from it!  Move on from it smarter and more experienced than you were before!