spring training
How to Change a Team Culture
If you’re looking for insight into leadership, check out the recent Sports Illustrated profile of Baltimore Orioles Manager Buck Showalter by writer Tom Verducci.
Showalter is trying to turn around a franchise that has not had a winning season since 1997. So he is talking to his players about the approach to success.
In one anecdote, Showalter [...]
Being the Best
We just finished two weeks of watching athletes who fought to be the best. Now March Madness gives us another example.
Tina Charles recently became UConn’s career leader in scoring and rebounds and stands as quite possibly the best player in the country entering the tournament season.
“She told me when she came to Connecticut, that she [...]
Levels of Practice
“They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice is perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.” — Winston Churchill
“Energy flows where attention goes.” – quoted by Gary Pritchard
This week, spring training begins for big-league ballclubs, and soon all of them will be practicing one of the most basic plays in the [...]
Find What’s Slowing You Down
“We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.” — Eamon de Valera
Years ago when sitting with baseball scouts at spring training games, I got a kick out of one of their habits.
They held a stopwatch in one hand and, whether they were jotting down notes or chatting with the person next to them, they would automatically [...]
