Sep
25

Welcome to Our Newest Blogger-Paul McCaffrey

The Institute is proud to announce that Paul McCaffrey, long time supporter of the Institute, has joined our cadre of bloggers!  Paul is the Director of Permits for the City of Boston Parks & Recreation–if you have played on a city field in the past few years, then you have worked with Paul’s staff.  Paul … Continue reading »

Aug
05

National Coaching Leader Joins Institute for Sport Coaching

It is a pleasure to announce Dave McCann, formerly with the US Olympic Committee and US Ski & Snowboard, has joined the Institute as our new Director for National Initiatives.  I have known Dave for five years since we first met through our work with the National Council for Accreditation of Coaching Education.  What has … Continue reading »

May
24

Improving Sports–1 Coach at a time…

I recently received a phone call from one of the Institute’s Board of Directors who lives in Alameda, California.  Seems the board member was watching a youth baseball game in which his son was playing.  But that is not why he called me.  He called me because he was witnessing a bad coach in action.  … Continue reading »

Apr
27

New Institute Resource–Sport Coach USA Essential Bookshelf

I, like many coaches out there, are sometimes overwhelmed with the choices of books, DVDs, newsletters, websites, etc., to read and review as part of my effort to better myself as a coach.  This information overload has not gone unnoticed by Institute leadership.  Over the past few years, the Institute’s leadership have been carefully reviewing the sport … Continue reading »