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Have The Courage To Create Conflict
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 26, 2012 at 5:09pm

source In her great TEDtalk, Dare To Disagree, Margaret Heffernan talks about conflict among individuals and within larger organizations…and how constructive conflict isn’t bad, but actually very good.  I’ve written enough on here...more

Are Optimists Better Coaches?
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 25, 2012 at 8:53am

source There are all sorts of coaches out there. There’s the Sandbagger Coach: “My team is okay…we’ll be lucky if we’re above .500 this season.”  Of course, they proceed to win the conference championship. Ther...more

Are You A Compassionate Coach?
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 21, 2012 at 5:34pm

source I give talks all around the country about motivating female athletes.  There’s a portion of my talk where I talk about creating great relationships on your team—among the players as well as players with the coaches.  Without ...more

The Universe Isn’t As Fragile As You’ve Been Led to Believe
by The Glowing Edge
posted September 21, 2012 at 6:17am

The reason I was the only seventh grader to make the varsity basketball team at my high school was because I was driven. I ran like hell and worked my ass off. I’d been playing suburban driveway ball since I was a toddler, mostly against older boy...more

How To Cure A Slump Of Confidence
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 19, 2012 at 5:42pm

source Slumps are unexplainable.  Sometimes it hits just a single player, while other times it hits an entire team at once.  The worst part is that, by its very definition, a slump has to attack a vital member of the team…someone on whom...more

Athletes and Back to School: 8 Things Parents and Coaches Can Do To Make It Easier
by Sports Girls Play
posted September 19, 2012 at 5:32pm

Note: I originally published this a few years ago but now that we are in the first month of school and sports, I needed to revisit it from the parent standpoint. My daughter is having a rough time adjusting to a drastically increased homework load now tha...more

On The Myth Of Instant Success
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 17, 2012 at 3:29pm

source “Remarkable careers take a remarkably large amount of training.” When I saw the title of this article over at Study Hacks, I thought it could stand on its own as significant:  On the Remarkably Long Road to the Remarkable.  ...more

The Power Of Letting People Fail
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 14, 2012 at 7:20pm

source It’s tough.  As coaches, we’re trained to see the potential in every athlete we work with…to view them as works of clay that we can mold into a super stellar athlete.  Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work that w...more

Does Your Team Have Talent, Belief, And Vision?
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 12, 2012 at 9:49pm

source I like to think I’m pretty good at knowing how to create a great team culture.  Now, that doesn’t mean that I’m always successful at it…but I know how to do it.  And so do you, Coach.  It comes down to knowi...more

Feeling Comfortable With Conflict
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 10, 2012 at 9:15pm

source If I wrote a post called, Conflict Keeps Teams at the Top Of Their Game, what would you think?  Many of you probably wouldn’t believe me, but when I read that headline on the Harvard Business Review’s website, I thought it was gre...more

How Great Coaches Communicate
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 7, 2012 at 3:39pm

source I’ve talked before about the connection I see between the business world and athletics.  I think we’d all do well to study up on great business leaders to see how we can adapt their success to our world.  Saying that, here&rs...;more

3 Lessons Our Female Athletes Should Learn
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 5, 2012 at 10:53pm

source While I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a feminist, I do think there are certain things that coaches of female-athletes must talk to their athletes about.  I don’t mean sit them down at a team meeting and talk, but it can be an i...more

Visualization Could Be The Key To Your Success
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted September 4, 2012 at 7:12am

source I’m back people! My blog vacation is over and I’m back at it…enjoy! When I was a high school athlete, I had a track coach who was big into visualization.  He would take the entire team into a room, turn down the lights, ma...more

Recapping my experience at the FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar in St. Kitts and Nevis
by Soccer Science
posted September 2, 2012 at 8:33am

After the course in St. Lucia, I flew to St. Kitts and Nevis, where I had the honor of working as a Communications and Marketing Instructor for another FIFA Women’s Com-Unity Seminar. My flight out of St. Lucia was really early in the morning, an...more

Why Women’s Athletics? Selling Its Benefits In Tough Economic Times
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 31, 2012 at 3:33pm

source I wrote this article for the Fall 2010 NCAA Champion magazine.  I found that the more I talked to female athletes at all levels, many of them really didn’t understand Title IX or the value of women’s athletics.  My goal in th...more

Female Leaders: How To Get Ahead And Not Alienate People
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 29, 2012 at 3:33pm

source Hey ladies…it’s true!  We always thought that it was, now there’s proof.  A study by the Harvard business school shows that when women asked for raises, not only were their bosses less inclined to give them the raise, ...more

How To Make The Varsity Volleyball Team – Tips On Getting The Coach To Notice You
by Pretty Tough
posted August 28, 2012 at 9:49pm

Okay some volleyball players CAN rely on pure physical raw talent when it comes to being considered for the Varsity team. But there are also some things you can do if you aren’t quite as tall, or as quick or as strong as your teammates to get the vo...more

Playing Sports is Good for Your Child’s Grades
by Sports Girls Play
posted August 28, 2012 at 8:31am

It has been proven over and over, kids who are physically active and participate in sports get better grades!  According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), teens who receive mostly As are almost twice as likely to get the CDC recommended dail...more

Coach Dawn’s Guide To Motivating Female Athletes Is Available For Purchase!
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 27, 2012 at 5:01pm

source I wrote my book because I saw a need for coaches of female athletes to be excited about working with female athletes.  Up to that point, every post I’d written about coaching female athletes received such a strong (and positive) respons...more

The Joys Of Coaching Female Athletes
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 24, 2012 at 3:33pm

source Last summer, I spent a month writing about the different things that I love about coaching.  It’s an exercise I’d highly recommend for all coaches.  I’m sure every one of us has moments when the grind threatens to get u...more

How To Equip Our Female Athletes To Be Leaders
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted August 22, 2012 at 3:18pm

source The blog vacation continues! We’ve been covering my favorite topic…coaching female athletes.  Is coaching females tremendously different than coaching males?  Nope.  But there are differences and understanding them coul...more

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