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Coaches Corner: The DNA Of Good Coaches via @coachdawnwrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted May 28, 2014 at 8:54pm

source When I first introduced Joel Walton, I told you that he’s a pretty personable guy. In the time I spent with him during the interview, I gathered that he’s a natural storyteller. Personally, I think being able to tell a good story is a ...more

Coaches Corner: Creating Enduring Confidence Within Your Athletes via @CoachDawnWrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted May 26, 2014 at 8:48pm

source “All teams are confident at the beginning of the season.”—Joel Walton I’ve just finished up a weekend of recruiting and it’s always fun for me to watch teams in action. Whenever I’m on the road, I play a little...more

On Coaching and Trust: What Separates Good from Great via @lashindademus
by Official Website of Lashinda Demus - Go Woman Go
posted May 24, 2014 at 10:12am

It’s really sad, but we just don’t see many female coaches in track and field. So when people find out that my mother is my coach, they’re amazed not only at our relationship dynamic (mother-daughter, coach-athlete) bu...more

The Disorienting Nature Of Both Success And Failure via @CoachDawnWrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted May 21, 2014 at 3:48pm

source This TED talk by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love is amazing in its simplicity.  She talks about coming to a place of comfort whenever the jarring of great success or great failure shakes our equilibrium.  Gilbert’s ass...more

Using Sport To Make A Difference
by Marissa Kastanek
posted May 21, 2014 at 12:03am

Coach For College is a program that allows American college athletes to help teach/coach academics and sports to under privileged Vietnamese youth. I will take you on the trip and encourage you to make a difference in someone's life....more

Coaches Corner: On Handling Pressure via @Coachdawnwrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted May 19, 2014 at 9:26pm

source There’s a saying in coaching that you don’t want to follow “the guy”, you want to follow the guy who follows “the guy”. Joel Walton followed a coaching legend at Ball State University and has been quite successf...more

Coaches Corner: Joel Walton via @CoachDawnwrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted May 17, 2014 at 9:19am

source Joel Walton is the head men’s volleyball coach at Ball State University. I’ve been coaching for long enough that I can count many coaches as friends…or at least acquaintances. That’s not the case with Walton, though you&rs...;more

Coaches Corner: Turning Around A Losing Program via @CoachDawnWrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted May 12, 2014 at 7:49pm

source Ron Sweet, the head volleyball coach at Wofford University, is used to winning. His current team is not. So why does a coach, who has won national championships and many coaching accolades, become the head coach at a perennially losing team? Becau...more

Richmond loses two coaches in hot air balloon crash
by Swish Appeal
posted May 11, 2014 at 9:18am

Two members of the University of Richmond women's basketball family passed away in a hot air balloon accident on Friday north of Richmond. Earlier it was reported that two coaches from Richmond's basketball team died in a hot-air balloon crash on Frida...more

Coaches Corner: Ron Sweet via @Coachdawnwrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted May 9, 2014 at 9:14pm

source Ron Sweet is the head volleyball coach at Wofford University. I met him years ago when he was a very successful coach at a junior college. He’s personable, funny, and engaging…all things that I’m sure help him when he’s ou...more

Coaches Corner: Building Trust With Your Athletes via @CoachDawnWrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted May 7, 2014 at 10:50pm

source Trust is built over time. A coach can’t sit down with a player and say, “I need you to trust me” and have it be done. Trust is built on actions, follow-through, and honesty. I talked to Christy Johnson-Lynch, the head volleyball ...more

Stop Trying So Hard
by coachquam
posted May 7, 2014 at 3:19pm

Trying harder isn't necessarily the solution to achieving more - no matter what you are doing....more

Indiana Fever Head Coach Lin Dunn to retire after 2014 season
by Swish Appeal
posted May 7, 2014 at 11:00am

On Tuesday, the Indiana Fever announced that Lin Dunn will retire at the end of the 2014 WNBA season. Associate head coach Stephanie White will replace her for the 2015 season. (This was originally posted by M Robinson as a FanShot) Dunn has been the ...more

Coaches Corner: 3 Ways To Overcome Challenges via @Coachdawnwrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted May 5, 2014 at 9:38pm

source For most of us, the biggest challenge we’ll face as coaches is trying to land a high-profile recruit, reframe a weakness your team has, or beat an insanely good team. But in 2010, Christy Johnson-Lynch faced a bigger challenge. She, her voll...more

PT Playbook: Softball 101
by Pretty Tough
posted May 4, 2014 at 12:28pm

Softball is a direct descendant of baseball (sometimes referred to as hardball to differentiate the two), but differs from it in several ways, of which the chief four are: The ball is always pitched (thrown to the opposing team’s batter) underar...more

Coaches Corner: Christy Johnson-Lynch via @CoachDawnWrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted May 2, 2014 at 9:11pm

source I met Christy Johnson-Lynch, head volleyball coach at Iowa State University, years ago when she was an assistant coach. Not only is she an amazing coach, she’s an impossibly humble person. Because quite honestly, she’s got many reasons...more

Three strategies to tune into your intuition
by coachquam
posted May 1, 2014 at 7:42pm

Three strategies to tune into your intuition...more

Coaches Corner: The Power Of Female Mentorship via @CoachDawnwrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted April 30, 2014 at 9:11pm

source When Vanessa Walby decided that she wanted to be a coach for a living, she went to her former college coach and said, “I want to be just like you.” She wanted to develop young women and she wanted to build something great. That sounds ...more

Coaches Corner: On Changing A Culture via @CoachDawnWrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted April 29, 2014 at 8:25pm

source Vanessa Walby is the new head volleyball coach at Washington University in St. Louis, but before that, she was the head coach at the University of Chicago. A perennial loser, Chicago had never even finished in the top half of their conference, let...more

Coaches Corner: Four Things To Think About When Considering A New Job via @Coachdawnwrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted April 23, 2014 at 8:05pm

source Kelly Sheffield believes in where he is right now. He believes that he can win at the University of Wisconsin and he believes he can convince talented volleyball players to join him there. I’m sure you’re thinking, “Well, who wou...more

Coaches Corner: The Roles Of Player And Coach via @Coachdawnwrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted April 21, 2014 at 10:16pm

source As I mentioned before, I’m a Badger alum, so I watch their volleyball team with a more attentive eye than other programs.  Because I know the type of team Kelly Sheffield inherited, I am more than amazed at the turnaround he spearheaded...more

Coaching Summits develop personal connections with women coaches
by coachquam
posted April 21, 2014 at 12:32pm

The number of female collegiate athletes is rising. The number of female collegiate coaches, however is in major decline....more

Coaches Corner: What Does Enthusiasm Look Like? via @coachdawnwrites
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted April 18, 2014 at 8:48pm

source Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.—Ralph Waldo Emerson Maybe in your life, you get a chance to chat on the phone with incredibly successful Big Ten coaches, but it is quite the thrill for me.  Speaking to Kelly Sheffie...more

FSU--the internal and external
by Title IX Blog
posted April 18, 2014 at 8:47pm

This week's theme: mishandled investigations into sexual assault and the investigations that uncover these mishandlings.The findings that University of Missouri did not appropriately deal with an allegation of sexual assault from earlier this week have be...more

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