In the movies, the endings are often happy. The hero usually rides off toward the sunset into a suggested life of “happy ever after.”
At the conclusion of sports movies, there’s usually a great victory and the coach is shown riding off on the shoulders of his players.
In reality, coaching departures are seldom what you’ve seen [...]

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July 4, is, of course, the day that Americans celebrate our country’s freedom. Tomorrow, many Americans will celebrate the Fourth by playing softball or golf, or by watching their favorite sports on television. Additionally, on major league baseball diamonds there will be special fireworks displays and flag ceremonies. NASCAR, however, always seems to [...]

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Two of my favorite baseball movies are “The Natural” and “Field of Dreams,” and the two films share a common theme—that, to a great extent, baseball is about fathers and sons. In “The Natural,” Roy Hobbs is taught the game as a boy by his father, who then dies prematurely. When [...]

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If you are a coach, you are a role model. Everything you do in working with that team or young person, and everything you model while doing it, is an example that impacts the lives of the young people you coach.

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