Today we have a bonus blog. We’re talking about why success feels good, at least most of the time, and why we might want to consider lowering the stakes and putting more focus on small goals.  If you haven’t already, I highly recommend listening to our four part series on success in youth sports. We cover both how and why I think we should consider defining success for our athletes. As usual, you can check the blog or show notes for links to many of the sources and studies t

Over several episodes of this series we’ve talked about success; why I think it’s important to define it for your teams, as well as two metrics I use to help my students measure it— the personal goal and the team goal.  Today we’re going to look at a third facet, one that may not be obvious, and that you may not even agree with.  Now, what we’re talking about is nuanced, so I want to be clear. When we play a game that has real consequences tied to a loss we are trying to wi

In the first two episodes of this series we talked about why I think it’s important to define success for your teams, as well as the first of our three metrics, the personal goal. Today we’re going to be discussing our second benchmark, the team goal. The team goal for me serves a dual purpose. It lets me set what our priority will be for that game, and it also gives me an easy reference point, something I can bring the kids back to. Here is an example. With my basketball