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PARIS OLYMPICS: TIME TO GET IN SHAPE

July 9, 2024 by

With the Paris Olympics coming up it’s not too late to get ready, to get in shape. No matter the event, you’re a competitor, a contender, an expert. What if it’s something you’ve never seen before? Still an expert. Does it sound too dumb yet?

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PERFORMANCE PRESSURE SELF INFLICTED

April 29, 2024 by

Performance pressure starts with doubt. Will you be good enough? Have you trained to win? Can you do it? These are the same questions asked when people decide to get married.

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PEP TALK? MY BEST MEMORY BEFORE A BIG WRESTLING MATCH

April 25, 2024 by

When does a pep talk make all the difference? You’re warmed up, ready to go, just as the coach gives last instructions. As a high school wrestler in my second year, I needed all the pep I could get. Ordinarily you wouldn’t put a second year guy out against a well known mauler, but . […]

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COMPETITIVE EDGE STARTS EARLY

May 24, 2023 by

Working on your competitive edge isn’t always pretty. At some point you plateau, and it’s usually earlier than you thought you’d top-out. That’s when when this advice shows up: “If you’re not cheating you’re not trying.” It starts making sense after a string of failures?

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UNDERSTANDING SPORTS FOR THE NON-SPORTY

May 4, 2023 by

For starters, understanding sports, if you don’t already, and you’re past fifty years old, where have you been? But it does happen. One sign is when you hear, “Why aren’t there more touchdowns in baseball?” Or, “Do you shoot a field goal, or kick a field goal?” “Yes,” is the right answer, but first:

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GOLD WATCH OR GOLD MEDAL

April 2, 2023 by

This gold watch was once the most desired piece of jewelry on any wrist. If you didn’t wear a Seiko watch, who were you? This one came from San Antonio, Texas after the owner whipped the strongest man he’d ever met in arm wrestling. After that it was a gold medal.

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SOCIAL COMPETITION: WHERE’S THE SCOREBOARD?

June 26, 2022 by

Social competition follows a different set of rules than sports. Sports take preparation and executing a plan. Then there’s the scoreboard. It explains the difference between winners and losers with few questions.

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SPORTS LITERACY FOR BOOMERS: KNOW WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

November 19, 2021 by

Sports literacy runs through all sports, not just your favorite team, or my favorite team, though that would make things so much easier. It’s more than the Yankees, the Cowboys, or the Celtics; more than the Mariners, Seahawks, and your Portland Trail Blazers. On Friday nights it’s more than the high school football playoffs, more […]

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COMPETITION QUESTIONS FOR THE NON-COMPETITIVE

April 8, 2021 by

Competition questions start before you realize there’s even a competition happening. One of my favorites: “Do you even lift, bro?” It’s usually asked by a mid-forties man in a workout costume. It’s completed by an undershirt that looks like something out of a lady’s drawer. When it’s a question asked by a guy with greased […]

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YOUTH SPORTS, THE KEY TO GOOD BEHAVIOR

February 13, 2021 by

Youth sports are one of the best teachers this side of the classroom and real teachers. Better than books, videos, and lectures, youth sports does one thing best of all: learning accountability. Unfortunately, not all agree on the benefits of youth sports. For example:

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