Youth sport clubs are generally structured as nonprofit organizations, which simply means that there is no owner or any shareholders that benefit from excess revenues (profits). Members of boards of directors of youth sport organizations sometimes have little background in tax law or a real understanding of what the terms profit and nonprofit mean. In this article I will… Read More »
It is unusual when knowledge and the opportunity to use it exist together. In 1984 I was coaching in Brunei, a small country on the western coast of Borneo. Part of my job was creating a national age group swimming program where athletes could eventually progress from lessons to competition, thus building a base of… Read More »
On 11 October I had the opportunity to speak at a TEDx event organized by the International School of Kuala Lumpur. The theme of the event was “The Creative Spark” and I spoke about the sport coach’s role in developing athletic talent. This was the first time I gave a TED talk and I learned… Read More »
Several elements of talent development — sport specialization, the 10,000 hour rule, and deliberate practice — get talked about a lot. If you’re familiar with what these terms mean and how they relate to each other then you know that there is a problem with the numbers. The 10,000 hour rule is a convenient metaphor that illustrates… Read More »