You can't play Today's Game by Yesterday's Rules!

Today is a different day in the world of Coaching...3 different coaches have been fired for the alleged mistreatment of players under their watch. These men were the winningest coaches in the history of their respective universities. All these men are excellent technical and tactical coaches however, these series of events solidify what our 501c3 Organization, COE (Coaches of Excellence Institute) teaches in our 21st Century Leadership Workshops. The motivational techniques that may have been considered "normal" in the past are no longer tolerated by today's society. As coaches we must recognize this, make adjustments in our motivational styles and implement a 3-dimensionalTM model of coaching and focus on capturing the hearts of our parents and athletes while demanding excellence out of love. Coaches of Excellence is providing those Tools for the 21st century coach and leader...go to our new website www.CoachesofExcellence.com, we want to help you navigate the waters of today's coaching and leadership world!

Coaching Your Child...Blessing or the Hardest Thing I've Ever Done!

Following a speaking engagement I just had in Wisconsin, a father came up to me and said, "I need help, I am coaching my son and I think I am ruining him. I even went into the last game promising myself that I wouldn't say anything. It wasn't long and I couldn't take it and I started critiquing everything he was doing...all in the name of making him better. I don't know what to do, I am ruining our relationship, I am thinking that I need to quit coaching all together."

Wow, let's start with this...Coaching your child can be one of the biggest blessings in your life if it is handled properly. However, it can ruin your relationship with your child if you don't understand a few important principles. Let's discuss 3 keys to insure that coaching your child is a huge blessing and not a curse for your family!

1. Focus on the development of your child and the progress he/she makes everyday. Do not compare your child to other children and remember great coaches coach what their players can do not what they can't. If you error on the side of love and progress not production you will have the correct perspective.

2. Get the scoreboard out of your sight and mind! One of the biggest mistakes we make as coaches is to measure progress with the scoreboard or results. The scoreboard can hinder performance as we become obsessed with winning at all costs or worse...saying we performed well just because we won and we did not play well. Again focus on the progress and process your child is in regardless of score.

3. Most importantly, keep your perspective that sport is supposed to be fun and the reason you coach is to spend fun-time with your child and grow closer...not grow apart. You don't want your child to end up hating a sport or worse you just because he/she didn't do something the way you wanted them to.

Lastly, remember this great coaches, parents and leaders are easy to please and challenge their followers to new levels. Let's be easy to please and a little harder to satisfy!

COACH O' COMING TO MINNESOTA!

COACH O SPEAKS AT USA OLYMPIC COACHING SCHOOL!

Quick update, the 501c3 Non-Profit organization we founded called the Coaches of Excellence Institute continues to grow and impact our world one coach at a time, as we partner with the USA Olympic Wrestling Association. This past week, I was asked to speak at the USA Olympic training center in Colorado Springs, Colorado at the USA Olympic Coaching School.

What a blessing as I was asked to teach on Motivating and Connecting with the 21st Century Athlete. Here are just a few quotes from the workshop:

"Coach O I attended your workshop at the OTC last week and I have been coaching for 24 years...this was the best and most impactful talk that I have ever been to. The tools you gave me will impact both my family and my athletes! Thank you and keep doing what you are doing!" - Scott K.

"Your talk was inspiring, I can't wait to buy your books and DVD's when they come out!" -Coach from Los Angeles, CA

If you would like to host a Coaches of Excellence workshop in your area or have us come speak to your organization call 720-479-8100 or go to www.CoachesofExcellence.com

and remember... inspire greatness by being a great Coach, not just a leader.

One of Coach O's Quarterbacks on Sports Illustrated Cover this Week!

Many of you may not be aware that I run a small business called the Coach O' QB School. Through this entity I train Middle School, High School and College Quarterbacks to succeed on the field and especially in life. I am very proud to say that one of my long time students is on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated Magazine... Zac Robinson!

What a blessing it is to see Zac achieve his dreams but it is an even greater honor to know what a super young man he is and how his faith and family have been the foundation of his success! Go Zac and Go OSU!

Coach O' Trains U.S. DEA LEADERSHIP TEAMS!

I just returned from Dallas, Texas where I was blessed to share with the Leaders of the Dallas Drug Enforcement Agency and the Oklahoma division. I facilitated a 3 hour workshop on 21st Century Leadership and How to Motivate the 21st Century Employee or Team Member. Mr. Jim Capra, Special Agent in Charge is a warrior and our country is well protected by these great men and women. It was an honor to spend time with them!

Catching Up with Coach O!

I just returned from a speaking engagment at the Tubby Smith (Univ. of MN Basketball Coach) Legacy Builder Conference for Coaches and their spouses in my home state of Minnesota! It was a great weekend as Coaches from Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota came together to improve professionally and personally. What a blessing, as this is one of several conferences we have had across the country in the past few years. The conferences are based upon the books I authored called the Legacy Builder Discipleship Series for Coaches, Athletes and Business Leaders. The purpose of the conferences are to unite and develop leaders of sport.

It was a great weekend and many were blessed including myself!
This week I am doing 4 Coaches of Excellence Workshops in Colorado, two for youth organizations and 2 more for entire School Districts in Colorado... we will train over 1500 Coaches this week alone!!!

Stay tuned, next week I will be speaking in Dallas, training the leaders of our Country's Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in how to Coach their teams to greatness!

Make it a great day!

Coach O