This spring I have been serving as a Fellow for the Center for Sports Leadership and Innovation at the University of Texas. Headed by Daron Roberts, a former NFL coach, we set out to improve the leadership and life skill ability of high school and collegiate athletes, as well as educating coaches on the aspects[…]
In my experience, I’ve ran into a fair bit of resistance from women about resistance training. The infamous concern of getting big and bulky, along with the perception that having muscles is unattractive, isn’t always the easiest barrier for a coach or trainer to break through. I want to quickly help clear the air on[…]
I know it has been awhile and many of you have been waiting for a post. Once I returned to Texas, I walked directly into chaos. My semester is going to be nuts! My next post will be a recap of the coaching clinic. As the first part of my recap, I want to talk[…]
So….somehow I went from almost being a D1 track coach to coaching quidditch. And somehow, it’s one of the best thing to have happened to me this year. Yeah that’s what I said, I coach quidditch. And they get it in. If you have no idea what this sport even is, I’ve explained it at[…]
Ok, ok I know it has been quite some time since I spoke to y’all. School started, and well, everything got real. Very real. A lot to catch up on! Life has been feeling like its moving at 100mph, all of a sudden I’m almost 24, a good friend of mine is 27 and getting married[…]
So, this summer I decided I wanted to learn how to do something new, and that is to play cricket. This spring semester I did a sport diplomacy project involving cricket in India as well as a hypothetical performance training protocol for an Indian professional cricket team. Even with that, the only time I’ve[…]
Hey everybody, I know it’s been awhile since I wrote, this internship has basically owned my life the last 9 weeks. I’ve only recently had a bit of a life outside of this, mainly via ultimate frisbee. Given that, I’ve been learning quite a bit about the art of coaching and have been getting[…]
Ever since returning from my last trip abroad, travel has been at the peak of my conversations. When I meet new people, if they have/want to travel(ed) is one of the first few questions I ask them. As a matter of fact, I recently received a new roommate in my apartment, against my wanting, and[…]
This past winter, I spent a week training track and field athletes in Belize after a 3 week tour of Mexico. For those of you who haven’t heard of Belize or have only vacationed on the Cayes (pronounced “keys”), I’ll give you a short description. Belize lies south of the Mexican state of Yucatan, has[…]
It’s a bitter sweet moment returning home from a long trip. You return to those somewhat regular things that, hopefully, you enjoy in your daily life. But it’s also a bit of a bummer (or a large one) knowing that your adventure has ended and the crazy stories you’ve acquired are halted, for now of[…]