• Enlarge the photo
• Frame it
• Be proud of it!

Ask yourself:

• Why am I doing this?
• What do I want to personally accomplish?
• What do I want for the team?
• What do I want for the individual players?
• How important is winning to me?
• What are my strengths?
• What are my weaknesses?
• What support do I have?
• How will my commitment to coaching impact other aspects of my life?
• Can I afford to do this?

Only by taking this process seriously can we hope to find true success and indeed, happiness in our coaching role.

There is nothing as unsure as a sure thing.

As they say on the Pro-Line commercials, "Because anything can happen, anyone can win".

Anything can happen in a competition, and it usually does.

Sport psychologists have identified six reoccurring traits common among gold-medalist athletes. These traits are the dominant factors in the lives of those who succeed at their athletic vocations.

1. Nobody ever became a ball player by walking after a ball.

In Canada, the level of participation in sports may be a cause for concern. The demographics of the participation in many sports are severely skewed towards the 5-10 year old players and participation begins to drop off severely as children reach their middle teenage years. As coaches, one of our goals should be the encouragement of life-long participation in sports, especially as there is a trend for our children to become more sedimentary and overweight.