Purpose: a "calming" device for traffic Purpose: to stop or impede traffic One of things we heard loud and clear from our research with players (former and current), administrators, club directors, and parents is the all-too-common stories about "tirespike-kind-of-coaching (our words, not theirs) in youth sports. What is a Tirespike Coach? According to Wikipedia, tirespikes serve a single purpose - to impede or stop traffic. This is the similar way people talked a

Coaches - do you know how many failed experiments Thomas Edison conducted before he discovered the light bulb? 1000. Stop. Think about that...1000 failed experiments. On his 1001 attempt in the laboratory, he discovers the light bulb. A life-changing, world-changing discovery. There's also a saying in music, arts, or sports suggesting it takes 10,000 repetitions of practicing your craft to perform at an elite level. Wow...another big number isn't it? Or in the game of baseb

What's the last thing you purchased over $100? Was it a hotel room? Did you look-up any reviews about the hotel? TripAdvisor? Hotel.com? How about a new tv? How did you to determine if your new tv was going to be a Samsung, a Sharp, a Sony? Have you changed cell-phone carriers lately? How did you decide what carrier to select? If you haven't changed providers but you're thinking about it...why are you thinking about? What if your purchase was over $1000? Would you jus