Blog Posts tagged with performance
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the rules of the game
Aug 16, 2010
Yesterday afternoon, on a stretch of fertile land along the Wisconsin shores of Lake Michigan, a promising young man played his heart out. He brought to the final round of the PGA championship more than just a finely tuned set of skills and a pas...
A vision
May 25, 2010
In the early morning hours of August 9, 1965, the residents of Singapore woke to discover that they had been disowned by their motherland—Malaysia. When they went to bed, they were Malaysian citizens. When they woke, they were on their own—no mon...
Insights on Coaching Olympic Athletes
Apr 20, 2010
I recently invited US Olympic Swim Coach, Jack Bauerle, to share his insights and experiences on coaching with one of my classes at the University of Georgia. In addition to coaching our US Womens Swim team at the Beijing Olympics, as the head sw...
Accelerating and Braking: Adapting Skills for a Changing World
Oct 14, 2009
On Monday I spent the morning with Red Horse Racing, a Toyota sponsored NASCAR race team. The owner, Tom DeLoach, is an affable, intelligent and experienced man. As we watched the testing taking place out on the track, Tom and I discussed the sk...
Times that define us
Jun 21, 2009
Inscribed at the base of the statue are the words “it was ONE MOMENT IN TIME.” It was. Still is. The statue is of a golfer oddly dressed in knickers, cap, and a rain jacket with the sleeves raggedly cut off. He clutches a putter i...