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Episode 07: How Bold Ideas Spark Change with Mateo Rossi
Mateo explores the risks and rewards of pursuing bold, world-changing ideas. This is some dummy copy. You’re not really supposed to read this dummy copy, it is just a place holder for people who need some type to visualize what the actual copy might look like if it were real […]
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Sailing into a Synchronous Culture
Have you ever noticed the incredible synchronicity of a yachting race team in action? They are perhaps only comparable to the astounding coordination of a pit crew during a formula one race. The finely choreographed movements of the crew are vital to sailing success. But there’s more to this ‘dance’ […]
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Use Your Powers for Good or Evil
Do you remember listening or watching coaches, teachers, or other adults when you were a young child? Do you remember when they would tell you to do something, you just assumed they had the authority, and you then followed their direction? Or maybe someone told you something and it was […]
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Remember We Are Human Too …
We feel and we perceive like any other normal functioning human being. We are the ever inwardly optimistic brigade of finding the next olympic hopeful with heads swirling in big dreams and emails and parent concerns and committee meetings and planning and researching and what to put in next week’s […]
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Fear is Never an Efficient Motivator
This week Sara Davis, in her article What Are You Afraid of? Your Fear May Be Keeping You From Your Destiny, we were reminded to not let fear limit our possibilities. When there are unchecked egos and bullying and aggressive behavior prevail, there is a negative impact on performance. Far […]
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The Power of Inclusivity
In the summer of 2015, I had the opportunity to be involved with the Special Olympics World Games based in Los Angeles, California. I spent the whole week working the volleyball portion of the whole tournament. Teams came from all corners of the world to participate. I have never seen […]
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What Are You Afraid of? Your Fear May Be Keeping You From Your Destiny
What are you afraid to try? What has been ringing in your ear for the last couple of weeks, months, days, that you are dying to try? My second question is, what is stopping you? Maybe this is something you have never directly addressed, but I challenge you to think […]
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A Two Year Suspension From Sports Is All Someone Got for the Sexual Abuse and Intimidation of a 13 Year Old Athlete
U.S. Center for Safe Sport and U.S. Figure Skating have just made a bold statement: You can intimidate a 13 year old girl that was sexually abused by a coach, and cover the sexual abuse up, and only be suspended for two years from a sport. That was the strictest […]
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International Women’s Day- Sports & Equality
Just yesterday, on this site, Denise Harvey took on the “Tradition of Classism & Racism in ‘Elite’ Sports“. It is true that sports have historically been one of the areas of society where barriers to full participation have been erected to keep others out. Whether those others being kept out […]
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A Winning Culture that isn’t Winning
Currently in the English Premier League the defending champions, Liverpool FC, are struggling to win games. Following their weekend defeat to a Fulham team near the bottom of the table, Liverpool recorded their sixth straight home defeat – an unwanted new record in their storied history. There are mitigating circumstances […]
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A Tradition of Classism & Racism in ‘Elite’ Sports
Ever since the formation of modern sports in the 19th century, certain sports have been assigned to particular socio-economic groups. Non-contact sports have been associated with the upper classes while the ‘rougher’ sports were relegated to the lower classes who were considered more uncouth and less refined. This situation has […]
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The GOAT and the Golden Eggs
I wish Tiger Woods well in his recovery. The news of his accident was shocking. Coming just a little over a year after Kobe Bryant’s tragic death, we all wondered if we had lost another of our sports heroes too soon. Fortunately, this time, the accident wasn’t fatal. However, questions […]
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Endure, Learn, and Move On
I apologize in advance to all of you haters out there. I am an Astros fan. Still am. Let me explain. I live in The Woodlands, Texas. It is a suburban utopia just north of Houston. As the name suggests, there are lots of trees. It is a master-planned community […]
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Do We Still Need A League Of Their Own?
With the month of March being celebrated as Women’s History Month in the United States, what could be a more appropriate topic of discussion than the disparity in professional sports between male and female pro athletes? You would be hard pressed to find someone who is not familiar with any […]
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Stars of the Sea: Surf Lifesaving, Nippers & Starfish
“The surf lifesaving movement … is truly Australian in spirit. Its character savors [sic.] of sun-drenched sand and a free and boisterous surf. In it we see democracy function as it was meant to. There are no barriers of creed, class or colour. All these things are forgotten in the […]
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Lost in Others’ Whys
When we are young our days are explorations of anything new. We do stuff because we think it looks like fun; our older brother/ sister does it; dad/ mum says it would be go for us/ it is on the school curriculum/saw it on YouTube …The reasons for why we […]
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Rite of Passage: Kids in Sports
Participation in sports not only helps to develop coordination, physical agility, health, and flexibility, but also to develop friendships, comradery, and the traits necessary for observing fair-play and learning how to lose gracefully. Introducing children to sports is a healthy normal thing to do and we want our children physically […]
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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
In week 17 of the 2020 NFL season the Seattle Seahawks beat the San Francisco 49ers, in fact they had already clinched the win in their final possession of the game. Most quarterbacks would take a knee and let the clock play out. Instead, Russell Wilson through a pass to […]
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The ‘Business’ of Team Sports
Every team has a culture, the question is what does this culture say about the team? A culture is a set of observable behaviors that are promoted and widely accepted by the organization. Teams whose members are aligned culturally, are more engaged and have better morale which ultimately leads to […]
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Have the Houston Rockets Hit Rock Bottom?
The Houston Rockets had a sad outing against the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday. It was their 11th straight loss (They now have lost 12 straight), where they had the lowest shooting percentage and the fewest made field goals in a game in NBA history, it was the biggest point differential […]
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The Olympics, China and the Possibility of Boycott
It seems difficult in 2021 to separate sports from politics. Calls now are rising on both sides of the U.S. and Canadian border and across the Western nations to organize a boycott of or put pressure on the International Olympic Committee to force a move of the 2022 Winter Olympic […]
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The Highs and Lows in Sports Help Bring People Together
On Tuesday, February 23rd golf legend Tiger Woods experienced a terrifying car accident. His car tumbled down a hill and he was pulled out of the SUV by the jaws of life. After the accident, he was immediately rushed to the hospital and sent to surgery. Tiger Woods experienced a […]
