SCRAPING AROUND THE SURFACE
The recent brooha around Coach Jim Tressel and Ohio State University football is a joke. Not because what happened broke the rules but because what happened is a huge pink elephant sitting dead in the [...]
THE FEAR OF TEARS
One of the stories coming out of the Dallas Mavericks victory over the Miami Heat for NBA Championship was the fact that the Heats fine player, Chris Bosh, was in tears after the deciding sixth [...]
THE GAME OF COMPARISON
I was reading the latest Sports Illustrated the other day when I came across an article on who is the greatest player in NBA history? Lebron James or Michael Jordan? My first thought was neither. [...]
DAD'S DAY
It is Sunday, June 19th, and it is Fathers Day and birthdays for my business partner Sharon and my granddaughter Jasmine. For this writing I want to concentrate on Dads. Dads are special guys in [...]
WILL THE CHILDREN EVER GROW UP?
I am watching Game Six of the NBA Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat. Dallas had the 3-2 game edge on the Heat and can gain the World Championship with a win [...]
SOMEDAY
One thing that I have noticed about getting older is I have fewer and fewer conversations with myself about the things I would like to do œsomeday. Maybe it is that I can see a [...]
DEAR TIGER WOODS
I have labored over a way to get in touch with you ever since the stuff hit the fan. This is an effort to do just that. My name is Rolland Todd. I have followed [...]
THE TRANSFORMATION OF TRANSFORMATION
About 28 years ago I was exposed to the idea of transformation. I was immediately excited about the concept as it so seemed to apply to my lifes work as a basketball coach. I had [...]
GETTING OLDER
A couple of weeks ago I attended a reunion of my high school graduating class. That would be the 60th anniversary. The high school I attended was very small, only about 250 kids. Then of [...]
AMERICA'S PASTIME
In the book I wrote for athletic coaches called œThe Art of Losing, the tag line refers to our Made-for-TV World, (Book is available at lulu.com). Other than golf, perhaps baseball has benefited more from [...]
DOES IT HAVE TO BE THIS WAY?
The world has been buzzing for the past few days about the death of Osama bin Laden. Here in the good old USA it has been cause for patriotic celebrating. At NBA play-off games, for [...]
LEADERS, ARE YOU HAVING FUN YET?
What is it that has some leaders be so effective and the majority of people in leadership have to work so hard at it? I am not saying that the effective ones dont have problems [...]
I Hear It Everywhere – Parents and Coaching
I spent this weekend in Seattle with my friends Chris and Allison Russell and their two children, Kiley and Logan. I love them so much. I think what I love the most is the way [...]
The Rock And The Hard Place
The past week’s Sports Illustrated cover story was “Homeless Athletes.” I don’t know the authors’ intent for sure and I am pretty sure that they wanted to create attention around a problem to cause something [...]
Workin' With The Kids
Today is the first day of the second workshop we have done at Providence College over the past few days. We worked with the lacrosse team last weekend and are working with the softball team [...]
The Jeter Journey
His “bandwagon” has always had a lot of passengers and continues to gather more as he completes his illustrious career with the New York Yankees. Just beginning and ending with the same team these days [...]
I Have Questions!
I have questions. The first question I have is “where are we headed?” We live in a world that basically doesn’t work. We have territorial wars. We have religious wars. We have other ideological conflicts. [...]
What Most Sports Psychologists Don't Know
Given we are psychological beings, it is no surprise that the field of sports psychology has grown rapidly over the years. There was a time that performers wouldn’t do anything that “messed with their minds,” [...]
I Hear It Everywhere – Parents and Coaching
I spent this weekend in Seattle with my friends Chris and Allison Russell and their two children, Kiley and Logan. I love them so much. I think what I love the most is the way [...]
The Rock And The Hard Place
The past week’s Sports Illustrated cover story was “Homeless Athletes.” I don’t know the authors’ intent for sure and I am pretty sure that they wanted to create attention around a problem to cause something [...]
Workin' With The Kids
Today is the first day of the second workshop we have done at Providence College over the past few days. We worked with the lacrosse team last weekend and are working with the softball team [...]
The Jeter Journey
His “bandwagon” has always had a lot of passengers and continues to gather more as he completes his illustrious career with the New York Yankees. Just beginning and ending with the same team these days [...]
I Have Questions!
I have questions. The first question I have is “where are we headed?” We live in a world that basically doesn’t work. We have territorial wars. We have religious wars. We have other ideological conflicts. [...]
What Most Sports Psychologists Don't Know
Given we are psychological beings, it is no surprise that the field of sports psychology has grown rapidly over the years. There was a time that performers wouldn’t do anything that “messed with their minds,” [...]
I Hear It Everywhere – Parents and Coaching
I spent this weekend in Seattle with my friends Chris and Allison Russell and their two children, Kiley and Logan. I love them so much. I think what I love the most is the way [...]
The Rock And The Hard Place
The past week’s Sports Illustrated cover story was “Homeless Athletes.” I don’t know the authors’ intent for sure and I am pretty sure that they wanted to create attention around a problem to cause something [...]
Workin' With The Kids
Today is the first day of the second workshop we have done at Providence College over the past few days. We worked with the lacrosse team last weekend and are working with the softball team [...]
The Jeter Journey
His “bandwagon” has always had a lot of passengers and continues to gather more as he completes his illustrious career with the New York Yankees. Just beginning and ending with the same team these days [...]
I Have Questions!
I have questions. The first question I have is “where are we headed?” We live in a world that basically doesn’t work. We have territorial wars. We have religious wars. We have other ideological conflicts. [...]
What Most Sports Psychologists Don't Know
Given we are psychological beings, it is no surprise that the field of sports psychology has grown rapidly over the years. There was a time that performers wouldn’t do anything that “messed with their minds,” [...]
I Hear It Everywhere – Parents and Coaching
I spent this weekend in Seattle with my friends Chris and Allison Russell and their two children, Kiley and Logan. I love them so much. I think what I love the most is the way [...]
The Rock And The Hard Place
The past week’s Sports Illustrated cover story was “Homeless Athletes.” I don’t know the authors’ intent for sure and I am pretty sure that they wanted to create attention around a problem to cause something [...]
Workin' With The Kids
Today is the first day of the second workshop we have done at Providence College over the past few days. We worked with the lacrosse team last weekend and are working with the softball team [...]
The Jeter Journey
His “bandwagon” has always had a lot of passengers and continues to gather more as he completes his illustrious career with the New York Yankees. Just beginning and ending with the same team these days [...]
I Have Questions!
I have questions. The first question I have is “where are we headed?” We live in a world that basically doesn’t work. We have territorial wars. We have religious wars. We have other ideological conflicts. [...]
What Most Sports Psychologists Don't Know
Given we are psychological beings, it is no surprise that the field of sports psychology has grown rapidly over the years. There was a time that performers wouldn’t do anything that “messed with their minds,” [...]
I Hear It Everywhere – Parents and Coaching
I spent this weekend in Seattle with my friends Chris and Allison Russell and their two children, Kiley and Logan. I love them so much. I think what I love the most is the way [...]
The Rock And The Hard Place
The past week’s Sports Illustrated cover story was “Homeless Athletes.” I don’t know the authors’ intent for sure and I am pretty sure that they wanted to create attention around a problem to cause something [...]
Workin' With The Kids
Today is the first day of the second workshop we have done at Providence College over the past few days. We worked with the lacrosse team last weekend and are working with the softball team [...]
The Jeter Journey
His “bandwagon” has always had a lot of passengers and continues to gather more as he completes his illustrious career with the New York Yankees. Just beginning and ending with the same team these days [...]
I Have Questions!
I have questions. The first question I have is “where are we headed?” We live in a world that basically doesn’t work. We have territorial wars. We have religious wars. We have other ideological conflicts. [...]
What Most Sports Psychologists Don't Know
Given we are psychological beings, it is no surprise that the field of sports psychology has grown rapidly over the years. There was a time that performers wouldn’t do anything that “messed with their minds,” [...]
I Hear It Everywhere – Parents and Coaching
I spent this weekend in Seattle with my friends Chris and Allison Russell and their two children, Kiley and Logan. I love them so much. I think what I love the most is the way [...]
The Rock And The Hard Place
The past week’s Sports Illustrated cover story was “Homeless Athletes.” I don’t know the authors’ intent for sure and I am pretty sure that they wanted to create attention around a problem to cause something [...]
Workin' With The Kids
Today is the first day of the second workshop we have done at Providence College over the past few days. We worked with the lacrosse team last weekend and are working with the softball team [...]
The Jeter Journey
His “bandwagon” has always had a lot of passengers and continues to gather more as he completes his illustrious career with the New York Yankees. Just beginning and ending with the same team these days [...]
I Have Questions!
I have questions. The first question I have is “where are we headed?” We live in a world that basically doesn’t work. We have territorial wars. We have religious wars. We have other ideological conflicts. [...]
What Most Sports Psychologists Don't Know
Given we are psychological beings, it is no surprise that the field of sports psychology has grown rapidly over the years. There was a time that performers wouldn’t do anything that “messed with their minds,” [...]
I Hear It Everywhere – Parents and Coaching
I spent this weekend in Seattle with my friends Chris and Allison Russell and their two children, Kiley and Logan. I love them so much. I think what I love the most is the way [...]
The Rock And The Hard Place
The past week’s Sports Illustrated cover story was “Homeless Athletes.” I don’t know the authors’ intent for sure and I am pretty sure that they wanted to create attention around a problem to cause something [...]
Workin' With The Kids
Today is the first day of the second workshop we have done at Providence College over the past few days. We worked with the lacrosse team last weekend and are working with the softball team [...]
The Jeter Journey
His “bandwagon” has always had a lot of passengers and continues to gather more as he completes his illustrious career with the New York Yankees. Just beginning and ending with the same team these days [...]
I Have Questions!
I have questions. The first question I have is “where are we headed?” We live in a world that basically doesn’t work. We have territorial wars. We have religious wars. We have other ideological conflicts. [...]
What Most Sports Psychologists Don't Know
Given we are psychological beings, it is no surprise that the field of sports psychology has grown rapidly over the years. There was a time that performers wouldn’t do anything that “messed with their minds,” [...]
I Hear It Everywhere – Parents and Coaching
I spent this weekend in Seattle with my friends Chris and Allison Russell and their two children, Kiley and Logan. I love them so much. I think what I love the most is the way [...]
The Rock And The Hard Place
The past week’s Sports Illustrated cover story was “Homeless Athletes.” I don’t know the authors’ intent for sure and I am pretty sure that they wanted to create attention around a problem to cause something [...]
Workin' With The Kids
Today is the first day of the second workshop we have done at Providence College over the past few days. We worked with the lacrosse team last weekend and are working with the softball team [...]
The Jeter Journey
His “bandwagon” has always had a lot of passengers and continues to gather more as he completes his illustrious career with the New York Yankees. Just beginning and ending with the same team these days [...]
I Have Questions!
I have questions. The first question I have is “where are we headed?” We live in a world that basically doesn’t work. We have territorial wars. We have religious wars. We have other ideological conflicts. [...]
What Most Sports Psychologists Don't Know
Given we are psychological beings, it is no surprise that the field of sports psychology has grown rapidly over the years. There was a time that performers wouldn’t do anything that “messed with their minds,” [...]
I Hear It Everywhere – Parents and Coaching
I spent this weekend in Seattle with my friends Chris and Allison Russell and their two children, Kiley and Logan. I love them so much. I think what I love the most is the way [...]
The Rock And The Hard Place
The past week’s Sports Illustrated cover story was “Homeless Athletes.” I don’t know the authors’ intent for sure and I am pretty sure that they wanted to create attention around a problem to cause something [...]
Workin' With The Kids
Today is the first day of the second workshop we have done at Providence College over the past few days. We worked with the lacrosse team last weekend and are working with the softball team [...]
The Jeter Journey
His “bandwagon” has always had a lot of passengers and continues to gather more as he completes his illustrious career with the New York Yankees. Just beginning and ending with the same team these days [...]
I Have Questions!
I have questions. The first question I have is “where are we headed?” We live in a world that basically doesn’t work. We have territorial wars. We have religious wars. We have other ideological conflicts. [...]
What Most Sports Psychologists Don't Know
Given we are psychological beings, it is no surprise that the field of sports psychology has grown rapidly over the years. There was a time that performers wouldn’t do anything that “messed with their minds,” [...]
I Hear It Everywhere – Parents and Coaching
I spent this weekend in Seattle with my friends Chris and Allison Russell and their two children, Kiley and Logan. I love them so much. I think what I love the most is the way [...]
The Rock And The Hard Place
The past week’s Sports Illustrated cover story was “Homeless Athletes.” I don’t know the authors’ intent for sure and I am pretty sure that they wanted to create attention around a problem to cause something [...]
Workin' With The Kids
Today is the first day of the second workshop we have done at Providence College over the past few days. We worked with the lacrosse team last weekend and are working with the softball team [...]
The Jeter Journey
His “bandwagon” has always had a lot of passengers and continues to gather more as he completes his illustrious career with the New York Yankees. Just beginning and ending with the same team these days [...]
I Have Questions!
I have questions. The first question I have is “where are we headed?” We live in a world that basically doesn’t work. We have territorial wars. We have religious wars. We have other ideological conflicts. [...]
What Most Sports Psychologists Don't Know
Given we are psychological beings, it is no surprise that the field of sports psychology has grown rapidly over the years. There was a time that performers wouldn’t do anything that “messed with their minds,” [...]
I Hear It Everywhere – Parents and Coaching
I spent this weekend in Seattle with my friends Chris and Allison Russell and their two children, Kiley and Logan. I love them so much. I think what I love the most is the way [...]
The Rock And The Hard Place
The past week’s Sports Illustrated cover story was “Homeless Athletes.” I don’t know the authors’ intent for sure and I am pretty sure that they wanted to create attention around a problem to cause something [...]
Workin' With The Kids
Today is the first day of the second workshop we have done at Providence College over the past few days. We worked with the lacrosse team last weekend and are working with the softball team [...]
The Jeter Journey
His “bandwagon” has always had a lot of passengers and continues to gather more as he completes his illustrious career with the New York Yankees. Just beginning and ending with the same team these days [...]
I Have Questions!
I have questions. The first question I have is “where are we headed?” We live in a world that basically doesn’t work. We have territorial wars. We have religious wars. We have other ideological conflicts. [...]
What Most Sports Psychologists Don't Know
Given we are psychological beings, it is no surprise that the field of sports psychology has grown rapidly over the years. There was a time that performers wouldn’t do anything that “messed with their minds,” [...]