I seldom talk about my company, so I am taking liberty to do so now. I will attempt to have it be worthwhile and not too boring. The company name is Todd Team Coaching and our programs are Fast Break Training courses. The emphasis is Power, Precision and Performance. Nice words, but it may be [...]
No, I am not referring to the TV personality although he is someone I always have considered to be amazing. But, that’s another story. I am referring to my great granddaughter who had her first birthday this past Sunday. Any celebration was delayed until her grandmother gets back in town this coming weekend. Their visits [...]
Successful leaders seem to be unreasonable in their search for superior performance. I know this may sound like a “bad thing” to you. Let me see if I can give you a more empowering view. First of all, what I am saying about unreasonable might be better said if I used the words, “without reasons.” [...]
It seems to me that people are overly critical of the authenticity of sports movies. Since most sports movies are about sports heroes, don’t you think producers are a bit handicapped in finding an actor who could perform with the athletic talent of people such as Babe Ruth, Gayle Sayers or even the minor league [...]
Given I’ve been coaching for over 50 years, I am always very interested in what others coaches do. For the most part, what I don’t get to discover is who they “be” in delivering the daily practices that develop their team. Mostly I use how their teams go about their business. What kinds of winners [...]
Coaches are revered in our society. Young athletes tend to put them on a pedestal whether it is deserved or not. Many coaches have been trained by the media, so they “say the right things”. I wonder if we “be” who we say we are. Here is a quote from a woman I know nothing [...]
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 they pay attention to their most important project—being a family. I have had the honor and pleasure of having Chris [...]
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 good to happen. There is nothing new or exceptional about this problem. It has been that way since I began [...]
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 starting this afternoon. The work we are doing is called Building a Championship Team, and we have been teaching this [...]