by Ryan Krzykowski | Oct 29, 2018 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski
Please Make it Stop by Ryan Krzykowski I wrote on this topic not long ago, but last weekend it happened again. We were watching 10-12 year old boys play football, and the officials threw flags on successive plays. Were the penalties deserved? Probably, but who...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Oct 15, 2018 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski
Play Ball by Ryan Krzykowski If you read this blog with any regularity, you know that we often reference Joe Ehrmann’s masterpiece, InSideOut Coaching. It’s a primary text in the Coaching With Purpose series of lessons, and on the short list of best...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Oct 1, 2018 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski
Three Weeks to Change the World by Ryan Krzykowski Over the past three seasons, 2015-17, I was blessed with the opportunity to coach football at Mission Trail Middle School. This fall, for a variety of reasons, I decided to step away from that role. Probably the...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Sep 3, 2018 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski
Us vs. Us? by Ryan Krzykowski What would it look like to go into a game or match with the mentality that my opponent is not my enemy, but rather my partner? I think about all the games I have played or coached over the years, bringing the attitude that I hate those...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Aug 20, 2018 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski
A Proper Sendoff by Ryan Krzykowski Last Friday was rough. Erica and I became parents to Robbie over eighteen years ago, and he has been with us ever since. Now he’s leaving us, heading off to Manhattan to begin his studies at Kansas State University. On one...
