Asking for Help

Asking for Help

by | Nov 9, 2020 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski

Asking for Help by Ryan Krzykowski Typically our CFC team uses this blog space to provide a service — we seek to encourage coaches at all levels to “Coach With Purpose”.  We want to help these women and men make the most of their opportunity to do...
Resilient

Resilient

by | Oct 26, 2020 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski

Resilient by Ryan Krzykowski This morning I arrived at my high school teaching job and found a student I taught last year shivering outside.  On this chilly, rainy morning he’d walked about a mile to school in the dark.  I encouraged him to step inside the...
Adversity

Adversity

by | Oct 12, 2020 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski

Adversity by Ryan Krzykowski In today’s post, I wanted to share something written by our friend Quinn McDowell of Arete Hoops.  Quinn sends out great content regularly, and the mission of Arete has a whole lot in common with that of CFC.  We want to see sports...
RIP Lepp

RIP Lepp

by | Sep 28, 2020 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski

RIP Lepp (1980-2020) by Ryan Krzykowski A few weeks ago the coaching/sports community of Kansas City lost a giant.  To those who knew Derek Leppert, aka “Coach Lepp”, he was a dependable, consistent source of joy.  The guy never seemed to be having a bad...
Game On

Game On

by | Sep 7, 2020 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski

Game On by Ryan Krzykowski The last post I wrote was called “So Weird“, and predictably it was all about how weird this current sports landscape is.  And it just keeps getting weirder and weirder.  But last week, our School Board voted to move forward with...
So Weird

So Weird

by | Aug 24, 2020 | Blog 1, Ryan Krzykowski

So Weird by Ryan Krzykowski After more than five months away, last week I reported to work at the high school where I teach Math.  As I arrived, hundreds of young athletes were finishing up their morning workouts.  With all the face coverings it was a very 2020 scene,...