Heroic

Heroic by Ryan Krzykowski Aside from the ice falling from the sky as I type this post, I love this time of year.  We enjoyed Christmas and the dawn of a new year, and now we settle back into the beautiful routine and rhythm of everyday life.  It is glorious. In...

Pause

Pause by Ryan Krzykowski Happy New Year and welcome to 2020.  As we flip the calendar to a new year and decade, it’s a natural time to reflect and ask ourselves what we can do to live better.  What’s working well?  What needs to be cleaned up?  How can I...
2019 — What a Year

2019 — What a Year

2019 – What a Year by Ryan Krzykowski As I type this, 2019 is drawing to a close.  Looking back on the past 12 months, I feel tremendous gratitude.  I am so incredibly grateful for the calling we are working to live out: to help coaches at all levels develop and...

Legacy, or Just Clothes?

Legacy, or Just Clothes? by Ryan Krzykowski How can a jersey or its number mean something to somebody?  At the end of the day, it’s just a piece of fabric.  I remember hearing this from Jerry Seinfeld years ago: Loyalty to any one sports team is pretty hard to...
Transformational

Transformational

Transformational by Ryan Krzykowski Writing well matters to me.  I know I’m not the greatest writer in the world, but I do want to write reasonably well.  Spelling words correctly, phrasing ideas in ways that draw in a reader, avoiding hacky cliches — all...
Finishing Touches

Finishing Touches

The 6th grade football season ended a couple weekends ago, and it was incredibly rewarding.  I don’t know if I’ve ever coached a season that required more of me personally, and I couldn’t be much more proud of the effort that the players and coaches...