by Ryan Krzykowski | Nov 21, 2014 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
I hear this one all the time from Coaches, especially at the high school level. “We just don’t have leaders on our team this year.” Hmmm. How do you measure that? What marks a leader? What makes a leader? For those of us who grew up at least a...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Nov 7, 2014 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
In the fall of 1993, I guy I only knew by his radio call-in name of “Dan from Calhoun”, identified himself as a major Philadelphia sports fan. As the story goes, when Joe Carter hit the home run to win the World Series over the Phillies, Dan punched a...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Oct 24, 2014 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
(An explanation is probably overdue. Now that CFC is a multi-staff operation, both of our leaders, Matt and Ryan, are going to be posting to this blog. We will each be writing every other week, so if you’ve become a fan of these posts, you are in luck....
by Ryan Krzykowski | Oct 10, 2014 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
What makes us describe someone as a strong person? Exactly what is strength? Last week I was in a Coaching Life Group meeting with a Coach who had developed a new Coaching Purpose Statement. The whole thing was outstanding, containing powerful words about training...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Sep 26, 2014 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
A couple conversations and situations this week have had me thinking again. In a Coaching Life Group meeting an important question was raised. I’m paraphrasing, but it was something like this: “If a Coach’s job often depends on winning enough...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Sep 12, 2014 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
I couldn’t believe he actually said it. But he did. We all heard it. It was an 11 year old fall baseball game last Saturday afternoon. My son’s team was playing this team of kids who absolutely mashed. These kids could really hit the ball. After the...