by Ryan Krzykowski | Oct 10, 2016 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past 72 hours, you’ve heard the phrase “locker room banter” about 1000 times. The phrase is part of a statement that ends with the words, “I apologize if anyone was offended”. At the risk of...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
I coach to help young people develop a love for sports and for others. There’s a little bit more to my personal Coaching Purpose Statement, but that’s the most relevant part to this post. Teaching a love for sports and love for others is my goal....
by Ryan Krzykowski | Aug 29, 2016 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
I’m coaching middle school football again this year, and we’ve added a new component to the weekly schedule. Nothing hugely time consuming, but an exercise designed to get the boys to do some thinking and reflecting. One of our themes for the year is...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
I had a topic all ready to go for today but there’s been a change of plans. Something has happened that hit me hard and there’s no way I can write about anything else. Late last week I attended the funeral for the ten year old son of a friend of mine. It...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Aug 1, 2016 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
In chapter 8 of his book InSideOut Coaching, Joe Ehrmann tells the story of Coach Tom Pecore, an Oklahoma high school soccer coach. Frustrated by a challenging day on the job, Coach Pecore has a snippy encounter with an injured player prior to practice: He never made...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Jul 18, 2016 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
A little over a month ago, I wrote a post entitled Joy (linked here). The basic premise was that it’s too bad that so many adults have hijacked the sports experience of our children, to the point that so many kids don’t really want to play anymore. I...
