by Ryan Krzykowski | Jul 25, 2013 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
This post isn’t a feel-good story of inspiration like the last couple we’ve written, but it means something to me. Hopefully it will stir something inside you as well. In a conversation earlier this morning, I was talking to someone about a notion that I...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Jul 12, 2013 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
The temptation was great. There’s something bubbling under the surface that is bugging me and I’m fighting the urge to vent about it. It’s coming, believe me. But I’m going to hold off for a couple more posts at least because I promised inspiring stories on the CFC...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Jun 28, 2013 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
The last few blog posts we’ve written have been sobering, if not downright depressing. So today we’ll look for a little inspiration, albeit in a situation that didn’t seem all that inspiring at first. You might be familiar with this story as...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Jun 14, 2013 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
The last few posts we’ve put up in this space have focused on the ugly side of sports. Everything from terrorism to bully coaches to frustrated parents making their kids miserable on the ride home. It all has such a negative feel to it, and understandably so....
by Ryan Krzykowski | May 31, 2013 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
Over the past few years, as I have read, studied, and talked to countless parents and coaches, I’ve consistently heard ideas resembling the comments I just read from Mike Woitalla, the Executive Editor of Soccer America Magazine. Mike wrote this as part of an...
by Ryan Krzykowski | May 17, 2013 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
It’s been a while since I’ve done this. About 2-3 times a year I’ll read something that inspires me to post it in this space because the author is making his/her point better than I ever could. So when I saw this article by a former college...