by Ryan Krzykowski | Nov 18, 2011 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
I’ll spare you the gory details, but in 2000, as a 24-year old third year assistant high school coach, all the players on our varsity team were going to be let out of school early for a special team-building activity on a gameday. The only problem was that there...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Nov 4, 2011 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
Clearly not all coaches are equally proficient. As with any other profession, some are better than others. The 10th best tennis player in the world is not as good as the 4th best, and so on. You get the idea. On the other hand, here’s something I just...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Oct 21, 2011 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
I’ve been watching a lot of youth sports this fall. Our 11-year old son is playing tackle football and our 7-year old just finished up with fall baseball. There are a lot of committed, wonderful, generous people coaching in these youth leagues. I also see a good...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Oct 7, 2011 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
A good friend of mine is an men’s basketball assistant at a college here in Kansas City. Martin sent me a link to an online interview he gave recently. I love listening to great Coaches talk about what they do, so the whole video was interesting to me. And the...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Sep 23, 2011 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
There are many things I’m not very good at. I’m not good at home repair. I’m not good at putting things together. I’m not good at songwriting, farming, or drawing straight lines. When faced with any one of those tasks, it is easy for me to...
by Ryan Krzykowski | Sep 9, 2011 | Blog 1, General, Ryan Krzykowski
( There’s nothing particularly relevant to coaches or athletes in the picture this week, but when I did a search for “scared face”, this one was too good to pass up.) FEAR. The very word brings to mind vivid images and memories. Fear is powerful. It...
