Gain a Competitive Edge Through Transformational Coaching

by Jimmy Hensel, Director of Player Development University of Northern Colorado If you have any coaching experience, you have seen firsthand the multitude of  influences and challenges facing young people in our culture today. More and more kids come to our programs damaged emotionally and mentally to the point that they never reach their full potential as athletes, students and as people. Not only are our athletes at varying stages of physiological development but a list of societal issues like divorce, single parenthood, drug abuse, an entitlement mentality and even over protective parents are key factors in their makeup. The pool of athletes who are ready and willing to work hard in school, grind on the field and who place being a positive role model on campus as a priority, are shrinking. Getting the buy-in to your program from the pee-wee level to the professiopnal level means