by Rachel Van Fleet | Jun 14, 2021 | Coaching, Focus in Action, Leadership
Picking hustle stats that fit your team’s culture can be challenging, but we’re here to help! One of our favorites is applicable to all sports. In fact, we’ve seen it in teams using Focus for basketball, softball, and even bowling! It’s all about the energy...
by Rachel Van Fleet | Jun 6, 2021 | Coaching, Focus in Action, Leadership
Focus is designed to motivate players to emphasize hustle over talent, even when they’re the top scorer, so they’re always playing hard for the betterment of the team, not just traditional stats. That’s exactly what happened for a Mid-Major Men’s basketball...
by Rachel Van Fleet | Jun 3, 2021 | Coaching, Focus in Action, Leadership
A 6ft 9in player is a major threat on the court. With his wingspan shots can be blocked left and right…right? Not without hustle! Head coach of a high-major team asked us to track close outs with high hands (using Focus) for his team, and we found this particular...
by Rachel Van Fleet | May 27, 2021 | Athletic Administration, Coaching, Leadership
We talk about this Culture of We a lot, and it’s because at The Coach & The Geek, we believe it’s critical to our success as a company. But we didn’t invent it, and we’re certainly not the first to believe in it. In fact, Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address from...
by Rachel Van Fleet | May 13, 2021 | Athletic Administration, Leadership
By: Mark Adams I have been observing the Fenwick JVA baseball team as the head coach (Coach Tyree Foster) and his two assistant coaches (Coach Matt Davenport and Coach Robert Hanes) are now tracking hustle stats. The coaches are positively focused, and both assistant...