The Educational AD Podcast x The Coach & The Geek
A huge thank you to Jake Von Scherrer of The Educational AD Podcast for having us so we could share more experiences from writing The Coach & The Geek: Building a Kick-Butt Culture and all that we've learned since. If you've ever wanted a glimpse into Mark and...
Focus featured on Hilton Head News
Recently, The Coach & The Geek had the opportunity to share some of the details of Focus on WHHITV in Hilton Head, SC. Mark Adams jumped in to share the big picture of why we built Focus and how it can impact athletic teams through hustle and accountability....
How Does Focus help You be Successful?
Focus isn't your average stat tracker. With an emphasis on coaching with intention, building accountability, and investing in your athletes as people, Focus encourages a more holistic approach to statistics. You may be wondering how a program like this fits into your...
Emphasizing Energy Back to Bench with Focus
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 teammates...
Focus Transformed a Mid-Major Basketball Player’s Defensive Game
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 team. One...
Be Intentional with Hustle by Leveraging Focus: A Case Story
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...
Building a Culture of We in your Organization
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...
Focus and Fenwick: Culture and a Junior Varsity Baseball Team
By: Mark AdamsI 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...
TIAAA 2021 + The Coach & The Geek
Over 100 high school athletic directors and leaders attended the TIAAA conference April 18-20, 2021, in Murfreesboro, TN. Our very own Mark Adams and Jeff Van Fleet (aka The Coach & The Geek), keynoted Monday night followed by a breakout session Tuesday morning,...
Hustle Recap: NCAA Women’s and Men’s Basketball Championships
Focus, an app designed to measure hustle, was built by Mark Adams and Jeff Van Fleet, co-authors of The Coach & The Geek: Building a Kick-butt Culture. It was designed with intention to measure concentration and effort instead of traditional analytics based on...
Can you be a great coach and have a losing record?
As a leader of a business team or technology team, does the end result justify the means? I often meet with business leaders who are focused on outcomes and many tolerate their flawed process because they are “good enough”. By what standard? How good is good enough?...
What Role does Honesty Play in Culture?
Recently, we’ve had the opportunity to do a few video podcasts with a Missouri State University business class based on our book The Coach and The Geek: Building a Kick-Butt Culture. I was asked to describe the role that honesty plays in creating a strong culture. I...