by Rachel Van Fleet | Jun 16, 2021 | Coaching, Focus in Action, Leadership
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...
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 | Mar 15, 2021 | Coaching, Leadership
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?...
