Melrose Lady Raiders Volleyball

It's a numbers game. Team selection creates hard choices for every coach. When 66 players tryout for fortyish spots on three teams, good...

LeBron James on Leadership 🎯 “You don’t get to pick 2 or 3 days out of the week where you wanna be a leader... it’s an everyday thing.” @K...

Exceptional players have extraordinary habits. Kobe Bryant on mentality: Ask "how can I improve today?" How can you build skill, g...

"It's not who starts, it's who finishes." - Sonny Lane, former Melrose Athletic Director, New England Basketball Hall of F...

  Tryouts began at the Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School on a warm August morning. The coaches supply the opportunity and demand was h...

Via Kobe Bryant and "Mamba Mentality"

Today is the most important day of your life. Until tomorrow. "Be on time." On time is early.  "Cross the red line." Whe...

There's a saying about The Country Club in Brookline. If you have to ask how much it costs for membership, you shouldn't apply.  Ask...

"Bring your best self" to tryouts. Here's an OG perspective on tryouts. 1. I want to coach whom I want to coach .   Naomi  was...

Art imitates life. Take lessons away every day. Don't expect deep meaning every second but "see it" when you see it.  The Bear...

Vertical touch, bench press, and forty-yard sprint time matter. But players with fewer 'measurables' still excel.  They excel becaus...

The offseason is almost over. Hit the ground running... with attitude.  Let's start with an AI take on 'attitude'.  In sports, ...

Individuals want minutes, role, and recognition. Recognition takes multiple forms - awards, money, media.  "Control what you can contro...

Coaches resemble snowflakes, no two are alike. You've never met a coach who wanted to be mediocre.  Seek leadership qualities in words a...

"The gap between knowing what you want and going after it is where fear thrives. You don't need enough courage for the entire journ...

Study successful coaches and ideas. What influences made them successful? What is their philosophy? Without clarity of philosophy, coaches c...

All opinions expressed in the blog are solely my own.  Carve out your identity. The Patriots don't keep photographs of championship seas...

You know the term "helicopter parents." I know one who wasn't one - helicopter engine 'rocket scientist', my wife Elle...

"Life is about the management of risk." People are risk averse so make choices to avoid risk, which compromises winning. Know that...

In the book series Market Wizards, Jack Schwager interviewed a trader Ed Seykota. Seykota said, "everyone gets what they want from the ...