IN THE HUDDLE

Executive Director Don Iacobellis sharing his experiences, comments, thoughts, and take-homes around youth sports today.

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Hi Excel family!  How to cope? How to profit with learning during idle times? And…how to take care of ourselves during stressful days! While we’re in our COVID19 headache, I have begun our excel challenge to get all of you, including players, family members, friends as well as our proud alumni to get out and...

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I have always been supportive of players within our program who play multiple sports and allowing them time to do so as well as not overwhelm them.  We have often heard from coaches who insist on and may even penalize them with lack of play time.  My son was a multi-sport athlete and there was...

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How do we build a championship mindset on and off the court with our student athletes?  It is a daily commitment that involves continuous improvement on and off the court, setting high standards, motivation on getting better, with daily preparation.  It also involves stressing good values, instilling professionalism in how we go about our business...

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Coach Steve Kerr, Golden State Warrior Head Coach and former world champion in this Positive Coaching Video discusses his childhood days playing as well as coaching.  He discusses his parents not putting pressure on him and having him figuring things out early on.  He talks about the importance of setting up expectation meetings up front...

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