Henrik AasNight Orienteering Taught Me I Cannot Read a Map When My Heart Rate Is 170
Running through a bog with a headlamp is humbling, and it showed me how stress narrows the mind.
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Darnell HughesCoaching 12-Year-Olds Taught Me That Playing Time Is the Whole Game
In youth basketball, the minutes you give a kid matter more than any play you draw up.
Darnell HughesI Referee Youth Basketball for 35 Dollars a Game. Here Is What It Is Like
Officiating shortages are real, and the reasons start in the bleachers.
Marcus ReedWhat Two Years on the Bench Taught Me That Starting Never Did
I was a recruited athlete who barely played. It turned out to be the most useful part of my college career.
Henrik AasI Tried to Teach My Daughter to Ski Without Ruining It for Her
Most of what I knew as a coach and a parent turned out to be wrong for a five-year-old.
Marcus ReedWhy My Varsity Players Clean the Locker Room Before They Shower
Picking up tape and towels isn't punishment. It's the cheapest culture-building drill I know.
Darnell HughesThe Pickup Game at the Rec Center Has Rules Nobody Ever Wrote Down
Calling your own fouls, winners stay on, and the quiet politics of who gets picked.
Darnell HughesI Kept Stats for Our Rec League for a Full Season. The Numbers Surprised Me
Tracking every shot, rebound and turnover across 60 games of youth basketball changed how I coach.
Henrik AasOur Village Ski Club Still Grooms Its Trails by Hand on Tuesday Nights
Twelve volunteers, one old snowmobile and a homemade track setter keep 18 kilometres of trails open all winter.
Henrik AasI Skied 54 Kilometres at 40 and Finished Behind a 71-Year-Old
A long-distance ski race taught me that pacing, not fitness, is what most of us are missing.
