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Change Your Thoughts, Change the Game – #2
Watch the game as if it was a Mystery Movie What if we watched a game and truly let go of wanting anything out of that game for ourselves or for our players. What if we watched the game as if it was a mystery movie, and we were truly curious as to what will happen...
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Change Your Thoughts, Change The Game – The first in a series
You are driving to the arena, the field, the pitch, the diamond. Whatever it may be. And you are lost in your thoughts. In fact, so lost in your thoughts, you don’t even realize that you left your kid at home on the way to the game (true story!). We have all...
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T…Just a little bit…
In the last two blogs I have been discussing values in sports. We can’t talk about value based sport without talking about the value of RESPECT. No self-respecting blog about respect can start without referencing a line from Aretha Franklin’s song “Respect”....
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What the heck does “Fairness” even mean?
If fairness is a value that sport is embracing, should we spend a bit of time understanding what fairness even means? Excellent question, and one that needs to be thought through. After last weeks blog, that was the question I received the most. Let’s start with...
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The light and shadow side of a value – Fairness
Last week Public Policy Forum and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport held their summit on “The Values Proposition: Strengthening Sport in Canada”. #ValuesinSport. It is an important topic right now in the sports community as there is an overall trend in the...
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It’s a Start – #ValuesinSport
This week True Sport and the Canadian Centre for Ethics and Sport (CCES) hosted “The Values Proposition: Strengthening Sport in Canada” #ValuesinSport. A summit forum to share the findings of a cross country tour through five cities discussing with Canadians the...
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What muscle are you strengthening? Judgement or Kindness
I was watching a game of 13 – 15 year old boys play last weekend (the sport is irrelevant here, as this could apply to any sport), and one of the players was able to make a break, and go for it….the point, the goal, a touchdown, the net, whatever applies to your...
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Thank You = Feedback
Last week the Coaching Association of Canada (CAC) ran a campaign #ThanksCoach! to recognize the work, time and dedication that coaches put into their teams and their sport. Sad that we have to have this gentle reminder, but at the same time, thanks to the CAC for...
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#ThanksCoach! – Building Your Gratitude Muscle
Have you ever been in the drive-thru at Tim Horton’s for a coffee and when you get to the window to pay, the cashier informs you that the person in the car before paid for your coffee? Flash back to that feeling of “ahhhh, wow, how nice was that!?” and you just...
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We lost!!! Or Did We??
Minto Cup 2018 in Calgary has come to a close and I would be remiss in not closing off this blog series, especially with a loss. What an exciting tournament for lacrosse and our family! Picture this- Bruce and Wayne’s two families coming together for a fun...
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