Amazon Pick of the Week: Coach to Coach

 “COACH TO COACH: An Empowering Story about How to Be a Great Leader,” Foreword by Phil Simms (Wiley, March 10, 2020), an inspiring parable that will help rewrite our modern coaching programs. Reminiscent of classic titles like Mitch Albom’s Tuesdays with Morrie and Jon Gordon’s The Energy Bus, COACH TO COACH offers simple and effective strategies and principles about how to be a great coach and leader, Rooney presents the fundamental framework for what it is to be a great coach and the responsibilities one has when he or she takes on this most important job. If there were a version of the Hippocratic Oath for modern coaches at all levels, COACH TO COACH would be the extended version.
 
We have begun a different era of coaching. The days of haphazard, manipulative, punitive, and ego-driven mentorship are over…and probably never should have been. Eliciting the best out of our young athletes, employees and children takes a different skill set now. An intentional and intentionally positive one. Success at any level of engagement—on and off the field of play—stems from a coach’s genuine enthusiasm, optimism, empathy, selflessness and curiosity. Every coach has more to learn and we all need help in taking better care of the truly meaningful and influential interactions in our lives: Coach to Player. Employer to Employee. Friend to Friend. Parent to Child. Peer to Peer. COACH TO COACH.
 
COACH TO COACH also covers these important concepts and techniques:
Identifying how a coach finds the intersection of one’s passion and one’s purpose.
The two most important abilities of a coach: Coachability and Availability.
As coaches empty a player’s physical “tank,” they should simultaneously be filling the emotional one.
How “mastery” is making complex ideas and practices simple, not making simple ones more complex.
How the best way for a coach to get stronger is to lift someone else up.
When a coach really believes in someone or something—heart and soul—others have no choice but to start to believe it too.
How great coaches must learn to properly give credit and accept blame.
The best way to use your enthusiasm and vulnerability to build trust.
The simple skill for identifying your players’ ultimate goals and driving force.
The five most powerful words in coaching: “I am proud of you.”
 
Rooney’s story of a young man in search of the keys to coaching greatness is skillfully layered with scientifically supported techniques and the time-tested breakthroughs that Rooney himself has used in decades of coaching elite athletes. COACH TO COACH is a valuable resource for coaches at all levels, and actually reminds us why coaching is one of the most honorable professions.

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Betting on Triple Crown Showdown

With the Kentucky Derby’s traditional time slot left vacant because of the COVID-19-caused postponement, NBC will be filling part of its programming void this Saturday with a computer-generated fantasy race matching the 13 horses to win the Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes: the Triple Crown Showdown.

Bovada, one of the world’s leading online sportsbooks, has released odds on the race. Check them out here, and below - https://www.bovada.lv/sports/horses-futures-props/this-week-s-big-races/virtual-kentucky-derby-202005021600

Secretariat, considered by many as the most talented and iconic Thoroughbred to have raced in America, has been established as the favorite for the virtual Kentucky Derby.

I figure you might want to include in an upcoming article and/or tweet the odds out.

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Post Position – NAME - ODDS

3 – Secretariat 2/1

8 – Citation 4/1

5 -Seattle Slew 8/1

6 - American Pharoah 8/1

10 – Whirlaway  9/1

11  - Count Fleet 9/1

1– Affirmed  10/1

9 - War Admiral10/1

7 - Gallant Fox 25/1

12 – Justify  33/1

2 – Assault 33/1

13 – Omaha  50/1

4 - Sir Barton 50/1

 

What People are Betting On...

Even though major sports are shut down, there is still betting on various activites and sports happening around the globe.

Like:

1. Club Friendlies  -  Soccer
2. Pro League. Moscow – Table Tennis
3. TT-Cup – Table Tennis
4. CS: GO ESL Pro League Season 11 – Esports
5. MLBL – Basketball
6. Taiwan Championship – Basketball
7. UFC – MMA
8. Primera Division – Soccer
9. Vysshaya Lida – Soccer
10. NFL 2020 Simulations – American Football

Online Ticketers Hurting... New Policies

With more than 23,000 live events cancelled and more to come, online ticketing websites are struggling with their business model.

Stubhub announced new policies this morning and the ticket buyer is not going to like them.

Given the impact of the coronavirus, it is not possible to sustain this practice in the near-term. We are facing significant timing delays in recouping funds from the thousands of sellers on our platform, and expect these challenges to continue in the coming months. At the same time, buyers expect immediate refunds. As a result, we’ve enacted new policies in the US and Canada that we believe are clear and fan-first.

Buyer Policies

We understand fans are disappointed and concerned by these large-scale event cancellations. We were the first in our industry to begin offering customers 120% credit for the canceled purchases as a thank you for remaining patient in a very challenging period. In the first two weeks of offering this option, approximately 70% of customers opted to receive this additional future value. Recently, we announced this as our standard policy for canceled events, with refunds available in jurisdictions where they are required. Coupons can be applied to one or multiple StubHub orders in the same currency. If your order is less than your coupon value, you can use the remainder on another event.

Seller Policies

Meanwhile, sellers on our platform also face challenges. Music and sports fans, season ticket holders, and business sellers are unclear if teams and primary ticketing companies are providing credits or refunds for the tickets they had previously bought and subsequently sold on StubHub. We are working with the thousands of sellers across our platform to understand options and timing for repayment to us for tickets of canceled events. We’ve also updated our seller policies going forward to manage future risk. You can read more about our updated policies here.

Olympics Officially Moved to 2021

Make your plans for 2021