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The Hard Part by Seth Godin

Posted by Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group on Mon, Jun 27, 2011 @ 07:06 AM

The hard part (one of them)

A guy asked his friend, the writer David Foster Wallace,

"Say, Dave, how'd y'get t'be so dang smart?"

His answer:

"I did the reading."

No one said the preparation part was fun, but yes, it's important. I wonder why we believe we can skip it and still be so dang smart.

 

Topics: basketball performance, basketball resources, basketball conference, athletic training conference, hockey conference, hockey DVD, athletic trainer

Moving Beyond Teachers And Bosses by Seth Godin

Posted by Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group on Mon, May 23, 2011 @ 06:05 AM

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Moving beyond teachers and bosses

We train kids to deal with teachers in a certain way: Find out what they want, and do that, just barely, because there are other things to work on. Figure out how to say back exactly what they want to hear, with the least amount of effort, and you are a 'good student.'

We train employees to deal with bosses in a certain way: Find out what they want, and do that, just barely, because there are other things to do. Figure out how to do exactly what they want, with the least amount of effort, and the last risk of failure and you are a 'good worker.'

The attitude of minimize is a matter of self-preservation. Raise the bar, the thinking goes, and the boss will work you harder and harder. Take initiative and you might fail, leading to a reprimand or termination (think about that word for a second... pretty frightening).

The linchpin, of course, can't abide the attitude of minimize. It leaves no room for real growth and certainly doesn't permit an individual to become irreplaceable.

If your boss is seen as a librarian, she becomes a resource, not a limit. If you view the people you work with as coaches, and your job as a platform, it can transform what you do each day, starting right now. "My boss won't let me," doesn't deserve to be in your vocabulary. Instead, it can become, "I don't want to do that because it's not worth the time/resources." (Or better, it can become, "go!")

The opportunity of our age is to get out of this boss as teacher as taskmaster as limiter mindset. We need more from you than that.

 

Topics: basketball resources, basketball conference, athletic training conference, hockey conference, hockey DVD, Seth Godin

Congrats UW Badgers - 2011 Women's Ice Hockey National Champions

Posted by Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group on Tue, Mar 22, 2011 @ 07:03 AM

Congrats to the University of Wisconsin Badgers Women's Ice Hockey team for winning the 2011 National Championship in a 4-1 win over Boston University this past weekend. 

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Hear UW Badgers Strength and Conditioning Coach, Jim Snider speak at this year's BSMPG Hockey Conference, June 3rd and 4th in Boston MA., as he discusses, "Hockey Specific Dry Land Speed Training".

Learn how this year's National Champions train in the off-season and what you may be missing in your summer hockey strength training programs. 

 

Topics: boston hockey summit, hockey conference, hockey DVD, Jim Snider