Thoughts on 1,000

IT is hard to believe that this is post number 1,000. As I said when I reached the two year anniversary I never thought this would go this far. I started it as a daily warm-up writing activity to help me in writing the Athletic Development book. Now it is something I look forward to doing each day. I have many ideas to make this better for the next 1,000 posts. One thing I can promise you is that I will make this blog as noncommercial as possible. This blog is about sharing knowledge and provoking thought to define the filed of Athletic Development. The following are some thoughts for you:

• Family and friends are first
• We all stand on the shoulders of giants – We must honor and respect those who have gone before us and paved the way in order to make the journey easier for us.
• Often it is not what you do not say, or do not do that is as important as what you do say and do
• Communication is a two way process – Sending and receiving
• Least we forget it is not what we say or write, it is what you read or hear that ultimately determines the quality of communication
• The body is not a machine – A reductionist mechanistic approach will let to segmented robotic movement
• Mistakes and losses are learning opportunities – take advantage of them
• In life we have three time zones – past, present and future. The past in gone, we should learn from it and move on, not dwell on it. We can take care of the future by doing a great job in the present.
• Knowledge and information is not the same.
• Coaching and training are not the same.
• Anyone can work – but does the work have purpose and direction
• Simplify – Simplicity yields complexity

Hopefully there will thousands more posts, as I challenge myself daily to gain knowledge and understanding. In turn I will challenge you to do the same. For me this blog is just part of a longer journey on the functional path. It is certainly a journey worth traveling, a collection of experiences to be enjoyed and shared. Thanks for joining me on this journey.