The Sideline Seat Sports Story of the Week New Study: Girls Who Play Change The Game Anyone that has been around me for longer than a few minutes in leadership trainings know how strongly I feel about sports creating leaders. I often reference the study by EY and ESPNW in 2015 on the statistic that 94% of Women in the C-Suite played sport. Well now, thanks to e.l.f. and Parity, we now have even more data to back up this finding. I acknowledge, as does this report, that sports aren’t the only…

The Sideline Seat Sports Story of the Week The Tarp Monster Strikes Again Anyone that has been around baseball or softball for more than one season has had to deal with being on the “Tarp Pull Team”. The group of people that have to run out and unroll the massive tarp from its resting place onto the field to cover the dirt that can get ruined in rain. Sometimes alone in the early morning, sometimes after a weather report changes in the late night, and sometimes, in front of a stadium of fans…

The Sideline Seat Sports Story of the Week In Honor of Tommy John I woke up yesterday to the news that Tommy John died at the age of 83. He was a great baseball player, a brave pioneer, and a good human. In June of 2006, my Dad and I attended the Rickwood Classic in Birmingham, Alabama. I was in the middle of applying for my first real big kid athletic training jobs and spending some time with him in Alabama while the whole process played out. Tommy John happened to be there and threw out the…

Leadership Lessons from the NFL Hall of Fame Speeches

The Sideline Seat Sent every Tuesday to build better leaders and teams. Sports Story of the Week Squad Games I recently went with my family to the Squad Games tour by Dude Perfect. If you don’t also have Dude Perfect fans in the house, they are a You Tube/Trick Shot/Hilarious skit group that creates a lot of enjoyment for our family. For this tour, they were competing against another “Squad” in a variety of over the top games. On our stop, we had the please of having the Harlem Globetrotters…

The Sideline Seat Sent every Tuesday to build better leaders and teams. Sports Story of the Week Chasing Squirrels Delays the Game Fans at Detroit’s Comerica Park came to watch the Tigers take on the Orioles on Monday night, but for one inning, the baseball they paid for took a back seat to a determined black squirrel. The unexpected, but recurring visitor darted onto the field in the sixth inning and seemed to enjoy the field level pass. The squirrel spent the time by sprinting along the…

The Sideline Seat Sent every Tuesday to build better leaders and teams. Sports Story of the Week Summer Fun This week’s newsletter is a little different. If you’ve been wondering why my inbox has been quieter than usual, it’s because I’ve been busy doing something that doesn’t show up online. I’ve been living. This week, we’re celebrating my son’s 10th birthday by watching him throw out the first pitch for our local minor league baseball team. Then we’ll head into our city-county swim…

The Sideline Seat Sent every Tuesday to build better leaders and teams. Sports Story of the Week The Fish that Can’t Climb a Tree There are so many sports going on right now that are teaching lessons abound. Wimbledon nonstop on ESPN. World Cup taking over the United States. WNBA moments. But as I found with the newsletter last week, sometimes the sports moments closest to home are the ones that we learn from the most. I have been doing a lot of reflecting this week on strengths, skills, and…

The Sideline Seat Sent every Tuesday to build better leaders and teams. Sports Story of the Week Oh Oh those Summer Swim Nights I did not grow up at a pool. Not one in the backyard, not members to a pool, just swimming as the opportunities were there. Fast forward a large number of years, and my family and I now are walking distance to a community pool. Joining that pool led to joining the summer swim team, which led to meeting some amazing people, and also some of our most core summer…

The Sideline Seat Sent every Tuesday to build better leaders and teams. Sports Story of the Week Build it in the Bright Lights For over five decades, the most famous arena in the world sat without a champion. Madison Square Garden, MSG, built for basketball, but utilized for much more, had seen its last NBA Championship banner raised in 1973, when Willis Reed, Walt Frazier, and a band of gritty New Yorkers brought the city its second championship. 1973. Milk was $1.31 per gallon, gas was 39…