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15 March 2010
Why I Coach
My Personal Philosophy of Coaching
As a leader and mentor for the Team, I have a personal responsibility to the individual Player, the Parents, and to the Community. This responsibility rests solely with me. It does not start or stop; whether I am on the field or off.
It is this:
My philosophy is quite simple; to share with the individual the fundamentals of the game while inspiring them to achieve their goals and become the players they desire to be. With my guidance, they will learn they can do much more than they thought possible.
With safety and respect as underlying themes, I want to see them armed with the tools they will need to build a positive mental advantage; a winning attitude under any condition. In a safe environment and with proper nuturing each player can find in themselves the desire, determination, drive, and dedication they need to achieve their goals in the sport and quite possibly the other facets of their lives. It is my goal to show them they already have what it takes, inside of them. I want each Player, their Parents, and maybe the Community to feel the player has left my field a fundamentally better player, and ultimately a better person because of what they have learned while in my presence.
I owe this as a debt of gratitude to the many Coaches, officially sanctioned or otherwise, that have played a big part in my life. They gave me the desire to pass on this gift to the next generations; expecting nothing in return, other than the internal satisfaction of knowing that someday, somewhere down the line, one of them might carry a little bit of what they learned with me to the next player.
Darron Collins
March, 2010
As a leader and mentor for the Team, I have a personal responsibility to the individual Player, the Parents, and to the Community. This responsibility rests solely with me. It does not start or stop; whether I am on the field or off.
It is this:
My philosophy is quite simple; to share with the individual the fundamentals of the game while inspiring them to achieve their goals and become the players they desire to be. With my guidance, they will learn they can do much more than they thought possible.
With safety and respect as underlying themes, I want to see them armed with the tools they will need to build a positive mental advantage; a winning attitude under any condition. In a safe environment and with proper nuturing each player can find in themselves the desire, determination, drive, and dedication they need to achieve their goals in the sport and quite possibly the other facets of their lives. It is my goal to show them they already have what it takes, inside of them. I want each Player, their Parents, and maybe the Community to feel the player has left my field a fundamentally better player, and ultimately a better person because of what they have learned while in my presence.
I owe this as a debt of gratitude to the many Coaches, officially sanctioned or otherwise, that have played a big part in my life. They gave me the desire to pass on this gift to the next generations; expecting nothing in return, other than the internal satisfaction of knowing that someday, somewhere down the line, one of them might carry a little bit of what they learned with me to the next player.
Darron Collins
March, 2010
28 January 2010
The human ego - as I currently understand it
"The human ego trumps all feelings and wants to see you disturbed - it lives for your dissatisfaction and unrest. It drives some to the edge of insanity, chasing the peace that won't be found 'out there'. Some will die no more satisfied than when they entered the world; disturbed, cold, wet, and hungry.
The good news is when you understand this, you won't have to play the game anymore. You might play it, but you're not compelled. You might even laugh when you catch yourself trying to satisfy the human ego and realize the lengths to which you went in order to do so. You might also cry."
The good news is when you understand this, you won't have to play the game anymore. You might play it, but you're not compelled. You might even laugh when you catch yourself trying to satisfy the human ego and realize the lengths to which you went in order to do so. You might also cry."
09 January 2010
Uncle Hugh - listening
Next time you have some extra time on your hands. Try super glue-ing your lips together except for the area that a straw can fit into. Over the next few days, you'll probably shed a few pounds. More importantly you might learn something and gain some friends.
My Uncle Hugh once told me, "Darron, God gave man two ears and only one mouth for a good reason, but only a few ever stop talking long enough to figure it out." There is hardly a day that goes by, I don't think about him and all the lessons he taught me when I wasn't looking. As the years pass, I understand more of what he said and why.
My Uncle Hugh once told me, "Darron, God gave man two ears and only one mouth for a good reason, but only a few ever stop talking long enough to figure it out." There is hardly a day that goes by, I don't think about him and all the lessons he taught me when I wasn't looking. As the years pass, I understand more of what he said and why.
16 November 2009
27 September 2009
What are those you ask?
Over the years in the field of endeavour in which I find myself, I have collected items that intrigue me. These have an intrinsic beauty to me; not the same beauty one might find in a beautiful sunset or a sculpted body, but a beauty all to itself, made by the hands and tools of mankind, engineers, scientistst, and technicians.
These are so often put aside as "science" and therefore not even considered as "art", whatever that might mean. But, is the massive structure of an architect not art? Does the sculptor use tools and materials once only used to build and construct? Does a photographer limit himself only to images of finished items, using a man made tool once never imagined? My answer is maybe.
But the form I find is full of these; yet ignored by those with a conformed idea of what art is, and should be. I have found a level much deeper than that accepted as valid. That is especially why I find it so full of beauty.
Not many will perceive this. Few, if any, will leave possessing any of the energy captured in these forms. Most, not all, will disregard their beauty solely on the basis of its origin. Some will scoff due to the messenger's lack of "valid training in the arts"
I ask only that you keep an open mind to what appears before you. Consider the years of thought and tedious hours of the faceless many that contributed to what you see, or experience. Then you will know as I do that beauty also comes from a much deeper source than currently captured and performed.
By no means am I, or even consider myself, an artist. The artists are the ones who created these works. I am only one window through which you can peer. My work is to deliver what I see to you (which might be no one).
These are so often put aside as "science" and therefore not even considered as "art", whatever that might mean. But, is the massive structure of an architect not art? Does the sculptor use tools and materials once only used to build and construct? Does a photographer limit himself only to images of finished items, using a man made tool once never imagined? My answer is maybe.
But the form I find is full of these; yet ignored by those with a conformed idea of what art is, and should be. I have found a level much deeper than that accepted as valid. That is especially why I find it so full of beauty.
Not many will perceive this. Few, if any, will leave possessing any of the energy captured in these forms. Most, not all, will disregard their beauty solely on the basis of its origin. Some will scoff due to the messenger's lack of "valid training in the arts"
I ask only that you keep an open mind to what appears before you. Consider the years of thought and tedious hours of the faceless many that contributed to what you see, or experience. Then you will know as I do that beauty also comes from a much deeper source than currently captured and performed.
By no means am I, or even consider myself, an artist. The artists are the ones who created these works. I am only one window through which you can peer. My work is to deliver what I see to you (which might be no one).
01 July 2009
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