Oct 16, 2015 | Coach's Corner
“Stay focused.” “Keep your eyes up.” “Keep your eyes on the prize.” We are far too familiar with the phrases and clichés pointing out that our mindset and what we keep our eyes on will often dictate the direction of our sports...
Oct 9, 2015 | Coach's Corner
When I was a little boy, my dad was building a fence around our backyard and as he remembers it I came running to him asking if I could help. My parents tell me that I had a kids version of the toolset with a toolbelt and a plastic hammer and things of that nature so...
Oct 3, 2015 | Coach's Corner
“Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever!...
Sep 25, 2015 | Coach's Corner
Back in 2013, the year USA Weightlifting held its National Championships in the skating rink, I found myself in unfamiliar territory. I had just come off winning the American Open that year in Palm Springs and my lifting was still increasing to put me in a place to...
Sep 19, 2015 | Coach's Corner
“Command and teach these things. Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.” 1 Timothy 4:11-12 (ESV) Growing up, my dad always reminded me that anybody can be mediocre. I...
Sep 5, 2015 | Coach's Corner
“1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men....