Author Archives: Matt Kushi
Strategy and Workload/Capacity Management – A Two Part Series
*Author’s Note: This 2 part post is part of an initiative the author is publishing in partnership with Hadley Park and Recreation for the benefit of student-athletes and coaches. The first post focuses on strategy. Prior lessons are referenced with … Continue reading
Mondays with Matt – Sports and Recreation with Coach Matt
Over the past month, I have been partnering with the Hadley Park and Recreation Department to write a weekly column called Mondays with Matt. As many who know me know, sports and recreation have always played a large role in … Continue reading
Athletic Sustainability: Self-Awareness and Adaptability
Sports and life have many similarities and many of the same lessons. This has been covered in other posts. As in any task in your every day life, one of the keys to success (covered here) is to have self-awareness. … Continue reading
Athletic Coaching Lessons – An Overview and a Vessel to Learning
Education. Learning. We all experience it. But how and where does it occur? Early on in our lives, we tend to gravitate towards certain activities. We may not know why, but we take an interest in certain things. Some of … Continue reading
Baseball and Sports – An Inspiring Life Story
I found some words that I wrote a few years back about the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. While brief, I would like to share this as I talked about the impact that baseball and sports can have … Continue reading
Public Image: What You Mean and Represent Within Your Team and Community
“When you pull on that jersey, you represent yourself and your teammates. And the name on the front is a hell of a lot more important than the one on the back! Get that through your head!” This line comes from a great … Continue reading
The Role of Athletics in Society
When people think of athletics, they often think of overpaid professional athletes and all of the glamour that the mainstream athletics market has to offer. What is lost is where the true heart of athletics lies, in one’s hometown newspaper … Continue reading
Athletic Development in Youth
Childhood is a time when many of us are exposed to different experiences along with what seems to be endless time and freedom. As we get older and look back through the lens of time, we realize that we … Continue reading
The Keys To Success: Having a Positive, Self-Aware and Team-Based Mentality
Athletics and lessons in life have many common similarities when it comes to an individual achieving success. What is meant by that? In a large sense, like many other endeavors in life, they require the same life skills. When one … Continue reading
Matt Kushi’s Coaching Lessons Introduction
Hi, my name is Matt Kushi and welcome to my Athletic Coaching Lesson Blog. I am using this blog as part of my website to talk to those who are interested in athletic coaching lessons and life lessons that you … Continue reading
