Author Archives: Matt Kushi

For this session, I want to chat with you all about recreational opportunities. Opportunities that you can take with your kid – and if you are one of my young friends reading this, recreational opportunities for you – around your … Continue reading →

This week, I want to expand upon one of the internal strategies that we discussed last week – physical conditioning. The importance of physical conditioning goes well beyond the scope of performing as an athlete – student/athlete. As you may … Continue reading →

In this week’s edition of Mondays with Matt, I want to start introducing a concept that I will be discussing in the future – Strategy. I want to discuss this concept as strategy is really the guiding force when we … Continue reading →

In this edition of Mondays with Matt, I want to talk to you about experiential learning. In some of my other writings, I have alluded to this as exposure based learning and simulation based learning. The reason why I am … Continue reading →

Welcome to this week’s edition of Mondays with Matt! This week, we are going to talk about the importance of a team. Now, you may ask, when do we get to talk about the actual fundamentals of sports and recreational … Continue reading →

Hello All and welcome to this week’s edition of Mondays with Matt! Over the past few weeks, we have been talking about the importance of the basics – of fundamentals and of practice. Last week, we focused on the practice … Continue reading →

Today, on Mondays with Matt, I want to talk to you briefly about fundamentals and practice. Why? Well, practice – and practicing the fundamentals of whatever activity you or your kid are participating in – is often overlooked and not … Continue reading →

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 →