As the loyal readers of this blog are well aware, one of my areas of interest is the motivational philosophies and tactics sports coaches use to build strong teams that might also be utilized in the ...

Coaches at all levels of athletics have to be teachers, tacticians, psychologists and master motivators. And they will go to some extreme and bizarre lengths to motivate a team. Dallas Cowboys coach ...

I was already familiar with the mechanics of goal setting when I began using Noom, a weight loss app, to prep for my daughter’s wedding. My graduate work in psychology focused on goal setting, so I ...

LAKE FOREST – Bob Davies, who coached football at Cal State Fullerton in the 1980s, uses his background coupled with science and psychology to help people refocus and develop behaviors to succeed.

Shocked by her US Open defeat earlier this month that derailed hopes for a calendar-year Grand Slam, Serena Williams' disappointment has her coach questioning whether she should play the remainder of ...

Editor’s Note: On May 14, 2010 and May 21, 2010, the Palo Alto Weekly published an investigative series of articles pertaining to high school coaching in Palo Alto. Additional articles appeared only ...