The 2022 Blog Recap
It’s hard to keep a blog organized, but I try anyways. Here’s links to past years:
Everything is organized by topic.
I have not included any of my Dream log–once I’ve got 365 of those entries, that’ll become a separate ‘permanent’ blog post. These are the other 98 posts!
[SIDE NOTE: Consider donating to the Dietz Foundation if you read these/got something out of them. For each time someone read a post this year, if a donation of $0.10 was made, I’d be able to create a scholarship. For each VB blog–if a VB coach donated $1 per post read, the Foundation’s scholarship fund would increase by $100,000+.]
PERSONAL IMPORTANCE:
IOWA STATE:
The Kiss with PaulBlizzard #2, December 1985The Ice Blizzard, Thanksgiving, 1985Stevie, Reggie, and FriendshipWhat I learned in SH 230Intramurals and Foster’s first winHaber and the Fine RecordThe Turd from Hell Brian’s WeddingDoing a Line of Country TimeThe Last Dance, Thursday, May 5, 1988Kwik Shop RunsThe Year without a Winter Coat Rooming with Ron
FAMILY/PERSONAL:
Gaming in the BasementSleeping in rural AmericaHoneymoon in CanadaThe Baseball Game, 7/24/93GrannyThe Division Street HillThe Challenger: First 3,000 miles (A Review)Summertime DrivingThe KiteUncle Don changing how I viewed and coached sportsStompin’ in Sigel
VOLLEYBALL:
How to Build CompetitivenessThe Importance of Mental Health #2Importance of Mental Health #3Ain’t Gonna Coach No MoError #9?: The breakpoint of a setChanging VB Serving StrategiesThe Myth of Needing Great DefenseYour Program’s Level and Stock Market TheoryEvolution as a Coach (Using Drills)Bad OfficiatingCoaching Expectations and PresumptionsMaking It Look EasyThe Things They Carried (Coaching Legacies)The Golden Equilateral TriangleBooks on CoachingSummer (not the season!) as InspirationA Story about the Value of a Good Assistant Coach
LEADERSHIP AND COACHING:
5 Simple IdeasChange in the WeatherThe Monks and the PrincessDouble VisionThe Conundrum of Seniority and Competitive SportsTeam CaptainsJesus and the Human Side of CoachingCoaching GuiltThe Power of Positive ThoughtA Little Mentorship QuizAssistant CoachesThe Sin EaterThe Issue of Motivation and Potential.The Ethics of CoachingThe Last Person Out of the GymWhen you’re old, it’s hard to walk a mile in their shoes…Baby Don’t You Drive My Car???The Good SideWhat Do You ValueLight and ReflectionSuccess and Failure from the same thingAn Ethicist’s QuoteA Football QuotePositive EmotionsSchool of ChocolateDealing with BlowoutsHaving a (Lamelo) BallBe Careful Who You Wish ForPOLITICS:The Danger of FundamentalismReasonable Gun Control MeasuresThe American Flag–and the Black FlagA New Perspective on Idolatry
HISTORY:Opha Mae JohnsonBlack History Month blog links after 2/2022Arthur AsheDick Gregory, Comedian and ActivistOttowa GurleyThe Man Who Could Have Been FirstBill Norwood, PilotPoitier and TysonHenrietta LacksAdm. Michelle Howard, USNADred Scott in the 21st CenturyThoughts on Guns and the 2nd AmendmentReputation vs. RealityFirst Cubs Home Runs of the Years (by Year)Bea Arthur, Sergeant Golden GirlVivian BullwinkelVera AtkinsIda Holdgreve, the 20th century’s most important seamstressRossana BantiThe 12th Street RiotAlbert MurrayElla Baker and the SCLCBessie Coleman
MISCELLANEOUS:

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