Becoming a Transformational Coach (Blog)

Paul Neville

Sep 232 min read

When losing leads to finding. Also, no I am not obsessed (well, maybe just a little)

My pen ran out of ink! Mary Chapin Carpenter sings about wishing for pens that don't run out of ink (among other things). I get the...

Paul Neville

Jun 30, 20233 min read

Why I Finally Read John Wooden

This spring I am moving into a new phase of Transformational Coaching. I love going back to John O'Sullivan and his website,...

Paul Neville

Dec 21, 20212 min read

How Does it Feel to Be Coached By Me?

That's one of the question John O'Sullivan in Every Moment Matters encourages coaches to ask their players. I didn't ask that question to...

Paul Neville

Dec 20, 20211 min read

Learning to Give

It has been a year since my last posting here. That was not my intent. This past fall I was working 80+ hours per week on average and...

Paul Neville

Dec 10, 20208 min read

"Other People at Forward"

“You put other people in at Forward”, one of the players on our NorthStar U14 girls team exclaimed at me as she exited the field at...

Paul Neville

Sep 23, 20203 min read

Humerous Example of Reacting rather than Responding

I posted this story on facebook about 6 weeks ago. I thought I would add it here also. It doesn't exactly fit the theme of this blog. But...

Paul Neville

Jul 16, 20203 min read

Why Do I Coach Soccer?

Because playing soccer as a kid was a great experience and I want to enable kids to have that same experience? Nah. I played exactly zero...

Paul Neville

Jul 1, 20204 min read

Me Transactional?

At this point I have spent a lot of years as a youth soccer coach (as hard as that would have been to imagine - before it actually...