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  1. Four Attributes That Lead to Athletic Greatness

    Have you ever gone to a sporting event and noticed that the better players, the ones who stand out head and shoulders above the rest, all seem to have something in common with each other? That ...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 5 days ago 0 comments

  2. “DON’T TELL ME YOU CAN’T”

    My objective, through the writing of my book Becoming a True Champion and the articles I publish on my blog, center on giving back to those willing to look at a perspective I believe can help them accomplish any goal they set...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 16 days ago 0 comments

  3. Part II: It’s All In Your Point of View – An Athlete’s Perspective

    In part one of It’s All In Your Point of View, I detailed a discussion that my friend Jim and I had on the way home from a tennis match recently...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 28 days ago 0 comments

  4. Sports Quote of the Month

    "Be an athlete who chooses their own path becoming one who makes a difference, and part of a team’s solution, otherwise your path will be chosen for you and instead of being a solution you become part of a team's problem...

    Written by Kirk Mango about about 1 month ago 0 comments

  5. Part I: It’s All In Your Point of View, An Athletes Perspective

    I was on my way home from a tennis match with a friend of mine (we both play for our club team here in Naperville Illinois), and we struck up a conversation regarding our own personal experiences and perspectives on college athletic participation...

    Written by Kirk Mango about about 1 month ago 0 comments

  6. Justified Behavior, Unsportsmanlike Behavior or Assault: You Decide

    Below is a link to a videotaped recent incident of a coach pushing an 11-year-old out of a handshake line after a youth football game...

    Written by Kirk Mango about about 1 month ago 0 comments

  7. Inspirational Quote of the Month

    “Putting forth the effort to accomplish something others believe to be impossible brings with it intrinsic rewards not usually found on the 'easier path'...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 2 months ago 0 comments

  8. No-Cut Polices: Absolute or Independent Practice? / Realistic or Idealistic?

    The concept of giving opportunity to all interested athletes wanting to participate in competitive sports, up through high school, is certainly an initiative worth looking at...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 2 months ago 0 comments

  9. Performance Enhancement: Where Do We Draw the Line? Part II – The Guidelines

    Developing guidelines to address issues apparent in Part I of Performance Enhancement: Where Do We Draw the Line is certainly easier said than done; the complexities are obvious...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 3 months ago 0 comments

  10. Performance Enhancement: Where Do We Draw the Line? Part I – The Problem

    We could make this simple and just say that using any performance enhancement deemed illegal is where:> proper athletic training ends and cheating begins> the attitude of “winning ...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 3 months ago 0 comments

  11. The Olympics Are Upon Us: What a “Games” it Will Be!

    Another four years has come and gone since the summer games of 2004 in Athens. My enthusiasm has certainly waned a little from what it was in my younger days, due in large part to the influx of professional athletes...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 3 months ago 0 comments

  12. Is Josh Hamilton a Great Comeback Story?

    A conversation between myself and my daughter’s fiancé regarding character (or lack thereof) and sports, possible endorsees for my book Becoming a True Champion—which certainly ...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 4 months ago 4 comments

  13. Excellence in Sports: Five Questions You, The Athlete, Should Ask Yourself

    What is it that truly separates the average athlete from the good or the good athlete from the great? If you answered that question with the word “talent,” I would say that that is only a small part of the equation...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 4 months ago 1 comments

  14. A Deeper Meaning Behind Youth Sports Participation

    Principles of Greatness: A Visual Demonstration by Profiles InternationalTo aspire to be something more, whether in sports, music, art, school, the workplace, or life in general, is a goal that few could argue with...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 4 months ago 0 comments

  15. Personal Ownership and Responsibility for Creating Athletic Success: Part 2

    In an effort to further demonstrate this idea of Personal Ownership and Responsibility in Creating Athletic Success let me also relay to you a true event that occurred while watching my own kid play soccer on their high school team...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 4 months ago 0 comments

  16. Personal Ownership and Responsibility for Creating Athletic Success: Part 1

    In order to best explain what I mean by the individual athlete taking personal ownership and responsibility for creating athletic success, let me develop an analogy that might help demonstrate this concept and the choices/options that go along with it...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 5 months ago 0 comments

  17. From The Athlete’s Perspective

    Much of what I discuss in my blog and in my book Becoming a True Champion, centers on the teenage athlete (up to any age) and the perspective they should take in order to gain what they could out of their athletic experiences...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 5 months ago 0 comments

  18. Good Sportsmanship through Character – A MUST SEE!!!

    Every once in a while I come across an excellent visual representation of what it means to express, without reservation, the true essence of doing the right thing just because it is the right thing to do or, in other words, Good Character...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 5 months ago 2 comments

  19. Striving for athletic perfection, Good or Bad?

    There is some debate on whether perfection is a concept that athletes should strive for. If you Google striving for sports perfection, you will certainly find a variety of information detailing both sides of this issue...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 5 months ago 0 comments

  20. What we truly want to teach and, in the end, really want “them” to learn?

    If you have visited my website Becoming a True Champion and/or this blog, and taken some time to read the information/material available, you have probably noticed a definite and deliberate focus ...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 6 months ago 0 comments

  21. More on Youth Sport Specialization

    It is common practice for me to routinely surf the internet for articles regarding youth sports issues. The title of this blog certainly supports that activity and diligence in this endeavor ...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 6 months ago 0 comments

  22. Part 2: Preventing Youth Sport Injuries

    Here again are the four areas of conditioning/training for injury prevention that I feel are often neglected by many youth sports programs...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 6 months ago 1 comments

  23. Part 1: Preventing Youth Sport Injuries

    In my article The Rise in Youth Sports Injuries, I discussed how prevalent youth sports injuries have become and listed several articles as reference...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 6 months ago 0 comments

  24. Video Demonstration of a "True Champion"

    My coauthor, Daveda Lamont, recently sent me the link to this youtube video depecting what she felt exemplifies many of the principles discussed in Becoming a True Champion...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 7 months ago 0 comments

  25. The Rise in Youth Sports Injuries

    In my last article, Specializing in Youth Sports, Good or Bad, I touched on the current increase in injuries to young competitors playing sports...

    Written by Kirk Mango about 7 months ago 0 comments