In the movie American Sniper, Bradley Cooper is a Navy Seal Sniper going through sniper training when his instructor gives him a piece of advice that stuck with me, “aim small, miss small.” In this post I describe a training technique that I use that follows the "aim small, miss small” advice. 

I was indoctrinated from the very beginning of my career that culture is crucial. But is that necessarily true? Let's look at the arguments for and against the importance of culture. Spoiler alert: it's even more important than you might think.

Offense is all about creating and leveraging advantages. Whether you create advantages or destroy them determines what type of player you are.

For anyone who wants to become elite, how you deal with challenges and obstacles is crucial. But I think we treat young athletes as if challenges should be avoided at all costs. We act as if the goal is to make their lives as easy as possible