Another informative article of a member’s philosophies and ideas, I am sitting in a hotel room in Hokkaido, Japan, on a summer training camp with one of the Japan Top League team’s, with a glass of sake in hand, and I am reminded of the quote, of my former head coach Robbie Deans, “success is a moving target” and the motto that we are using this year is “Sharpen the Sword”, we as strength & conditioning coaches constantly need to sharpen our swords, we are dealing with athlete’s now that are better educated, commence training earlier, and who want to learn and they ask the reason why, we need to be able to educate, as I have heard from better men than i that coaching is an extension of teaching, read some of John Wooden’s material, inspiring and humbling, sure look and enquire, adapt, modify, challenge your own ideas, if you are preparing prepare as if you are number 2 never lose that fire, another great read is Philosopher Coaches, it is a gem, never give up, I did not get my first head coaching position until I was 32, and now at 47, I am only just learning which questions to ask and thanks to all of you for doing what you do, keep fighting the good fight and shine brightly, ashley