Ken Clark

Standing in the space where Sport, Leadership and Education collide.

[Daniel Pink @DanielPink]

You don’t need 100 productivity hacks.

You just need these 6 principles to get better work done

. . . and avoid wasting your life.

[Youth Inc. @YouthInc]

The odds are low that your first pick is your true path. Keep exploring. Curiosity is how you find what really fits.

Watch the full conversation with @gregolsen88 and @JamesClear on YouTube: https://t.co/sdciUEEJO1

[A.J. Perez @byajperez]

NEW on @FOS: The Paris Games will be the most-wagered Olympics ever for regulated U.S. sportsbooks

A look at which sports will be the most popular—and how the overall handle could pale in comparison to this non-Olympic sport over the next couple weeks. https://t.co/c0WchNg4n9

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Molson has signed nine parents of Canadian Olympic athletes to endorsement deals 🇨🇦

They’ll receive paid contracts, TV time, and free beer during the games.

[Sports Business Journal @SBJ]

ESPN is reintroducing its data-driven Sunday Night Baseball all-casts this weekend 🎙️

The all-cast will include new graphics, refined volumetric replays, and former pitcher Trevor May as an analyst.

📰 | @LemireJoe
https://t.co/EJYVgubUW3

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

Team Builder on EA College Football 25 will allow players to select Nike, Adidas, or Under Armour as their uniform provider.

[Geir Jordet @GeirJordet]

A subtle England penalty shootout innovation (since 2021) is their deliberate, structured & functional use of social psychology.

Here, Saka is picked up by John Stones after his penalty, to swiftly welcome him back in the team.

What did England do and why did they do it?
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[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

This is what happens when it costs $500 for a family of four to attend the match in the stadium’s worst seats

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

Cristiano Ronaldo wears a @WHOOP while playing and the data shows he entered a flow state by lowering his heart rate from 170 bpm to less than 110 bpm during yesterday's penalty shootout

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

The WNBA has released a report saying...

• Attendance is up 156% from last year, and more than half of all WNBA games this year have been sellouts.

• About 400,000 fans have attended WNBA games this season, filling WNBA arenas to 94% capacity.

• This year's televised games (ABC, ESPN, etc.) are averaging 1.32 million viewers, nearly triple last season's average of 462,000.

• WNBA Countdown is averaging 741,000 viewers, a 211% increase from last year's full season average.

• The WNBA's online merchandise store has already set a single-season sales record (with 4+ months left in the season), and sales are up 756% compared to last year.

• The WNBA's social channels garnered 157 million video views through the first week of the season, an all-time high and up 380% compared to last year.

• The WNBA set an all-time high for League Pass subscriptions last month with a 355% increase vs. last season.

So, in simple terms, business is booming 📈

[Matt Dowell @MattDowellTV]

.@_ajawilson22 on the impact of @dawnstaley & @BeckyHammon on her life:

"Y'all know I'm emotional so I'm trying not to cry. They've had so much sacrifice. They've had so much patience with me and my dyslexic mind, and I love them for that."

@LVAces | @GamecockWBB | @wachfox

[James Clear @JamesClear]

You will never find one answer to what makes you happy. There are many answers, and they change based on your current state.

People need to relax, but if all you do is sit on the beach, it gets old. People find meaning in work, but if all you do is work, it gets exhausting. People benefit from exercise, but if all you do is exercise, it gets unhealthy.

Happiness will always be fleeting because your needs change over time. The question is: what do you need right now?

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Last weekend, I attended Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting in Omaha.

It was an incredible experience.

9 ideas from the event that I can't stop thinking about:

[Kyle Maierhofer @KBMaier]

This is Arthur Brooks.

A Harvard professor who teaches happiness to MBAs, CEOs, and politicians.

His classes are impossible to get into and even have a "grey market" zoom link.

Here's 9 of his ideas that unlocked my happiness journey (and can do the same for you).

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

This is beautiful from Ange Postecoglou and Spurs. That’s what it’s all about. ❤️

[NBARetweet @RTNBA]

"I'd rather be a football player than a basketball player. That's how much I love it. There's nothing close to a bigger sport in the world, nothing close to it. I like the concept of a team. In basketball, if you have 2 good players you can win but in football, the team has to be together."

- Joel Embiid

(via @MenInBlazers )

[Trevor Ragan @learner_lab]

How to maximize learning

[Ken Clark @TheresOnlyOneGK]

agree here... training is set up to be the "stage" for players to perform, learn, and grow - - and for the most part they drill, stand, and get talked at. So when a coach or club says it'snot about game time, its about training and improvement - not exactly.

[PlayBoost Athletics @adg_coach]

“A common problem in many sports is that opportunities to develop decision-making skills are limited to actual competition because training has tended to overemphasize the development of technical skills.”

Great quote from the book Athlete-centred Coaching: Developing Decision Makers

[SHOT:CLOCK @shotclock_media]

The Caitlin Clark Effect 🤯

According to @FOS, Iowa has sold out every opponent’s arena this season, increasing away teams’ attendance by 145%.

The most recent example was at Purdue with a total attendance of 14,867, 3x Purdue’s average.

#caitlinclark #iowa #womenssports

[Front Office Sports @FOS]

This season, teams have seen an average 144.8% spike in attendance when Iowa and Caitlin Clark come to play them 🔥