2-4-1 Blog

December 7, 2023

A Life-Changing Expedition: Four Days in Kitwe, Zambia

A Heartfelt Welcome and an Impactful Start Our journey in Kitwe, Zambia, began under the expert guidance of our host, Stephen Chanda from the Care Sport Foundation. His thoughtful planning of our itinerary perfectly balanced the local culture with our

December 4, 2023

Bringing 2-4-1 to life in Zambia

December 2, 2023

2-4-1 Visit to Africa — Starts in Nairobi

November 6, 2023

2-4-1 Celebrates Fitness and Community at the HMF FitKids Final Mile

October 9, 2023

The Underrated MVP in Sports: Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) 🧠💪

When we think of sports, our minds often dart to physical strength, agility, and technique. However, the core of a champion often lies in the mind and heart, cultivated through Social-Emotional Learning (SEL). 🤝 Teamwork & Relationship Skills: Whether you’re

April 24, 2023

Kids are Kids

Earlier this week, I was reminded once again that kids are kids no matter where they come from or what circumstances they are born into. Ultimately — more than anything — kids have a need to belong, they benefit from

March 18, 2023

Global Need to Put Play Back Into Sports

The need for quality sport sampling programs, ones that put play back into sports, is a global crisis. While the following is in no particular order, these “events”, all from my past two days, illustrate just how global ⸺ and

December 23, 2022

It’s a Wonderful Game

As many of you reading this are parents and/or young coaches, I hope my thoughts this morning resonate in some way. I went to a high school basketball game last night. It was at a gym where I had coached for

November 10, 2022

2-4-1 CARE through the eyes of Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso is a master at leadership through culture, ability, relationship, and enjoyment – core components of 2-4-1 CARE.

October 21, 2022

Coaching vs. Counseling

As a career counselor and coach, I’ve often quipped that I do more coaching during my counseling sessions, and more counseling during my coaching sessions. Truth be told, I’ve always seen a very fine line, and now more than ever.

June 29, 2022

2-4-1 through the eyes of our newest Camp Director

We are delighted to share this guest blog form our newest Camp Director – Casey Field who just finished running our first every camp in North Carolina. He did such a tremendous job and we really appreciate his perspective after

May 21, 2022

My Multisport Journey

Our youngest Camp Director shares his multisport journey and why he chooses the 2-4-1 approach