Parent to Parent: Helping The Coach Do Their Job

shelba waldronApril 25, 2017Coaching With Intent, Featured, Parenting, Persepctives for Parents

Congratulations! Your child has made the decision to join a sport or competitive activity. They had friends at school doing it and thought they would give it a try. Your daughter saw Gabby Douglas in … Read More

Hey Freshmen Band Parents…THIS Is What Your Kid Just Signed Up For

shelba waldronApril 20, 2017Adolescents, Coaching With Intent, Marching Band, Persepctives for Parents

To all the parents out there: If I were to tell you that your kid was about to go on a journey of self exploration, that would take them through the inside of their soul … Read More

Independent Guards and the Problem with Dues

shelba waldronMarch 22, 2017Coaching With Intent, Financing the Marching Arts

Disclaimer: This post is a look at independent guard funding that comes from  21 years as a staff member with independent programs. It is a collection of conversations I have had with numerous directors regarding … Read More

Managing Female Team Drama

shelba waldronMarch 9, 2017Adolescents, Coaching With Intent, Women

As International Women’s Day comes to a close for another year, I offer a plea. Please stop crippling our girls. The media, specifically reality television sets up the female persona to be bitchy, catty, and … Read More

4 Things To Do When Your Rehearsal Facility Is Less Than Fabulous

shelba waldronFebruary 13, 2017Coaching With Intent, Training and the Technician, Winter Guard

This past weekend I had a lengthy conversation with a young instructor about how to make the best use of time in light of not having an appropriate gym for rehearsals. This problem is soooo … Read More

You Are Enough!

shelba waldronJanuary 30, 2017Adolescents, Coaching With Intent

To be human, is to constantly wonder if you are enough. The very essence of humanity is to daily press on to wonder if we have done enough. Some question if they have done enough … Read More

A Young Woman’s Body Image–A Basic Primer for Guard Instructors

shelba waldronJuly 24, 2016Coaching With Intent, Training and the Technician

  I remember every player-every single one-who wore the Tennessee orange, a shade that our rivals hate, a bold, aggravating color that you can usually find on a roadside crew, “or in a correctional institution,” … Read More

Letting Perfection Become the Enemy of Good

debaseinstallMarch 7, 2016Coaching With Intent, Winter Guard

This is a topic that I have struggled with much of my teaching career. I am without a doubt, hands down the picture in the dictionary of a perfectionist. I struggled with it growing up … Read More

Girls and the Sport of Guard Part 3: Their Health and Weight

debaseinstallMay 19, 2015Coaching With Intent

The elephant in the room. How are we as an activity going to address the growing obesity and weight problem among youth in America and more specifically, the documented and well researched growing sedentary behavior … Read More

Girls and the Sport of Guard…Part 2

debaseinstallMay 7, 2015Coaching With Intent, Featured

I’m going to tell you a story. There is a girl in your guard. She’s your guard captain. She’s strong. Smart. Ambitious. You don’t have to worry about her. She has a great, caring family. … Read More