This week I received a video from a close friend showing a child being concussed by a violent hit on the football...
Coaches and Trainers Articles
Why are we Focused on Concussions Only?
Throughout the journey since Mac passed, we have gained more and more awareness of the real dangers facing our...
Technique and Playing Smartly
I was with my wife at a spa where they stretch you, a good thing for an old man. An athletic man was helping me. We started talking about sports, and I told Mac’s story. He started asking questions and told me I was bringing tears to his eyes. This man had to quit...
“I have an idea why I act the way I do.”
Not too long ago, we shared Mac’s story with some adolescents undergoing rehabilitation for substance abuse. One of them approached our speaker and informed her he had tried to take his life for the 4th time and had been told all his life that he had psychological...
“Kids will return to concussion, not sports.”
The other day I was saying goodnight to Mac as usual by playing the bagpipes at sunset at the Rod and Reel Pier here on Anna Maria Island. As I was playing one of the dads on the pier with his kids came up to me and we talked. I told him the reason I was playing and...