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2016 in Books
Overall, I feel that 2016 was an average year, reading-wise. In part, this stemmed from a lack of ambition on my part. In 2015, I really strove to improve my knowledge of poetry and had the grand scale project of reading the complete works of Shakespeare, both of which were immensely enjoyable. This year, there…
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Never Forget that the World is Beautiful
You, and I, should read more poetry. Your thoughts don’t have words every day They come a single time Like signal esoteric sips Of the communion Wine Which while you taste so native seems So easy so to be You cannot comprehend its price Nor its infrequency Emily Dickinson, 1452 Never forget that the world…
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Pulls are Important
Cued by a comment on a recent episode of Deep Look, I began to think about the importance of pulls; whether it was worth it to spend real effort cultivating pullers this year. The more I thought, the more I became convinced that it wasn’t just a good idea, but something quite important and that…
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Stars and Dust
This is a continuation of the line of thought found in an earlier post. In On the Human Condition, St. Basil writes: If you like, after your contemplation of the soul be attentive also to the structure of the body and marvel at how appropriate a dwelling for the rational soul the sovereign Fashioner has created.…
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Excited to Read Dante Again
I saw a sun above a thousand lamps; it kindled all of them as does our sun kindle the sights above us here on earth; and through its living light the glowing Substance appeared to me with such intensity- my vision lacked the power to sustain it. O Beatrice, sweet guide and dear! She said…
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Bots 2017 – Season Planning
This is taken from an e-mail I sent to the captains, my basic plan for the season: In general, I think that in a short season you can really teach at most 2-3 things. Based on the level we’re at, I think those things should be dump sets, marks, and basic defensive principles (i.e. staying…
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The Appeal of the Sea
On this topic, seamen always repeat the same thing. Thus, in one of his last essays, Conrad confessed: “The monotony of the sea is easier to bear than the boredom of the shore.” And earlier on, in a short story (which, paradoxically, is a masterpiece of disturbing and suspenseful ambiguity), he described the feeling of…
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Hesiod, Works and Days
For acquisition means life to miserable mortals; but it is an awful thing to die among the waves (685)
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Intersections of Athletics and Virtue
Summer always inspires me to think deeply about ultimate. This year, that’s resulted in reading a lot of military strategy (about which I’ll hopefully have something to say soon) and re-reading Timothy Gallwey’s classic, The Inner Game of Tennis. Inner Game is probably my favorite book on coaching and teaching, and I’ve long attempted (and often failed) to implement…
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Dan Yingst 