Many years ago, at coaching school, a respected coach taught us about the importance of the weight room. At the end he threw in this line, “...and you should have loud music playing in the weight room, preferably with hard rock music.” He offered no reason for the hard rock music, just that hard rock music was important. Many coaches nodded along, including those from my school. I was not, nor am I now, a fan of hard rock. Oh, sure I listened to a lot of AC/DC in the day and I think there was a law that all 1984 graduates listened to Def Leppard and Scorpions, but otherwise, the music did nothing for me.

Years later, as an administrator, I walked by....continue here.