Professionals seek a standard of excellence, constantly improving and incorporating the best knowledge and research in your field in order to get better at what you do every single day. By John O’Sullivan, founder of Change the Game Project. “What…
Category: Professional Development
Eliminate the Negative
A couple of posts from eloit College Head Volleyball Coach Dawn Redd-Kelly for today. Eliminate the Negative You can see the original post here: Don’t Just Accentuate the Positive, Eliminate the Negative. Being a great head coach means success in competition. …
The Right Response in Difficult Situations
This post provided by Training-Conditioning No one likes difficult situations. But in all likelihood, as a coach, you will come face to face with an unforeseen problem at some point during the season. How you respond is critical. When it…
Can Advice from Your Athletes Help Your Team?
How can coaches best draw out and utilize the knowledge and insights of their athletes? This article was provided by Coaches Network It’s no secret that many coaches seek advice and input from others, whether it be assistants, coaches that…
Get Better at Following Through
This post provided by Busy.Coach Coaches often have a handful of great ideas about how to improve their program. For many coaches it is difficult to put those ideas into action. Here are some thoughts getting better at following through.…
Confessions of a Coach
This article was written and submitted to me by Björn Galjaardt. The article has application to coaching regardless of the sport that you coach. Bright reflections playfully explore contemporary topics and aim to make you think. They are always teasing, sometimes…
10 Ways to Boost Your Coaching Motivation
Coaching is difficult. The job demands that you have knowledge, skill, patience and a drive to succeed. Most of you have these attributes or you would not be in this career. The stress and demands of the job can, however,…
Being a Coach of Positive Significance
Are you a leader who has reached a point in your coaching career where you no longer measure success in wins and losses, and in trophies and medals? If so, you are a coach of positive significance. Coaches of positive…
Guided or Discovery Coaching
This article was written and submitted to me by Björn Galjaardt. The article has application to coaching regardless of the sport that you coach. With a flirt to water polo… What do you do? How do you do it? Questions…
Performance is a Behavior, NOT an Outcome!
Great coaches and elite athletes understand that performance is a behavior, not an outcome. It is doing the little things correctly, moment to moment, day after day. But how do we do this in our teams? By John O’Sullivan, founder of…