Overcoming introversion as a coach
There are certain challenges more introverted people have when they coach. They can be overcome, however, with awareness and practice.
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Volleyball Coach Development
Straw-manning “The game teaches the game”
Can we please make reasonable arguments with regards to training in a game context - or any other approach - rather using strawman fallacies?
An unfortunate example of “what works”
After writing the "what works" post I came across an article with just the kind of story that leads folks down the wrong path.
Coaches doing “what works”
Too often coaches shown a better way to coach react with some version of "It works", which is a bad response on multiple levels.
You CAN influence their attitude and energy
Memes tend to put the responsibility for good attitude and energy on players, but coaches can influence that a lot.
Your response to failure as a coaching litmus tests
Do you see failure by your team as an indication of where you can be better, or is it a source of embarrassment or a personal affront?
Thinking about their thinking, and other stuff
Here are some interesting things to think about in your coaching coming from sport psychologist Dan Abrahams.
Teaching vs. Developing vs. Coaching
In this post I talk about how teaching, developing, and coaching are (to my mind) different things and each has its place.
Turning a player into an assistant coach
What do you do to bring along a new assistant coach who has lots of playing experience but no coaching knowledge?