It is alleviating to know that many coaches like yourself, as mentioned in your 3 part episode on CYBO, listen to the podcast on their way to coach, in their car or in their leisure time. This year I am making an effort to not only listen to podcast and other coaches, in general, but apply what I am learning. I resonated with your experience of trying to build rapport with the team you are working with in Korea and how the language barrier and having to translate a lot of what you say makes it hard!! I’m big on connections and small “inside” jokes to facilitate the learning process and help create a more welcoming environment for athletes that I coach. I hope that is going well. Can’t wait until they have you on again or we get an update here.
That is something I have been seeing slot of or has been reoccurring in a lot of what I’ve been listening or reading, is to just do that work. Along with the doing is to be consistent with doing it.
I think the hard part is showing todays young, developing and aspiring athletes that it really does take a lot of work to be competent at a particular sport or skill. In my eyes, the earlier you start to practice or play a sport regardless of what level or intensity, it’s those who excel in their sport that started doing it at a young age and against someone who was older in age. How do you recreate that for a player who missed out on that opportunity and is now 14, 15, 16 y/o.
Yeah, really difficult to compensate for missed steps in somebody's athletic or personal development. All you can do is meet them where they are at. And sometimes where they are at isn't where they (or their parents) think they are at...
This goes right along with the Acceptance & Commitment Theory that I have been applying for the last few years with the teams I coach. Doesn't matter what just happened, accept it, and commit to act on your values (character) in the next thing you do. Great post as usual!!
It is alleviating to know that many coaches like yourself, as mentioned in your 3 part episode on CYBO, listen to the podcast on their way to coach, in their car or in their leisure time. This year I am making an effort to not only listen to podcast and other coaches, in general, but apply what I am learning. I resonated with your experience of trying to build rapport with the team you are working with in Korea and how the language barrier and having to translate a lot of what you say makes it hard!! I’m big on connections and small “inside” jokes to facilitate the learning process and help create a more welcoming environment for athletes that I coach. I hope that is going well. Can’t wait until they have you on again or we get an update here.
That is something I have been seeing slot of or has been reoccurring in a lot of what I’ve been listening or reading, is to just do that work. Along with the doing is to be consistent with doing it.
I think the hard part is showing todays young, developing and aspiring athletes that it really does take a lot of work to be competent at a particular sport or skill. In my eyes, the earlier you start to practice or play a sport regardless of what level or intensity, it’s those who excel in their sport that started doing it at a young age and against someone who was older in age. How do you recreate that for a player who missed out on that opportunity and is now 14, 15, 16 y/o.
Yeah, really difficult to compensate for missed steps in somebody's athletic or personal development. All you can do is meet them where they are at. And sometimes where they are at isn't where they (or their parents) think they are at...
Love this post!
This goes right along with the Acceptance & Commitment Theory that I have been applying for the last few years with the teams I coach. Doesn't matter what just happened, accept it, and commit to act on your values (character) in the next thing you do. Great post as usual!!