source There’s no easier coaching job than following a coach that the team–rightly or wrongly–didn’t like or respect. In that situation, everything you say is a breath of fresh air, the players hang on your every word, and the alumni give you hearty pats on the back … [Read more...]
Coaches Corner: Sam Shweisky
source Sam Shweisky is the head men’s volleyball coach at Princeton University. I worked at Princeton eons ago under the (somewhat legendary) previous coach and know that it’s a great place to work. Not only are the athletes motivated in the classroom, but also on the … [Read more...]
Coach Dawn: Follow These 8 Principles To Reach Success
source In a TEDtalk titled, Success is a Continuous Journey, Richard St. John talked about being on top of the heap…and then getting complacent, overconfident, and cocky. Which led him losing all of his clients and the aforementioned success. He realized success is a journey and not a … [Read more...]
Great Coaching Advice…From A Coach Smarter Than Me via @CoachDawnWrites
source The first year I started coaching, I went to my first major coaching convention. A week-long affair, I learned so much about the profession that I thought my head would explode. As a young coach, fresh out of college, I was living in a parallel universe of reliving my past glory … [Read more...]
Coach Dawn Writes: How To Motivate Our Teams
source Daniel Pink focuses on how we’re motivated in a TEDtalk called, “The Puzzle of Motivation“. He spends a lot of time going into why we’re going at motivation all wrong and in an outdated way. In example after example, he shows us that offering up rewards (or … [Read more...]
Non-Verbal Communication via @CoachDawnWrites
source “Our bodies change our minds And our minds change our behavior And our behavior changes our outcomes.“ In a TEDtalk called Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are by Amy Cuddy, I learned that how we present ourselves is amazingly powerful. And not in the way that you … [Read more...]
Advice For New Coaches via @CoachDawnWrites
source I was watching the local news last night and my favorite station was debuting a new meteorologist. Just for background, I live in a smallish city, so we seem to be the testing ground for all new and untested TV personalities. This poor guy was so bad, tripped over his words so often, … [Read more...]
Play Like A Girl via @CoachDawnWrites
source I don’t know if you’ve seen this #LikeAGirl youtube video, but you should check it out. The throw/run/play/etc. “like a girl” phrase is still a thing on athletic fields and PE classes all over the country. Watch this video, share it, and show it to the … [Read more...]
Coaches Corner: Evaluating Drills For Effective Practices
source I’m a big fan of evaluating my program after each season. Everything from hotels and restaurants we used to game schedule and practice plans. I certainly don’t think that evaluation must necessarily lead to changes, though it should lead to comfort that you’re doing things … [Read more...]
Coaches Corner: What Is Advanced Teamwork? via @CoachDawnWrites
source Becky Schmidt is the head volleyball coach at Hope College and has had an amazingly successful run. Consistently in the top five of Division III, she’s figured out what it takes to put winning teams together. In talking to her about some strategic moves she made within her team, she … [Read more...]