Coach Your Brains Out

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Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Patron to support the show.

Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Patron to support the show.

Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Patron to support the show.

-Preparing for a title match -Post season reflection -Managing a championship staff -Winning gold in Sydney and the pressure of expectations Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Patron to support the show.

-Championship Behaviors -Challenges faced -Team strengths and weaknesses -A typical USC practice Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Patron to support the show.

Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Patron to support the show.

Competing in practice What it means to be a competitor Trash Talk What you can control Challenge vs Threat Training and Trusting Mindsets   Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Contact us for bulk orders: coachyourbrainsout@gmail.com  Become a Patron to support the show.

-What a Texas practice looks like -What to do when practice falls short of the team's standards -How they prepared for the national title match -Communication between staff and their roles Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Patron to support the show.

-Coaching beach -Beach vs Indoor specialization -The culture at Texas -What made them successful Thanks for listening and supporting the show! Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Patron to support the show.

-Training through an ecological lens -Volleyball training: how to jump higher, hit harder, move better -Traditional weight room workouts vs sport context specific  -Program timing and frequency -The most important qualities of a strength coach   Thanks for listening and supporting the show! Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a...

-Training agility by adding noise -Representative training and developing "real" agility -What is skill? - 4 categories of noise: environment, athlete, tactical, and equipment -The importance of decision making in training   Thanks for listening and supporting the show! Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Pa...

-Applying mental skills in practice and competition -What has led to Pitt's success -Mental case studies:  Lack of motivation Perfectionists Resist making changes Nervous before competition Aren't acting like themselves Thanks for listening and supporting the show! Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Patron...

-How Bernie's work has changed the program and culture -Team and individual values -Applying mental skills in practice and competition   Thanks for listening and supporting the show! Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Patron to support the show.

0:44 - What Kasey has been working with in the off season with his players. 6:17 - Introducing Rob and how he has worked with the UMBC staff and team. 7:58 - Describing “action capacity”, and how it can fit into the context of sports. 14:19 - What are the best ways/exercises to achieve action capacity in the category of jumping? 18:46 - Andy’s thoughts on implementing action capacity values when t...

Thanks for listening and supporting the show! Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Patron to support the show.

1:15 - Karch’s thoughts on using an ecological approach at the professional/national team level. 3:44 - Players’ response to the “Goldilocks” style of exaggerating the two extremes to find the middle ground that works for them. 5:29 - At the national team level, has Karch found that there are variabilities in play style? 9:34 - Has Karch ever thought to experiment with using environmental constrai...

1:34  - Environmental constraints that Karch had when he was playing volleyball growing up. “Win and keep playing or lose and sit” system 4:50 - How the lumpy and hilly sand at East Beach may have shaped the way Karch learned to play. 6:26 - How natural obstacles can pose as challenges for athletes to overcome. 8:44 - How fatigue played a factor in Karch’s tournaments and his development as a play...

3:04 - What Karch has been learning about and focusing on recently. 5:55 - How has Karch implemented motivational interviewing while coaching the U.S. women's volleyball national team? If you have an abundance of knowledge and experience, like Karch does, when is the most effective time to share it? 10:50 - How Karch’s experience practicing volleyball growing up was different from others’. 17:30 -...

1:26 - Checking in with Andy, has spring training already started for baseball? 2:26 - Introducing the topic for today’s episode: internal cueing. 8:54 - Kasey’s thoughts on internal cueing. 14:43 - Concerns in the long term with having athletes shift from an internal to external focus. 18:03 - Should internal focus be something that can still be discussed within the coaching scene? 18:56 - Where...

1:40 - Helping athletes learn how to handle pressure better (Chapter 15 of Rob’s book) 3:18 - Approaching coaches who would rather have “perfect” practices by removing pressure and anxiety within the practices. 4:50 - How and when would Rob implement pressure and anxiety? 11:41 - Explaining the challenge point hypothesis (Chapter 14), and dealing with obstacles that come with implementing it into...

Access Rob’s online content here, and also where to buy his new book Learning to Optimize Movement https://perceptionaction.com/ 2:25 - How Rob is able to connect with such a wide variety of organizations and individuals. 3:47 - Has the ecological approach somehow made an impact on Rob’s day to day life? 4:42 - Diving into Rob’s new book, explaining the difference between a college and professiona...

John Mayer, Joe Trinsey, and Kirk Pitman discuss how they plan practice.

John Mayer, Joe Trinsey, and Kirk Pitman talk about how they plan practice.

1:22 - What Dan looks for when he is hiring staff members. 4:20 - How does Dan manage the staff when there are multiple coaches that have similar strengths and weaknesses? 6:21 - Tips Dan has for effectively communicating with staff members. 10:13 - How has Dan delegated work among himself and his staff? 19:51 - How does Dan set and implement standards for his team, and how does he communicate wit...