Coach Your Brains Out

  1:24 - Introducing Dan, as well as his big takeaways from recently becoming the head coach of the baseball program at Kansas University. 3:15 - What were some difficulties Dan experienced transitioning into a larger role as a head coach, as well as moving to a new university? 6:29 - Dan’s experience with communicating with athletes, and how coaches can become better at this skill. 7:52 - With so...

1:30 - How Hugh manages to maintain a healthy lifestyle despite all the craziness that comes with being a coach. 3:12 - Does Hugh allow himself to set aside free time for things like watching a TV Show. 6:11 - Explaining the idea of being a woman and a warrior that Hugh emphasized to his players and in his book. 9:36 - What is coopetition, and how does Hugh incorporate it into practices?  11:47 -...

1:56 - Hugh’s “retirement” and what his new upcoming role will look like in the next few years.. 4:55 - Will Hugh ever make a comeback to being involved on court as a coach? 9:10 - Should there be more barriers between coaches and players (especially young athletes) in terms of influence? Plus, check out Hugh’s book titled: Championship Behaviors: A Model for Competitive Influence 14:25 - How Hugh...

1:32 - Despite the losses, where does Andy see success in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ development? 2:15 - Andy’s predictions for the upcoming season. 2:44 - Diving into the idea of attractors and cuing, and how do they fit into the way we interact in our sports? 6:29 - Are attractors universal within all athletes when they start, or do they develop from coaching and instruction? 9:28 - Examples of att...

1:13 - What is something coaches can do to easily incorporate ecological dynamics for the first time? Giving more authority to the players 10:06 - Loren’s thoughts on the belief that “fundamentals need to be taught first” before there can be any variability in practice. 17:51 - More insight into practice design that uses the constraints led approach. 34:05 - Attributing a reason for doing somethin...

1:50 - How has Loren explored ecological dynamics in the past? 2:50 - What originally pushed Loren to start learning about ecological dynamics? 9:47 - Have there ever been instances where Loren has questioned the effectiveness of certain aspects of the ecological approach? 13:31 - Does Loren think his teams would have won more if they followed a traditional approach? 15:28 - Differences between ec...

1:26 - Despite research that shows that it’s not as effective as an external focus, how can internal focus still encourage learning in differential learning settings? 4:54 - What timing is best for maximizing the effects on the athletes? 6:44 - Are there any scenarios where athletes can have errors that are too extreme to be considered “bad errors”? 12:53 - How to successfully encourage elite athl...

1:46 - Dr. Schollhorn’s journey through sports during his childhood and how it guided him towards studying the differential approach. 5:09 - When and how can coaches effectively use differential learning? The importance of effective communication 12:32 - Breaking down Dr. Schollhorn’s recent study on serving and passing in volleyball. Three main groups: Control, traditional (repetitive drills), an...

1:22 - Explaining “archetypes” and how they can be useful when scouting athletes or teams. Similar to Jamie Morrison’s idea of storytelling 6:42 - How adding variability and “noise” can strengthen the defensive and offensive system rather than break it. 7:41 - Beginner players run into variability while advanced players create variability. Why is that? 9:52 - The added benefits of linking archetyp...

1:48 - What are some specific games/drills through which Joe enforces this idea of “making the other side play”? 7:47 - Balancing freedom of play and potential development at the younger ages with increasing competition and competitive success. 15:27 - Joe’s thoughts on scoring games/drills where there is a “minus” component. 18:39 - Explaining the idea of “game teaches the game” and its role in d...

1:23 - Why does Joe call himself the “Forrest Gump” of volleyball? 3:17 - What can readers gain from becoming subscribers of Joe’s blog? Become a subscriber here: https://smartervolley.substack.com/ 6:10 - Creating a blog vs. publishing it as a book: Billy’s and Joe’s thoughts on the differences and benefits. 7:34 - Joe’s experience coaching the Canadian men’s indoor team over the last summer: wha...

1:26 - Checking up on Harjiv: with the start of the NBA season, how has he been doing? 3:07 - What is “specificity” in relation to motor learning and practice design? 6:43 - Why should the specificity of practice and the specificity of movement be separated from each other? 10:16 - Defining variability and describing its benefits. 11:22 - Attributing specificity of practice as the “what” and the s...

1:24 - Has John observed a large variety in techniques of the same skills? And in what skills? 6:22 - How does the usage of an economical model affect the way John scouts athletes? 8:03 - In game, which stats are the most important to keep track of? 10:44 - Using stats to shift the focus and guide players to look at the success on their side of the net. 11:50 - What should you say in time outs or...

1:17 - How to address challenge point theory in practices with different players and teams of varying skill levels? 3:43 - Explaining synchronistic and antagonistic skills as well as how their relationship is relevant in practice. 5:39 - How do synchronistic and antagonistic factors guide John in training and challenging his players? 9:08 - Diving into some hypothetical scenarios, and how John wou...

1:36 - Switching up the roles: dedicating this podcast to asking John questions. 2:45 - How does John gather his coaching principles and ideas? Partially through co-hosting these podcast episodes! 4:00 - How John tries to transfer ideas/techniques that are explained in the context of other sports to volleyball. 6:15 - If John founded a youth volleyball club, what would be the major ideas that he w...

1:16 - What has inspired Matt to talk about the topic of mental health services? 3:23 - In the late early 2000s how often were mental health services being used in sports departments? 5:51 - Why can it be problematic when different specialists with different career names are all categorized under the same umbrella of sports psychology? 7:23 - Can anyone with a degree ranging from a high school deg...

1:27 - Introducing the Extra Mile Institute, and how Matt is involved with the program. Learn more at the website here: https://www.extramileinstitute.com/ 3:40 - How many universities do Matt and the Extra Mile Institute team work with and what are their plans in terms of expansion? 4:26 - Introducing today’s topic: self-determination theory. 6:39 - Why does extrinsic motivation not meet the same...

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1:35 - What are some of the goals J.P. had in mind when writing his most recent book The Culture System ? Learn more about it here: https://www.tocculture.com/myculturesystem 5:28 - Clarifying the roles of a coach vs. the roles of a mentor in an athlete’s life. 6:50 - What are some of the differences between “goals” and “visions” that J.P. also explores in The Culture System ? 8:57 - An example of...

1:19 - Moving into the topic of Coach Development, what are values that Jamie emphasizes when developing coaches? 2:47 - Are there common traits that coaches have, or does Jamie treat each coach on a case by case basis? 5:07 - When Jamie observes coaches develop, what are some of the most common mishaps or mistakes that occur? 10:46 - Should coaches who are interested in improving their coaching r...

1:24: How Jamie ended up working with coaches through his journey as a health and human performance professor. 2:17 - Given that Jamie is currently balancing teaching and “coaching” coaches, would he like to eventually transition into a role where he would just focus on working with coaches? 3:20 - High-performance sports has a history of applying ideas like growth mindset and grit (that are used...

1:37 - How have Andy and the Pirates held up so far, especially through the hottest part of the summer. 3:12 - After accepting and validating the struggles that athletes and coaches voice during the toughest parts of the season, what are the next steps? 4:20 - Checking in with Kasey - how has the beginning of the season gone for him so far? 5:55 - Traditionally the beginning of the volleyball seas...

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