The Modern Coach’s Compass Podcast

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching podcast I discuss coach-athlete relationships, speaking to coaches and athletes, and the research behind the coach-athlete dyad.

This week I had the chance to catch up the 2022 NSCA Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year Ryan Metzger.  Ryan is currently on staff at the University of Tennessee.  Before Tennessee she had stops at Clemson and VCU.  She began her strength and conditioning career at the University of Kentucky as an intern and then graduate assistant.  In Part I of our interview...

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching podcast I discuss three strategies you can incorporate at your next meet to have more fun and enjoy the moment.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching podcast I discuss some strategies to help you overcome the feeling of pressure in high stress and high anxiety situations related to competition.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching podcast I share three mindset strategies to better prepare you for your next competition; 1) How to incorporate imagery techniques to visualize performances, 2) Being focused in the present moment, and 3) Controlling what you can control in competition. https://youtu.be/Oo14-XwjBQs

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching podcast I discuss three strategies that will help increase your opportunity of success at your next competition; 1) Picking 1 or 2 cues to focus on during practice and competition, 2) Rest, and 3) Recovery. https://youtu.be/vJL7talaDeg

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I share some insights into how we as coaches can better communicate competition expectations with our athletes before and during competition.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching podcast I give an overview of our meet from St. John Fisher College.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I share some insight and testimonials about the first few months of our Holistic Coaching consultation services and how they would work for you.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I share some strategies related to event selection for meets and competition.

In order to better prepare oneself for the rigors of training, research has reported that to persevere, gain perspective, and to engage in preparation, a sense of presentness was required to navigate times in which distractions may impede training on our journey (Wilson et. al., 2016).  What distinguishes those that achieve greatness from those that don’t satisfy their aspirations is the noti...

Over the course of the past couple of months I have had the great pleasure to work with a wonderful, enthusiastic, and driven group of throwers through my Holistic Coaching program at Forza Athletics.  The feedback I have received from the athletes that are participating has been extremely helpful in ensuring that I am offering them the best mindset and mental preparation support possible.&nb...

Quite an interesting situation occurred this past weekend.  We were attending a meet, finished a couple of events, and then the weather hit.  Before our track meet really got started it was canceled due to the weather (high wind warnings, thunder, lightning).  Some were happy and relieved that the meet was canceled.  Early performances weren’t the best, especially in the discus...

Most throwers are aware that there is a conversation going on in their heads in and out of the throwing circle or javelin runway.  These conversations might go in a variety of directions; either extremely positive, extremely negative, and of course somewhere in between.  What would you do if the other throwers that you are competing against that day started talking to you the way you tal...

If you’ve been reading along the past few weeks, I hope you have noticed a theme focused on goal-setting, accountability, and choice.  The transition to outdoor track leaves us with about 10-11 weeks left of the spring semester.  Still plenty of time to address goals, decision-making, and time management strategies for our outdoor season.  Hold this thought for a moment. Last week I...

This week on the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I had the chance to catch up with Kate Leavell.  Kate is a best selling author, former Lacrosse coach and trainer, and a member of Jon Gordon's team. Kate and I first spoke about five years ago when I reached out to her about the podcast I had heard her on.  In this episode, Kate and I discussed: 1. Her start in coaching 2. Writi...

This week I had the chance to catch up with Highland Games World Record Holder and Powerlifter Felicia Baker Baltren.  Felicia and I discussed:  1. How she got started with Highland games  2. Her first competition in 2013  3. Competing pre-COVID and post-COVID  4. Behind the scenes strategy conversations about events  5. When to throw hard and when to take it easy&nbs...

When you think about the goals/aspirations you laid out for yourself back in July/August/September, were those goals process focused or outcome focused? Outcome goals are just that, outcome based with an emphasis placed on a specific performance.  These are goals that are focused on the outcome, distance, place, or victory that create pressure, anxiety, and heaviness.  An outcome goal mi...

This week I had the chance to catch up with 2021 Olympic Trials Discus thrower Micaela Hazlewood.  In our conversation, Micaela and I discussed: 1. Her introduction to the discus 2. Throwing in high school 3. The collegiate recruiting process 4. The expectations vs. realities of being a Division I thrower 5. Experiences throwing the discus, shot-put, and hammer at the collegiate level 6. Maki...

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I continue the conversation about body language and the research behind the topic focused on athletes and competition.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I talk about body language, the research, and how your body language can help or hinder your athletic performances.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I continue the discussion about taking advantage of opportunities during competition.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I discuss different strategies and ways for throwers to be able to take advantage of opportunities presented to them in competition.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I share some tips and suggestions for throwers as they look back on their indoor seasons.  

This week I had the chance to speak with Lara Boman.  Lara is a post-collegiate weight/hammer thrower coming off a 3rd place finish at the 2022 USATF indoor national championships.  Unlike most post-collegiate throwers, Lara got her start in college.  During the 2016-17 season, Lara made the transition from Division I soccer player to thrower.  Under the tutelage of 3x USA hamm...