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Coach Your Brains Out

Coach Your Brains Out is founded by professional beach volleyball players and college coaches John Mayer and Billy Allen. The primary goal is practical, useful education that will help you become a better coach. Our podcasts are released every Thursday, so set your notifications accordingly!

How To Education Self-Improvement Sports Coaching
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
34 minutes
Episodes
386
Years Active
2015 - 2025
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PRINCIPLES with Travis Wyckoff

PRINCIPLES with Travis Wyckoff

-The importance of leading with principles

-Clarity of purpose

-Building trust with your athletes

-Balancing high challenge and high support

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00:33:14  |   Thu 17 Sep 2020
PRESSURE with Dr. Drew Brannon

PRESSURE with Dr. Drew Brannon

-Deconstructing pressure

-"Big Matches"

-Meeting your team's standard regardless of the opponent 

-Dealing with nerves

-Creating pressure in practice

 

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00:26:49  |   Thu 10 Sep 2020
COMPETING IN QUARANTINE with Dr. Drew Brannon

COMPETING IN QUARANTINE with Dr. Drew Brannon

-Losing a season

-Exercising your competitive muscles

-Staying connected with your team

-Coach development

-Measuring success outside of standard competition

 

Amplos - https://www.amplos.com/

 

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00:21:51  |   Thu 03 Sep 2020
Constraints Led Approach with Harjiv Singh

Constraints Led Approach with Harjiv Singh

-Teaching through constraints

-How to design constraints

-Common constraints for volleyball

-Listener questions

 

Support the show - https://www.patreon.com/coachyourbrainsout

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00:33:10  |   Thu 27 Aug 2020
Optimal Performance Theory with Harjiv Singh

Optimal Performance Theory with Harjiv Singh

Three main components of the Optimal Performance Theory:

-External Focus

-Autonomy

-Enhanced Expectations

 

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00:31:30  |   Thu 20 Aug 2020
EMBRACING FAILURE (AND HISTORY) with Kevin Hambly - Part 2

EMBRACING FAILURE (AND HISTORY) with Kevin Hambly - Part 2

-Learning from failure

-The value of studying history

-Taking over a successful program as a young coach

-Advice to your younger coaching self

 

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00:25:19  |   Thu 13 Aug 2020
EMBRACING FAILURE with Kevin Hambly

EMBRACING FAILURE with Kevin Hambly

-The importance of failing

-Learning from failure

-Creating safe environments for athletes to fail.

-Modeling Failure

 

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00:27:50  |   Thu 06 Aug 2020
READING with Tama Miyashiro

READING with Tama Miyashiro

-What is reading and why is it so important?

-How do you teach reading?

-Being a good teammate

-What does coaching mean to you?

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00:35:56  |   Thu 30 Jul 2020
SERVE RECEIVE with Tama Miyashiro

SERVE RECEIVE with Tama Miyashiro

-What the best passers in the world are doing

-Being "quiet" in serve receive

-To midline or not to midline?

-The importance of holding your platform

-Passer mentality

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00:35:30  |   Thu 23 Jul 2020
LEADERSHIP DURING ADVERSITY with John Speraw - Part 2

LEADERSHIP DURING ADVERSITY with John Speraw - Part 2

-Addressing social injustice with our teams

-Diversity in sport

-Prioritizing time to be a more efficient coach

-Relationships with athletes during difficult times

 

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00:29:52  |   Thu 16 Jul 2020
LEADERSHIP DURING ADVERSITY with John Speraw - Part 1

LEADERSHIP DURING ADVERSITY with John Speraw - Part 1

-Connecting with athletes during quarantine

-Preparing for an uncertain future

-Supporting men's volleyball

-Discussing social injustice with your athletes

 

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00:32:10  |   Thu 09 Jul 2020
Book Club CYBO Chapter 1 - Philosophy and Principles

Book Club CYBO Chapter 1 - Philosophy and Principles

-Why are you coaching?

-What is your mission and does it align with your players'?

-Where do you get your principles?

-Billy doesn't get carded!

-3-word coaching philosophy

 

Get the book! https://www.amaz…

00:55:53  |   Thu 02 Jul 2020
Heather Olmstead - Part 2

Heather Olmstead - Part 2

-Caring for athletes while also challenging them

-Goal setting

-Team culture

-Listener questions

00:25:47  |   Thu 25 Jun 2020
DISCIPLINE with Heather Olmstead - Part 1

DISCIPLINE with Heather Olmstead - Part 1

-Improvements during quarantine

-Developing the skill of discipline with your athletes

-The importance of a clear mission

-The importance of modeling discipline

00:26:17  |   Thu 18 Jun 2020
AUTONOMY with Andy Bass

AUTONOMY with Andy Bass

-The importance of autonomy for athletes

-Autonomy in practice and competition

-Motor Learning transfer

-Visualization

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00:23:50  |   Thu 11 Jun 2020
CYBO - Aaron Mansfield Part 2

CYBO - Aaron Mansfield Part 2

00:24:25  |   Mon 08 Jun 2020
CYBO - Aaron Mansfield Part 1

CYBO - Aaron Mansfield Part 1

00:28:14  |   Mon 08 Jun 2020
MOTOR LEARNING with Andy Bass

MOTOR LEARNING with Andy Bass

-Dealing with the "yips."

-Communicating with athletes in stressful situations.

-Motor Learning

-Integrating sports psychology into practice.

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00:30:41  |   Thu 04 Jun 2020
DELIBERATE PRACTICE with Lauri Hakala - Part 2

DELIBERATE PRACTICE with Lauri Hakala - Part 2

Lauri Hakala is the current high performance coordinator for Olympic team sports in Finland. He discusses deliberate practice, the Pareto Distribution, and prioritizing in coaching.

The elements of de…

00:25:32  |   Thu 28 May 2020
DELIBERATE PRACTICE with Lauri Hakala - Part 1

DELIBERATE PRACTICE with Lauri Hakala - Part 1

Lauri Hakala is the current high performance coordinator for Olympic team sports in Finland. He takes us through five stages of deliberate practice: a specific task, a challenge, feedback, full focus…

00:26:02  |   Thu 21 May 2020
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