Coach Your Brains Out

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-Applying mental skills in practice and competition

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• 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 ca…

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• 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 …

• 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 shap…

• 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 a…

• 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 - Con…

• 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 …

• Access Rob’s online content here, and also where to buy his new book Learning to Optimize Movement
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• 2:25 - How Rob is able to connect with such a wide variety of organizati…

• 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 effec…

• 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 transitioni…

• 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 Sho…

• 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…

• 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, an…

• 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…

• 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 que…

• 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 ma…

• 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 learn…