155. What Makes a Great Coach? - with Kip Ioane, Founder, TeamsOfMen

Author: Ashanti Branch - Taking Off The Mask
Published: Tue 22 Aug 2023
Episode Link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/branch-speaks/episodes/155--What-Makes-a-Great-Coach----with-Kip-Ioane--Founder--TeamsOfMen-e28db5f

“I try to lie to myself that ‘I find stillness in activity.’ But actually I think I’m terrified of stillness. I’m terrified of sitting with me.” - Kip Ioane

Ever Forward Club’s Ashanti Branch is joined by Kip Ioane. Kip is a former NCAA Head Basketball Coach of 14 years, who spent the last 10 years of his career crafting a framework of coaching designed to empower coaches to enlighten their players to the power of reimagining manhood. In creating and executing the TeamsOfMen program over the last decade, Kip has been forced to self-reflect and unlearn my own toxic ideas around being a man, a father, a husband, and a coach…

(0:25) Ashanti’s introduction

(5:00) Kip introduces himself, his family, his career in NCAA basketball, and his organization TeamsOfMen.

(12:25) Kip shares the front of his superhero-inspired mask - innovative, intentional, family legacy.

(16:05) Ashanti shares the front of his mask - dedicated, determined, purpose - and the numbing that goes on in our culture that appears in many different forms.

(23:55) Kip shares the back of his mask - unworthy of belief, weak with self-doubt, the legacy ball dropper. All the way to 27:20 check for teasers.

(28:35) Ashanti shares the back of his mask - self-doubt, world-doubt, I can’t be lazy so I stay busy - and he and Kip further analyze grind culture.

(35:30) Ashanti and Kip discuss “the mean friend” and “the mean voice inside your head.”

(47:20) Kip shares some final words and how you can get in touch with him.

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Connect with Kip Ioane:

Twitter: twitter.com/@teams_men; twitter.com/@kipioane

Youtube: youtube.com/@teamsofmen

TikTok: tiktok.com/@teamsofmen

Create your own mask anonymously at millionmask.org

Email us questions and comments at [email protected]

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