Coach Education
31 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThese podcasts are from a monthly series of talks for coach educators/developers at national governing bodies and large sports organizations.
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Episode 031 FUN Maps with Amanda Visek
February 24, 2020 01:49 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBDr. Amanda Visek joined the podcast to discuss her well-known work on what kids want from sports and coaches. We discuss how she became interested in what kids want and delve into the methodology of how she interviewed kids to create the list and factors many of us have come to know. One of the highlights was discussing how all the items listed play some role in a kid having a fun experience. So while somethings were lower rated, they still play a role in fun. I liken the list to a stew wh...
Every Moment Matters with John O'Sullivan
December 13, 2019 23:56 - 1 hour - 74 MBOn the podcast we discuss John’s new book, Every Moment Matters. This is not the usual how to run a practice book; it addresses the intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects of coaching. The book has four sections that discuss Why Do I Coach? How Do I Coach? How Does It Feel to Be Coached by Me? A New Definition of Success John discusses a moment as a coach that was an early step in his transformation as a coach that eventually led to him starting Changing the Game Project. John reminds...
Episode 030 Every Moment Matters with John O'Sullivan
December 13, 2019 23:56 - 1 hour - 74 MBOn the podcast we discuss John’s new book, Every Moment Matters. This is not the usual how to run a practice book; it addresses the intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects of coaching. The book has four sections that discuss Why Do I Coach? How Do I Coach? How Does It Feel to Be Coached by Me? A New Definition of Success John discusses a moment as a coach that was an early step in his transformation as a coach that eventually led to him starting Changing the Game Project. John reminds...
Episode 029 Practice Perfect with the Teach Like a Champion Crew
November 22, 2019 18:03 - 1 hour - 38.9 MBThis month’s podcast features Doug Lemov, Erica Woolway and Katie Yezzi from Teach Like a Champion. They collaborated on a book, Practice Perfect, that promotes the concept of teachers practicing skills to make them better classroom managers and teachers. For years Teach Like a Champion conferences were heavy on traditional teaching, but it was missing a big piece: Checking for Understanding. Also, while attendees were exposed to great ideas and ways to teach, they often went back to their ...
Episode 028 A New Approach to Developing Coaches with USA Hockey
October 01, 2019 20:13 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBIn this episode I am joined by Ken Martel and Bill McCall (in separate inteviews). Ken is the Technical Director for the USA Hockey American Development Model (ADM) and involved in coach development. He has been a guest on the brother podcast to this one (SmartercoachingLLC) to talk about the ADM. Bill works “in the field” for USA Hockey putting on coaching clinics. Bill has also coached lacrosse and track and field and has been through the US Lacrosse and USATF coaching certification cours...
Episode 027 Don't Retire Kids with Travis Dorsch, PhD
September 02, 2019 00:41 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBAs folks may remember from the earlier podcast (episode 013) for the US Center for Coaching Excellence, you were a multi-sport kid through high school and went on to be a punter for Purdue and in the NFL. I also know that you have completed several triathlons Ok, let’s delve into the survey. I think many of us know that survey results can be misinterpreted or misunderstood. Let’s get into the methods. While methods are boring to a lot of folks, I think they are kind of important in providin...
Episode 026 IOC Consensus Statement on Mental Health with Claudia Reardon, MD
July 08, 2019 00:48 - 50 minutes - 30 MBThis episode with Claudia Reardon, MD is being hosted both on the USCCE podcast feed and the Smartercoaching feed because I think it is a really important topic. During the podcast we cover the following topics and then some. Mental health is pretty broad and future episodes will address many of the topics not addressed in this episode. What was the catalyst for forming this committee to create the consensus statement? Who were the people on the committee in terms of backgrounds and expert...
Episode 025 Spanning the Globe in Coach Development with Troy Engle
July 01, 2019 00:45 - 58.4 MBFor the June 2019 podcast, I talked with Troy Engle. Troy is an American track and field coach who is now working in Singapore. He has been involved with developing the Singapore coaching education and development system and has also recently moved into working with academies. We discuss his past coaching experience in the US from being a college track and field coach to a Paralympic coach. Troy attended the NSSU Coach Development program that he describes as a life changing experience. Th...
Special episode (024) on Coach Developer Academy Teach and Learning Facilitation workshop
May 08, 2019 19:53 - 23 minutes - 22.5 MBIn this excerpt from Episode 023, Kristen Wright and I (Sam Callan) discuss our experience at the Coach Developer Academy workshop put on for USA Hockey in April 2019. We discuss what we expected and what we got out of it. Kristen talked about how the active listening and review and feedback process were her takeaways. I shared that I had heard it was a long and draining few days. For me the micro-coaching was a great experience. To learn more about the Coach Developer Academy process, vis...
Episode 023 Talking Hockey and Coach Development with Kristen Wright of USA Hockey
May 08, 2019 19:34 - 49 minutes - 43.9 MBKristen Wright, the ADM Manager for Female Hockey, joins the podcast to discuss her youth sports experience (multi-sport athlete) and playing hockey on all-girls and co-ed teams as a junior. She played in college at Connecticut College and later was an assistant coach at CU-Boulder. She shares her experience being the same age or younger than some of the women she was coaching at the time. We discuss how she became involved at USA Hockey and her role as the ADM Manager for Female Hockey. Sh...
Episode 022 Catching Up with USCCE President Kristen Dieffenbach, PhD
May 02, 2019 22:54 - 47 minutesWhat the Summit is and who should attend. Kristen previews the keynote speakers. The Action Tanks The Master Classes The Monday evening social that includes the awarding of the Coach Educator/Developer Legacy Award The Coach Developer Academy with a session before the Summit and one after the Summit Her appearance at the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition The USCCE book series
Episode 021 Being a TrueSport with Jennifer Royer, PhD
April 30, 2019 02:03 - 44 minutes - 33 MBI talk with Jennifer Royer, the Director for TrueSport Programming and Olympic Education, about the mission of TrueSport. It takes all of my strength not to wander off and talk about US history. About 10 years ago, USADA did a research project on What Sports Means in America. The report pointed out why parents put their kids in sports is disconnected from the experience that the kids actually experience in sport. TrueSport’s mission is to alter the culture back to where it ought to be. T...
Episode 020 Communities of Practice with Diane Culver, PhD
March 14, 2019 18:42 - 54 minutes - 32.9 MBDiane Culver, PhD, from the University of Ottawa, discusses communities of practice in coaching education. We discuss a history of social learning theory and how this was once a common way people learned including guilds and apprenticeships. We discussed the requirements to develop a community of practice including creating value and learning imperatives. Some of the key attributes for a successful community of practice include: People checking their egos at the door People willing to sh...
Episode 019 Talking LTAD with Joe Eisenmann
February 07, 2019 01:23 - 1 hour - 34.3 MBJoe Eisenmann, PhD left academia to put what he had studied as a pediatric exercise physiologist into practice. Joe is currently working for Volt Athletics along with consulting for some companies and a guest lecturer at Leeds-Becket University. Joe is not one to hold back on his criticisms when it comes to a lack of implementation of long-term athlete development. We discuss: His sports, academic, and professional background The bases for LTAD from the old Soviet Union through Bompa and...
Episode 018 What Really Motivates and Persuades? Daniel Pink, author, January 2019
January 09, 2019 17:30 - 51 minutes - 29.7 MBDaniel Pink, the author of "Drive", "When" and "To Sell Is Human" is this month's guest. We discuss the new ABCs of sales: Attunement, Buoyancy, and Clarity. Attunement is the ability to look at something from another person's perspective and involves what Pink calls the curse of knowledge. Buoyancy is accepting rejection. Clarity is finding the right problem to solve. Daniel shares his findings from Drive about motivation. Human motivation is pretty complex and involves biological motivat...
Episode 017 The Adulteration of Children's Sports Kristi Erdal Colorado College
December 10, 2018 20:22 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBKristi Erdal, PhD is a professor at Colorado College. We speak about her recently published book, The Adulteration of Children's Sports. The book is published by Lexington Books and can be found at https://rowman.com/lexington. Use the discount code LEXAUTH18 to receive a 30% discount!!!!! We discuss: What led her to write the book? What are the key takeaways? How did we get to where we are where youth sports are worth in excess of $10 billion and are adult led? What happens to kids whe...
Episode 016 The Vehicle for Someone Else's Journey with Sergio Lara-Bercial
November 21, 2018 16:29 - 46 minutes - 37.8 MBSergio Lara-Bercial, PhD is a reader at Leeds Beckett University and also involved with the International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) and the iCoachKids program. Sergio is a retired professional basketball player and former Team GB women’s basketball coach. He earned his PhD in Positive Youth Development in 2018. During our conversation Sergio talks about the etymology of “coach” and says about coaching that it is “the vehicle for someone else’s journey”. We discuss: His backgr...
Episode 015 USCCE President Kristen Dieffenbach The State of USCCE
November 15, 2018 21:14 - 42 minutes - 30.4 MBKristen Dieffenbach, PhD, the President of the US Center for Coaching Excellence (USCCE), joined me to discuss the state of the USCCE, good things happening in coaching education, and what we as coach developers can do going forward. The USCCE is partnering with many organizations including the International Council for Coaching Excellence (ICCE) to offer the ICCE Coach Developers Academy here in the U.S. The USCCE is working with a publisher on a book series on coaching; if you are interes...
Episode 014 National Coaching Standards Lori Gano-Overway
October 17, 2018 03:30 - 43 minutes - 31.4 MBLori Gano-Overway, PhD has been involved in developing national coaching standards. Lori discusses the origins, history and purpose of the national coaching standards starting with their development under AAHPERD, now SHAPE America and its progression to NCACE under the USCCE. (She also explains the alphabet soup). The national standards are currently under revision and will be open to review until the end of October 2018. They can be found at the SHAPE America website. The revised standar...
Coach Developers Network Chat Special Episode
September 17, 2018 14:52 - 1 hour - 29.9 MBOn this special episode recorded in March 2018, I speak with three professors who head up coaching education programs at Xavier University, University of Denver and Michigan State University. We discuss their programs, how they came to be and what they hope to gain. All three have a masters in coaching program that are largely online. If you are interested in pursuing a masters degree in coaching, this interview might offer some insights into what to expect even if you are interested in a...
Episode 013 Trickle Down Professionalism with Travis Dorsch
September 14, 2018 02:07 - 41 minutes - 32.3 MBTravis Dorsch, PhD, is the founder of the Families in Sport Lab at Utah State University. Travis was a consensus All-American punter at Purdue University and former NFL player. Current research includes a complementary focus on: (a) the role of youth sport participation on family relationships and family interaction (i.e., sport socialization); (b) Evidence-based parent education in competitive sport, in youth, adolescent, and early adult settings; and (c) the role of internal factors (e.g....
Episode 012 The Gift of Failure with Jessica Lahey
September 02, 2018 20:10 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBJessica Lahey discusses her book "The Gift of Failure" and how it changed her as a parent and a teacher. We explore how failure makes children better learners and touch on the works of Carol Dweck and Daniel Pink. The gist is that parents and coaches should allow children more time to learn on their own versus jumping in and solving the problems. For coaches this might mean asking questions more than just telling them what to do. The latter will be useful in the short run, but it stunts l...
Episode 011 Culture Code with Daniel Coyle
August 17, 2018 02:07 - 50 minutes - 36.5 MBI interview Dan Coyle about his recent book The Culture Code. During this discussion we talk about how he came up with the idea and some of the things that he learned about culture that changed how he thought about culture. We discuss the Navy SEALS, San Antonio Spurs and the US Air Force Missileers. Dan shares that building good culture requires intent and patience.
Episode 010 US Lacrosse ADM and Parent Engagement
June 07, 2018 02:22 - 50 minutes - 29.7 MBTJ Buchanan the Senior Manager for ADM-Technical Director discusses the history of lacrosse (it is THE original American sport), American Development Model (ADM) and some of the programs US Lacrosse is pursuing with athletes, coaches and parents. TJ also summarizes a meeting of representatives from several NGBs (and one sports parent representative) to discuss how to engage parents. A key point here is that we are (pretty much) all dealing with parents of youth athletes so let's have a comm...
Episode 009 Norwegian Sports Culture with Stephen Seiler
May 15, 2018 02:28 - 59 minutes - 46.3 MBAt the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea in 2018, Norway earned 39 total medals setting a record for the Winter Games. Many stories were written in the US press about how Norway became so successful. In this podcast I discuss Norwegian sports culture with Stephen Seiler, PhD. Stephen is an American sport scientist who has lived in Norway for over 20 years. He offers his perspective on how Norway goes about developing athletes, the truth about keeping score in youth sports, funding and tea...
Episode 008 Practice to Perform Better or to Practice Better John Kessel
May 04, 2018 03:08 - 1 hour - 33.8 MBJohn Kessel is the Director of Sport Development for USA Volleyball. He also consults with many sports around the world including Major League Baseball teams. John is knowledgeable in motor learning and the neuroscience of learning. In this episode he will challenge your views on how to run a practice. He says to minimize drills (if not completely do away with them) and to keep people active, no more lining up people to wait their turn. He talks about how to make learning more efficient. S...
Episode 007 Coaching ParaSports with Cathy Sellers
May 04, 2018 03:03 - 1 hour - 35.9 MBIn this episode Cathy discusses some of the challenges and rewards in coaching a parasport athlete. She goes over the stages of growth of a coach, gives some history of the Paralympics, how to adapt to coaching an Paralympian, etc.
Episode 006 First Tee Golf
May 04, 2018 02:57 - 44 minutes - 35.9 MBRyan Graff is the Vice President for Program Development for First Tee. First Tee's mission (from its site): "... is to impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf". Ryan explains a little of the history of the First Tee program and how it integrates building character into its curriculum while also teaches kids about golf in a fun and accessible manner. First Tee...
Episode 005 We Are Doing Coaching Education Wrong with Wayne Goldsmith
May 04, 2018 02:00 - 45 minutes - 34.1 MBWayne Goldsmith is an Australian who has been involved in high performance sport for many years across several sports. In this podcast, Wayne gives his unfettered take on how many NGBs approach coaching education all wrong. Be prepared to be challenged. Wayne can be reached through his website.
Episode 004 Transformational Coaching with Jean Cote, PhD
May 04, 2018 01:26 - 1 hour - 35.2 MBIn this podcast Jean discusses his findings on being a transformational coach. A transformational coach is one who goes beyond the "transactional" actions of coaching that are limited to the technical and tactical aspects of the sport. Jean will share his 4 Cs of being a transformational coach.
Episode 003 Implementing the American Development Model with USA Hockey
May 04, 2018 01:22 - 45 minutes - 36.9 MBKevin McLaughlin is the USA Hockey Senior Director for Hockey Development. In this episode he discusses the development and implementation of USA Hockey's American Development Model (ADM). He discusses how they thought they needed to change how they approached developing hockey in the US and the early reluctance of stakeholders buying in.
Episode 002 The US Center for Coaching Excellence Kristen Dieffenbach, PhD
May 04, 2018 00:03 - 28 minutes - 16.5 MBDr. Dieffenbach is the executive director of the US Center for Coaching Excellence (USCCE). The USCCE is a new organization that seeks to improve coaching education and development in the United States. In this episode Kristen tells a little about how the USCCE came to be from it being part of other organizations into its own stand alone entity. The USCCE can be found at www.coachexcellence.org
Episode 001 The Adult Learner with Chris Packert
April 25, 2018 21:26 - 36 seconds - 20.5 MBChris is a ski coach and also was a teacher for many years. In his role with USSA Coaching Education he creates a successful learning environment for adult learners.