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Angelo James — Systems to Be a Better Coach
VertiMax Vive
English - May 07, 2019 12:37 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsSports Health & Fitness Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Angelo James is the Owner and Founder of the James Training Systems. He has had extensive experience coaching all levels of athletes — he has been a strength coach at the professional level, collegiate level, high school level, and private sector. He also has experience with business and sales, coaching internationally, and working for one of the top performance brands in the world. He has been a Director of Strength Conditioning, Director of Programming, Director of National Athletic Sales and now, an entrepreneur.
On this episode hosted by Ned Arick, Angelo dives deep into his experiences as a coach across various levels of athletes and all the lessons he has learned in his career as a strength coach. He shares more about the obstacles he faced, his failures, getting fired, and dealing with other coaches — all of which gave him insights into the importance of systems.
As a coach, you can harness the power of systems and processes in order to make you a better, more efficient, more effective coach. Angelo reveals his seven laws of highly efficient systems, as well as explains how mindset and relationships play into your success as a coach. Tune in to this jam-packed episode to get all of Angelo’s insights about how systems and processes can help you become a more successful coach.
Key Takeaways:
[:36] Ned introduces his guest for this episode — Angelo James.
[2:10] James Training Systems has just crossed its 6-month mark!
[2:23] What is Angelo's background?
[12:49] When did Angelo make the shift from being a strength conditioning coach to focusing on the systems aspect of things?
[27:32] Angelo shares some of his 7 laws of highly effective systems.
[36:51] This podcast is being sponsored by VertiMax.
[37:38] What does it mean when Angelo says that the results have to be significant?
[38:58] Angelo explains more about the importance of mindsets.
[45:20] Angelo shares more about his personal journey of being a collegiate coach.
[52:10] The next stage in Angelo's journey was in the high school setting, and he shares some of the lessons he learned in his career.
[55:33] What is Angelo hoping to do with James Training Systems?
[59:31] What is the one real difference between all the levels of athletes?
[1:06:35] Find out more about Angelo and the work that he does at his website, and check out his live events.
[1:08:18] What is Angelo most excited about in the next six months?
Mentioned in This Episode:James Training Systems on Facebook
7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen Covey
Jeff Janssen, Commitment Continuum