Coach Your Brains Out PLAYER BUY-IN - Motor Learning for Coaches
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Aug 21, 2025 Joining the conversation are Casey Kreider, the Head Coach at UMBC, and Andy Bass, a Mental Skills Coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates. They tackle the challenges of maintaining player engagement during the summer months and the pressure of trade deadlines. Kreider sheds light on the importance of fit in recruitment, while Bass discusses effective communication strategies to foster player buy-in. They emphasize the need for rapport and innovative training methodologies, making a strong case for narrative-based coaching in building a resilient and motivated team.
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Treat Media Like Healthy Snacks
- Snack on rumors and stats instead of fasting and then feasting on them.
- Small, regular checks reduce obsession and emotional spikes during stressful periods like trade deadlines.
Use Reverse Questions To Bypass Bias
- Ask players "Have you considered the opposite?" to counter confirmation bias.
- Aim to elicit "that's right" rather than mere agreement to secure genuine acceptance.
Let Results Do The Heavy Lifting
- Outcomes showing improvement often convert skeptics faster than long explanations.
- Belief in a method can be unnecessary when results become self-evident to athletes.
