Todays episode is on the topic of Communication, and it features audio quotes from 16 Great Coaches.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this show is Brenda Kirkpatrick Brown.Brenda is a former College Basketball player and Head Coach at the University of North Carolina.Brenda was an assistant for 10 years at Georgia Tech, Charlotte and Florida before becoming head coach at UNC Asheville in 2012.In her 8 years at UNC the team won back-to-back Big South Conference Tournament crowns in 2016 and 2017, an elite 8thand sweet 16th in the NCAA Tournament, four consecutive postseason berths and one Big South Conference regular-season title.In 2016 she was named Big South Conference Coach of the Year.Brenda is presently taking a sabbatical and so we caught here when she had the time and space to reflect on her coaching journey. This meant that she was philosophical but also reflective on the things she could have done better, and like all the great coaches she is lifelong learner and thinking about what she will do differently next time.She believes that you coach the individual and not just the athlete, and that you can never be the type of coach that the athlete has to overcome in order to perform at their best. This means that you have to guard against your passion interfering with your emotions and the way you communicate.She has great positivity and talks about using belief and positive language to help people overcome their own doubt. And she shares the great quote from Billie Jean King on pressure being a privilege and how this influences her approach to leadership.Other highlights for me included:Her view that when choosing a captain, you should look for someone who consistent in their work ethic, and is not afraid to take accountability and sacrifice themselves for others.And Her advice to other female leaders on communicating your passion but also explaining how you are coping in the role and achieving the life balance that will be important to other women who may be considering a leadership position.It was a lot of fun interviewing Brenda, she has great energy and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Todays episode is on the topic of Psychological Safety , and it features audio quotes from 7 Great Coaches.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at thegreatcoachespodcast@gmail.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you would like to send us any feedback or join in our live webinars, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at thegreatcoachespodcast@gmail.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.comOur Great Coach on this episode is soccer coach Beverly Priestman.Bev grew up in England where she completed a bachelor's degree in science and football from Liverpool University.In her early 20’s she moved to New Zealand as head of development for the national football federation.She then moved to Canada as an Assistant to the National Womens team coach, as well coaching the Canadian Womens team at the FIFA U-17 World Cups. From there she returned to the UK to work as an Assistant for Phil Neville who was coaching the National Womens team and helped guide them to fourth place at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.Then in 2020 she was appointed Head Coach of the Canadian Womens team and famously led them to a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.Bev is a coach, who at only 35 years old, already has almost 20 years experience across 3 countries. This perspective, coupled with her energy gives her a depth of wisdom that is motivating and inspiring.She is strongly values led, and she talks a lot about the role that bravery has played in her life and how it helped shape the focus of her team, so that they could fulfill their mission of changing the colour of the medal, at the Tokyo Olympics.She is also confident, and yet still humble enough to talk about her to talk about her emotional and intellectual development as a coach.Some of the other highlights of the interview for me were:How in high-pressure situations she sees her job as lightening the mood so that people can perform at their optimal level, and the story she shares around how she did this in the Olympic village the day before the gold medal match.How getting herself out of her comfort zone, and diversifying her experiences allowed her to grow in confidence and belief.How she used the pandemic lock down to self-develop by focusing on who she was a person, her values and the team culture she wanted to develop.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Todays episode is on the topic of Self Belief, and it features audio quotes from 18 Great Coaches.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this episode is Danny Kerry.Danny is an English international field hockey coachDanny became the head coach of the Great Britain women's national field hockey team in 2003, eventually leading them to a Bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics, a 2015 EuroHockey Championship and a Gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.In 2016 he awarded the FIH Coach of the Year, and in 2017 received an MBE from the Queen for his services to sport.In 2018, he was appointed as the head coach of the Mens side, and led them their first ever FIH Hockey Pro League Grand Final in 2019.Danny is a coach whose success has been built on his ability to self-reflect, learn and evolve. His story contains several pronounced inflection points and in this interview he discusses both in detail.His style is intense, and couples both the science of physical and mental development with a player-first philosophy that places the individual and their unique needs ahead of team development.His also innovative and not afraid to try and fail to find a way to step change performance.Some of the many highlights in this interview include:How he focuses on density of decision making in training to help the team regulate their emotional response in games.The process his athletes go through to raise their self-awareness and discover their own sense of purpose. And how this in turn leads to greater mutual understanding between the players and staff,And how helping athletes deal with self doubt or their inner critic is an under reported aspect of the role of the Head Coach.This was a deep and insightful conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as I did.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Todays episode is on the topic of Coaching Philosophy, and it features audio quotes from 16 Great Coaches.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this episode is the Vince Lombardi.Vince Lombardi was an American Football coach who is best remembered as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers in the 1960’s, where he led the team to 5 National Football League championships, including the first ever Superbowl in 1966.He finished his coaching career in the NFL with a winning % of 74, and a post season winning rate of 90%.He is considered to be one of the greatest coaches in American Football history, and the trophy awarded to the Super bowl winner is named in his honor.Vince Lombardi passed away in 1970, however we are going to reconstruct an interview with him, by using his exact words.I used 4 key books to find the words you will hear, and the words are 99% Vince Lombardi’s, with the occasional addition of a conjunctive word, or pronoun to connect phrases.What It Takes to Be #1: Vince Lombardi on Leadership, by Vince LombardiWhen Pride Still Mattered : A Life Of Vince Lombardi Paperback by David Maraniss Vince: A Personal Biography of Vince Lombardi Paperback by Michael O'brien Vince Lombardi on Leadership: Life Lessons from a Five-Time NFL Championship Coach Paperback by Pat Williams and Jim DenneyIf you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Great Coach on this episode is Tim Jankovich a former player and now basketball coach.As a player he was one of the winningest players in Kansas State history. In each of his seasons at KSU, his team ranked in the National top-20 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.He has been a College Assistant or Head Coach for 38 years and in that time his teams have won seven regular season conference championships, five league tournament titles and made 10 NCAA appearances.He is presently the Head Coach of the Division 1 Southern Methodist University Mustangs. In his 4 years at the helm the team has won the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships and made the 2017 NCAA Tournament.In 2017 he was named American Athletic Conference Coach of the year.Tim Jankovich is the type of coach we all hope our own children get to experience one day. The long arc of his coaching journey gives him a broad and balanced view on life, and has taught him that as a leader, winning is never as satisfying as seeing people succeed in life.He believes in taking your time, and not letting the moment speed you up or disrupt your decision making. And that quite often the best way to enable this as a coach is to step back, be calm and not try to exert undue influence on the game.Tim has a great way of people, and some of the key parts of this interview for me were,How great teams find a way to win when they have statistically below average games, and this is in fact how successful seasons are built.The importance or relaxing as a coach and portraying a sense of calm to the team as they will take their cue from you when it comes to dealing with emotional pressure.And that we are all born with a certain amount of self-belief or insecurity at birth, but this doesn’t have to dictate your life, you can develop self-belief through the choices you make about the environment you choose to place yourself in.This was a wonderful conversation, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Todays episode is on the topic of Vision, and it features audio quotes from 12 Great Coaches.If you would like to send us any feedback or if you know a great coach, who has a unique story to share, then we would love to hear from you, please contact us at paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com or contact us through our website thegreatcoachespodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.