Coaching Culture

In this episode of #CoachingCulture, Nate and I talk about getting the most out of your coaching staff. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! The number one factor that can improve the value that your staff bring to the program is being clear about how Head Coaches want their assistants to communicate with them. If you want your kids to hold each other accountable, you have to hold each other accountable as a staff as well. Empower your staff and hand over some of your responsibilities. We'd love to hear from you! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com

It was the "season dreams are made of" is how one reporter described this year for Coach Boos and the Sun Prairie Cardinals. Nate and JP discuss with Coach Boos how he rebuilt his culture and the value of J.P.'s mentorship program and culture coaching through the process. Interested in Mentorship and Culture Coaching? Fill Out this Form: https://forms.gle/mrLEAjKLUcjQgi4o8 Or just schedule a call here: https://calendly.com/thriveonchallenge Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! How would coaches know that there are some thing seriously wrong with their culture? - Check their reactions during a loss - Check their responses to tough situations - Connect with kids and check in on them How do you connect better with your players? - More 1 on 1 individual meetings - Let your kids know that you have an open door policy Strategies for Developing Emotional Intelligence 1. Starts with the coach managing their emotions. 
 2. Connecting with them and asking questions to help them become aware of their emotions. 
 3. Be ready to hold your coaches accountable Interested in Mentorship and Culture Coaching? Fill Out this Form: https://forms.gle/mrLEAjKLUcjQgi4o8 Or just schedule a call here: https://calendly.com/thriveonchallenge We'd love to hear from you! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com

In our latest #CoachingCulture podcast, Nate and I are sharing practical tools on how we as coaches can help teach our players how to recover from their mistakes. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Failable recovery is the key to sustainable excellence. We will rise and fall to the level of our training. Steps to implementing that system: 1. Help them become self-aware of their own self-talk 2. Ritual that symbolizes the break from what happened to what will happen 3. Athlete needs to focus on what’s important NOW When you acknowledge your mistakes, you accept your reality and can move past it. We'd love to hear from you! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com

In our latest #CoachingCulture episode, Nate and I share how to build your team’s mistake response. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Nate shares how one player on his team went from letting nerves get to her to helping the team win the state championship with her at the free throw line. How do you get your athletes to become self-aware of their responses to their mistakes? - Ask them to write down how you think teammates, coaches, parents, and people in the stands will respond to the mistakes you make in a game. - Ask them to write about which category’s thoughts would affect them the most. - Discuss how as a team, you can help each player through their mistakes. When someone makes a mistake, it is a race to go to them and reinforce that you still trust them and believe in them as a teammate. Cut out saying, “my bad” to help stop the negative self-talk. We'd love to hear from you! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com

In our latest #CoachingCulture episode, we’re bringing you a friend of the pod and someone who has influenced Nate and myself’s formation as coaches, John O’Sullivan from Changing the Game Project. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Top three reasons athletes play: - Positive Coaching - Positive Team Dynamics - Trying Hard (Good Practice/Game Environments) You’re not missing the magic practice. If you continually focus on building the relationship up with the parents and keep them in the loop and work hard to notice when a kid is making improvement or struggle, the relationship will more likely than not, be positive. It’s easy to see parents’ involvement as a problem instead of an opportunity to help both the kid and the team culture. Advice for Coaches when you’re trying to build trust in your athletes and their parents: - First, understand trust and what it looks like Ken Blanchard’s ABCDE’s on Trust - Ability - Being Believable - Connection - Dependable What gives you the most hope for sports in the future in the United States? - We have so many kids playing, we have more chances to do it right. - We have more and better ways to deliver coaching training and education Purchase John’s Book! https://changingthegameproject.com/books/ Changingthegameproject.com Changing the game in youth sports: John O’Sullivan at TEDxBend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXw0XGOVQvw We'd love to hear from you! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com

In our latest #CoachingCulture episode, Nate and I are taking a look back at Nate's season and how his team overcame the challenges that came with it. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Nate shares how he dealt with the struggle of having athletes quit and what approach he took regarding the rest of the team, emotionally and tactically. When you have players leaving the team, it is important to have your captains or leaders on the team share why they stayed and reaffirm that frustrations with yourself and coach are valid, but how important it is to stick with it. The struggle of learning how to win. - Change the mindset from results focus to process focused - Pay attention to the details - Set small, details goals in practice - Drill down to the behaviors that will make you better Setting goals and drilling in the details gives your athletes the confidence to take their game to the next level. What’s the best thing added to their process this year? - Intentionality with which the coaches met with their players. Link for Episode 72 Getting Your Players to Embrace Their Role: https://bit.ly/2FecoqJ We'd love to hear from you! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com

In our latest #CoachingCulture episode, Nate and I finish up our conversation with Mark Bennett on the leisure versus performance athlete. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Performance Athlete: Not doing what you want to do, doing what you need to do to the best of your ability to achieve what you have said is your desired outcome. Leisure: Only do the stuff they like when nobody is watching. When someone is watching them they will do the things expected of them. Still pursues excellence in the practice. Mark shares how to effectively coach the leisure athlete and help them become the best athlete they possibly can be. Instead of being pushy and trying to get them to become someone they’re not, as coaches it is our job to show them their potential and allow them to reach it themselves. When you have a mix between performance and leisure: Ask leisure: What can we do to help performance athletes and still enjoy our experience? We don’t want to hold anybody back. Ask performance: What can we do to help the leisure athletes enjoy their experience and not hold ourselves back? Leisure still pursues excellence in the practice. Follow Mark Bennett on Twitter @pdscoach We'd love to hear from you! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com

In our latest episode Nate and I talk about the dreaded subject of end of the year banquets and how to leverage this to build team unity and culture. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! What activities can we do at our banquet that add meaning to the season and allow parents and athletes to appreciate that at the end of the year? - Limit the amount you talk as a coach - Allow your athletes and assistant coaches to give out the awards - Have your athletes give reasons why other players deserve certain awards. What is it that you really want people to take away from your speech? Highlight the fact that as a coach, you know that every one of your players is going to go through something during this year, but the benefit of being a part of YOUR program is that you all will go through it together and you will come out better on the other side of it. Embrace the end of year banquet. Create an experience that is full of meaning. We'd love to hear from you! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com

In our latest #CoachingCulture episode, Nate and I are bringing you part 3 continuing our conversation with Mark Bennett on the Rule of 3. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Rule of 3 Rule 1: Self (Behavior 1st, than technical and tactical) - Am I managing my state? - Am I in excellence? Rule 2: Player - Reaching out to have a positive impact on that player. - Effective communication is only effective if it has the desired impact. Rule 3: Coach -Coach steps in because no 2 has stepped in to work with 1. Or they have stepped in but 1 still isn’t changing. Teach your athletes how to give and receive feedback well. Set up a time to formally give permission to intervene. The formal permission process allows your athletes the freedom to grow in that way. Follow Mark Bennett on Twitter @pdscoach We'd love to hear from you! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com

We’re bringing you Part 2 of our conversation with Mark Bennett on how performance is a behavior, not an outcome. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! The sequence to effective outcomes in behavior first, then performance, then outcome. As a team, it’s important to come up with non-negotiables. What are the one of two things that if done well, would maximize your performance? Ask your athletes to look into the past and notice what elements were in play during their performance excellence. - Name the underpinning element - Think and reflect on past experiences - Define what they look like - Choose the element that had the greatest impact - Name it and work on that element as a team Examples of Non-negotiables: ACE - Attitude - Communicate - Effort UAE- (Unacceptable , Acceptable, Exceptional) When you start an interaction between a new group of players, first set the parameters down. Follow Mark Bennett on Twitter @pdscoach We'd love to hear from you! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com