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-Story of resiliency 

-Handling pain

-Building leaders

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• 0:27 - John’s podcast and development of the Changing the Game project.
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• 1:56 - John’s main advice for youth sports coaching.
• 3:04 - Examples of negative coaching that drives off young athletes from playing sports.
  • 3:27 - Importance of having fun and encouraging genuine enjoyment of sports.
• 6:57 - Differentiation between seriousness and having fun, and maintaining both.
• 7:39 - John’s “ideal practice” scenario + his advice on running an effective practice.
• 8:54 - How to effectively interact with parents in the early coaching stages.
  • 9:29 - One of the most effective forms of practice - interleaved practice.
  • 10:36 - Showing parents that learning is messy, and that effective practices are not necessarily organized.
  • 13:07 - Building trust and connections with athletes and parents.
• 13:39 - What happens once coaches establish trust with parents?
• 15:16 - Dealing with parents coaching off the sidelines of games.
• 17:13 - Advice for parents to help their children grow as athletes.
• 20:44 - Establishing a healthy dynamic between parents and children in the context of sports.
• 24:01 - Do development and learning of fundamentals come before playing games, or do they emerge from playing experience?
• 26:51 - Why isolated, “fundamentals first” training is widely practiced.

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• 0:46 - How Vic was introduced to and gained an appreciation for volleyball.
• 1:52 - When and why Vic made the transition from playing in the majors to coaching - using his own experience to help younger, developing players.
• 3:27 - Simple and inexpensive warm-ups and routines coaches can teach to players and implement within their own practice.
• 6:50 - More expensive and heavy-duty equipment to invest in for better shoulder health (e.g. crossover symmetry, motion capture equipment).
  • Marc Pro device mentioned: https://marcpro.com/product-category/devices/
• 9:38 - What part of Vic’s previous coaching that he would try to do differently.
• 12:01 - Applying shoulder techniques in volleyball (preventing the full extension of arm above your head in a straight downward motion).
• 14:52 - Posture’s effects on shoulder health.
• 15:40 - Should you lower your elbow when extending your arm and shoulder?
• 17:11 - Developing correct arm swings in younger players who have to compensate for lower reach above the net.
• 19:25 - How to correct high elbow and extended shoulder motions that lead to weaker shoulders.
• 22:25 - Aqua bags, and utilization of them during practice.
• 24:43 - Using weighted balls during practice (weighted med balls, weighted baseballs, aquabags).
• 27:05 - Implementing practice methods that Vic uses in a volleyball context.
• 28:43 - Pre and post practice exercises and routines to maintain shoulder health.
  • Pre-practice -  Crossover symmetry and band exercises.
  • Post-practice -  Eccentric exercises.
• 29:39 - Repetition counts for pre and post practice exercises.
• 32:17 - Benefits of soft tissue massages (using lacrosse balls and foam rollers).

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-Championship Behaviors

-Challenges faced

-Team strengths and weaknesses

-A typical USC practice

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-Athlete feedback

-Affordance vs Constraints

-Coaching models

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1:26 - Diving into Jon’s idea of WIPs (weekly improvement plans) that were introduced in Episode 1.

Are they always 1-on-1 or are they group meetings?

6:08 - Whiteboard where Jon’s players write their two mechanical or technical skills as well as their mental skill.

8:23 - Example of an effective practice focus suggested by players compared to one that is less coachable.

10:24 - Particular stats that Jon prioritizes in meetings.

12:56 - Spending time with starters vs. spending time with non-starters.

15:26 - Diving into Jon’s three tenets - particularly his belief in striving to be “1% better”.

Always working hard towards bettering yourself

What kind of qualities are needed to be a part of the program?

18:07 - Explaining Jon’s second tenet: “be a scientist”.

What does it mean for an athlete to be a scientist?

19:24 - Example of how an athlete can be a scientist

20:28 - Coaching like a scientist.

21:34 - How does Jon want his players to approach his third tenet: “challenge the status quo”.

23:25 - What do Jon and his players do differently from other programs that are outside of the status quo?

25:20 - What does Jon’s staff do that challenges the status quo?

26:35 - What Jon has done to create an environment where his staff feels comfortable to challenge him.

27:51 - What Jon has done to be a more “open” coach.

Keeping authority while also maintaining a certain level of humility

Being straightforward with athletes

29:12 - Explaining the “illegal moves”.

33:48 - A little bit about Billy’s book (the link to buy it is below!)

Listener Questions

34:31 - How Jon took everything he has learned from his mentors and created his own style of coaching

37:44 - What has been the biggest change in Jon’s relationship with his players since becoming the head coach of the program?

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• 1:56 - Introducing today's topic: Feedback (Chapter 4 of the CYBO book).
• 2:08 - What is effective feedback?
• 2:59 - In terms of feedback, does “guiding” imply that the athlete is guided to only one solution? Or is it more flexible?
• 3:36 - How can coaches determine if an athlete is ready to receive feedback?
• 5:45 - Are TV’s and other video playback devices valuable in giving effective feedback?
• 7:04 - Should athletes be intentionally directed to watch video feedback? Or should coaches put less emphasis on it?
• 8:25 - Should coaches direct athletes to certain aspects of technique in video playback?
• 10:22 - In John’s experience, have his players consistently requested feedback?
• 11:17 - In general, have the players that request feedback consistently demonstrated improvement?
• 11:54 - Dealing with athletes who constantly request feedback.
• 15:04 - Should coaches encourage their athletes to give each other feedback, and what does that look like?
  • Specifically in terms of beach volleyball partners.
• 21:05 - Is it valuable to the player to have a fired up and encouraging coach?
• 24:08 - Giving “non-cognitive” affirmations at a constant rate.
• 27:04 - Balancing giving effective informative feedback while also being a lively coach.

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-Teaching through constraints

-How to design constraints

-Common constraints for volleyball

-Listener questions

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-The importance of language in coaching

-Feedback: Knowledge of Result and Knowledge of Performance

-External focus of attention

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-Losing a season

-Exercising your competitive muscles

-Staying connected with your team

-Coach development

-Measuring success outside of standard competition

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• 3:04 - What Karch has been learning about and focusing on recently.
• 5:55 - How has Karch implemented motivational interviewing while coaching the U.S. women's volleyball national team?
• If you have an abundance of knowledge and experience, like Karch does, when is the most effective time to share it?
• 10:50 - How Karch’s experience practicing volleyball growing up was different from others’.
• 17:30 - Karch’s thoughts on explicitly showing and teaching the “correct” technique.
• 20:01 - How Karch experimented with different platforms/grips to find the one that felt the most natural.
• 25:12 - Experimenting with different footwork depending on the side Karch approached on to attack.
• 27:21 - Adapting how you play based on your body type.
• 30:30 - Did Karch consciously choose which approach footwork to choose during the play?

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-What is Ecological Dynamics

-How the Constraints Led Approach fits into Ecological Dynamics

-Volleyball examples of E.D.

-Comparing E.D. to more traditional approaches

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• 0:31 - In contrast to the “before practice” checklist, what are key components of the “during practice” checklist?
  • 0:58 - Dependent on the kind of coach and the “coaching moment”.
• 2:53 - Common things coaches should avoid when giving feedback to their athletes.
  • Staying on track with the original goal of practice and minimizing information overload.
• 4:51 - Should coaches focus on working with groups of athletes at a time, or just individuals?
  • 5:09 - Example given in the context of young athletes.
• 8:11 - Importance of encouraging athletes to practice on their own time by their own volition.
• 9:06 - Chris’ thoughts on including progressions and themes in practices.
  • 9:41 - Benefits of interleaved practice that mimics the constant change in games.
  • 11:42 - Balance of variety and consistency in practice planning.
• 13:32 - If the original practice plan seems to be ineffective, should coaches stick with the plan or improvise?
• 14:37 - “Coaching experiments” and the impact and importance of showing vulnerability as a coach.
• 16:01 - Chris’ thoughts on having post-practice consistent routines and discussions with either the coaching staff or the athletes.
• 20:23 - Ways in which coaches can get feedback on the effectiveness of practice
  • Writing down things to focus on in one practice + increasing skill sets
• 23:03 - Similarities and differences of working with beach volleyball coaches and coaches from other sports.
• 26:34 - Chris’ thoughts on intentional coaching and why he emphasizes it.
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• 1:27 - Introducing the Extra Mile Institute, and how Matt is involved with the program.
  • Learn more at the website here:https://www.extramileinstitute.com/
• 3:40 - How many universities do Matt and the Extra Mile Institute team work with and what are their plans in terms of expansion?
• 4:26 - Introducing today’s topic: self-determination theory.
• 6:39 - Why does extrinsic motivation not meet the same kind of demands that intrinsic motivation does?
• 10:39 - In what environments can “competence” be best developed within athletes?
• 12:06 - Explaining the difference between competence and confidence.
• 12:56 - Which would be more important to prioritize in development: confidence or competence?
• 13:42 - Is self-driven development equally effective as feedback from coaches?
• 15:59 - How can competence be effectively developed in players with little motivation?
• 19:02- Why is the concept of connection/relatedness important in finding motivation?
• 21:22 - When writing, does Billy find that connections are relevant to his motivation, or is he purely being fueled by intrinsic motivation?
• 23:16 - Do people work better when connected rather than just working as purely business partners?
• 24:31 - How does Matt foster the development of connection between players on teams that he works with?
• 26:15 - Describing an environment where the connection between the three components of self-determination theory are the greatest.
• 32:08 - Explaining the frequency that coaches should implement these activities/exercises.
• 33:02 - Has Matt observed coaches implementing self-determination theory into the development of mental skills?

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-Monitoring stress

-Antifragility and injury prevention

-Keeping athletes healthy

-Concussions and common injuries

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-Competition phase of practice

-Common mistakes in practice design

-Honesty vs Enhanced Expectations

-Dynamical Systems vs Schema Theory

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-Facing adversity on Mount Everest

-Physical and mental preparation

-Pushing yourself vs staying healthy

-Lessons learned on Everest

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-How Bernie's work has changed the program and culture

-Team and individual values

-Applying mental skills in practice and competition

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Lauri Hakala is the current high performance coordinator for Olympic team sports in Finland. He discusses deliberate practice, the Pareto Distribution, and prioritizing in coaching.

The elements of deliberate practice:

A specific task, a challenge, feedback, full focus, and varied repetitions

1. A Specific Task
2. A Challenge
3. Feedback
4. Full Focus
5. Varied Reps 

Claims:

1. "In youth sports, the fundamentals should be the top priority in practice."
2. "The best way to learn the fundamentals is from coach instruction."

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-Importance of allowing space

-Training optimism

-How to build highly effective teams

-Psychological safety

-Role players vs superstars

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• 1:48 - What has changed for Shane since the last CYBO episode he was interviewed in?
• 2:34 - How did Shane adjust to coaching different positions?
• 3:59 - Has Shane’s experience within the last few years coaching different positions allowed him to gain a perspective of football that benefits his capability as a coach?
• 4:43 - What has changed for Tom in the last few years since he was last interviewed for CYBO?
• 5:21 - What have Shane and Tom been chatting about over the last few years?
• 6:54 - What do their discussions look like?
• 8:51 - What kind of tactics does Shane employ to make meetings run smoother?
• 10:48 - Since the last episode, how have Shane and Tom further explored the topic of dynamic systems?
• 13:09 - Why does Shane put an emphasis on the psychological side of motor learning?
• 18:47 - How have Shane and Tom’s practices and interactions with athletes changed over the last few years given the pandemic and other factors?
• 24:06 - Has the balance of process and result become established well in the volleyball world over the last five years?
• 25:26 - What has Tom changed in the University of Georgia volleyball program that has had an effect understanding what failure means?
• 26:32 - Dissecting the motor learning components of the changes Tom has made.

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-Training agility by adding noise

-Representative training and developing "real" agility

-What is skill?

- 4 categories of noise: environment, athlete, tactical, and equipment

-The importance of decision making in training

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-Applying mental skills in practice and competition

-What has led to Pitt's success

-Mental case studies: 

• Lack of motivation
• Perfectionists
• Resist making changes
• Nervous before competition
• Aren't acting like themselves

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-Caring for athletes while also challenging them

-Goal setting

-Team culture

-Listener questions

-Managing staff

-Seeking different opinions

-Stepping into leadership roles

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• 0:55 - What Harjiv has learned from working with the Orlando Magic.
  • Learning about basketball
  • Working with data analytics + coaching staff
  • Biomechanics
• 2:40 - Periodization of what we do, how we do it, and when we do it.
  • Will practice really reflect game performance?
  • Tracking specificity
• 6:58 - To develop an effective practice plan, start from “why are we doing this
  - finding the purpose.
• 7:47 - Combining skill acquisition with strength and conditioning.
• 8:27 - Compared to the traditional methods of strength and conditioning, why is periodization so new for developing skill acquisition?
• 10:57 - Considering variables of time, how coaches should manage the load of practices and the amount of skill acquisition development.
  • Balancing it out
  • Building confidence closer to tournaments
• 14:41 - From a skill acquisition perspective, should coaches simplify development closer to tournaments?
• 19:52 - Do coaches and should coaches adjust practice depending on the physiological load of strength and conditioning before practices?
  • Meeting with coaches to adjust practice plans
  • Synergy or balance between practices and strength and conditioning
  • Possibly using the load as a constraint?
• 24:55 - Planning practices and strength and conditioning workouts together.
• 27:43 - Being aware of the complexity of confidence.
• 29:01 - Figuring out a way to know if all the work being put into practice planning is fostering actual development within athletes.

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-Playing time and role clarity

-Lessons for a first-year coach

-Growing a program and staff

-Keeping things fresh

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The Volleyball Life with AVCA President Kathy Deboer

This week on The Volleyball Life Podcast we are joined by AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer.  Kathy discusses the mission of the AVCA and relationship they have with the NCAA.  Kathy has a wealth of experience within our sport.  We are grateful to learn from her experiences today on the show!

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• 1:15 - Karch’s thoughts on using an ecological approach at the professional/national team level.
• 3:44 - Players’ response to the “Goldilocks” style of exaggerating the two extremes to find the middle ground that works for them.
• 5:29 - At the national team level, has Karch found that there are variabilities in play style?
• 9:34 - Has Karch ever thought to experiment with using environmental constraints that naturally come with playing outdoor volleyball in practice for the national team?
• 12:35 - What should the coach’s role be in the development of youth players?
• 14:54 - Competitive games that John and Karch have come up with when all the courts at the beach are in use.
• 19:16 - Competitive games that Karch has come up with for when his players are tired and worn out.

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• 1:22 - Explaining “archetypes” and how they can be useful when scouting athletes or teams.
  • Similar to Jamie Morrison’s idea of storytelling
• 6:42 - How adding variability and “noise” can strengthen the defensive and offensive system rather than break it.
• 7:41 - Beginner players run into variability while advanced players create variability. Why is that?
• 9:52 - The added benefits of linking archetypes with experiences that players have (e.x. drills in practices, or even plays).
• 11:41 - How John related players he encountered for the first time in the World Tour to players he had already played before in the AVP in scouting reports.
• 12:33 - As a highschool or youth coach where time is limited, what would be the Number 1 idea to present to the players?
• 14:40 - What avid blog readers can look forward to in the upcoming months (a lot of the posts that Joe mentions are already uploaded!).
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• 15:39 - Joe’s pick for winning the NCAA Finals at the time the podcast was being recorded.
• 17:02 - How advanced is the statistical analysis of Beach Volleyball at this point?

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-Integrating workouts in practice

-The importance of transfer in strength training

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• 1:26 - Checking up on Harjiv: with the start of the NBA season, how has he been doing?
• 3:07 - What is “specificity” in relation to motor learning and practice design?
• 6:43 - Why should the specificity of practice and the specificity of movement be separated from each other?
• 10:16 - Defining variability and describing its benefits.
• 11:22 - Attributing specificity of practice as the “what” and the specificity of movement as the “how”.
• 13:09 - How do variation and specificity relate to each other?
• 14:38 - How does specificity and variation fit into volleyball given how chaotic it is?
• 17:00 - How does Kasey interact with the chaos of volleyball?
• 19:40 - Can we be specific while also having changes in variability?
• 25:48 - What is the thought process behind increasing and decreasing variability within the baseball setting?
• 27:18 - Are there instances where some kinds of variability may be more or less effective than others?
• 31:09 - One large and implementable takeaway from this episode.

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• 1:26 - A little bit about John’s experience in the last 3 years as the 10th head coach of the women’s volleyball program at The University of New Mexico.
  • Originally an assistant coach - transitioned into a bigger role
  • Transitioning from specializing in a certain skill area to having a role in every aspect
• 3:24 - Important takeaways from the recent season where UNM had a record of 20-10.
• 4:55 - Will the beach volleyball program be reinstituted?
• 6:10 - Improving individual skills while also maintaining a clear direction for the entire team.
• 7:50 - Trade-offs of focusing mostly on individual development.
  • Difficulty maintaining the team-centric mentality
• 8:49 - Benefits of focusing on individual development.
• 9:54 - What kind of balance has Jon developed between team focused development and individual development?
• 11:47 - Drawbacks of focusing on only developing one aspect.
• 13:38 - Looking at individual development holistically rather than just technically.
• 16:11 - What goes into the planning of team focused practices?
• 18:49 - Adjusting to physical and technical variation of athletes when planning the IDP.
• 22:44 - How does the assistant coaching staff operate during practices?
• 25:10 - How are IDPs created and what role does the coaching staff play in their creation?

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• 0:31 - How the pandemic has affected the mental health of Dan’s players.
  • 1:43 - Ways in which Dan’s been trying to deal with feelings anxiety and pressure.
• 4:00 - Finding professional help to strengthen the mental health of athletes.
• 6:18 - Using the team environment to create bonds + having older players use their experience with playing anxiety to offer advice to younger players.
• 7:19 - How Dan has tried to maintain team bonds throughout the pandemic.
• 8:50 - Building connections even with pandemic restrictions.
• 9:46 - Exercises coaches can use to get players to open up about their mental health.
• 10:56 - Importance of communication with players and listening to athletes.
• 12:20 - Giving back to the community: why Dan and his players do community service.
• 13:36 - What Rae Strong is and how people can get involved.
  • Link: https://raestrong.org/
• 17:40 - An update on how Rae is doing today.
• 18:38 - Why and how Dan ended up coaching Tim Bomgren and Jeremy Casebeer at the AVP Chicago event.
• 20:09 - Why Dan doesn’t take money for coaching on the sand + why he enjoys being a part of the beach community.
• 22:34 - Dan’s players getting involved in the AVP Events.
• 23:24 - How less established players can take down the “giants” of beach volleyball.
• 25:04 - What Dan is doing currently to grow as a coach.

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• 1:25 - Describing Beau’s experience winning the Super Bowl as a chiropractor for the Los Angeles Rams.
• 2:53 - Recalling how Beau started working with the Rams. 
• 5:02 - Describing Beau’s “three week tryout” period with the Rams.
• 6:36 - Beau’s perspective and observations about the Rams’ culture that helps them be successful. 
  • “We not me” culture
• 9:36 - Examples of the “we not me” culture implemented in the Rams.
• 11:00 - How does the Rams’ coaching stand out from the rest? What is done to make it be considered “elite”?
• 12:49 - What both volleyball coaches and players can learn from the structure and training of football.
• 15:19 - After working with the Rams for the last six years, how would Beau restructure practices or his coaching style if he were to return to coaching volleyball?
• 18:01 - On the flip side, what can football coaches and players learn/take away from volleyball?
• 20:33 - From Beau’s experience and perspective being coached by Marv Dunphy at Pepperdine, what makes his coaching style so effective?
• 22:43 - Describing Beau’s memorable takeaways and stories from when Marv was coaching him.
• 26:14 - Does Beau think Marv would be successful coaching a football program regardless of his knowledge of the sport?

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• 1:56 - Hugh’s “retirement” and what his new upcoming role will look like in the next few years..
• 4:55 - Will Hugh ever make a comeback to being involved on court as a coach?
• 9:10 - Should there be more barriers between coaches and players (especially young athletes) in terms of influence?
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• 14:25 - How Hugh first navigated the evidence-based approach for coaching and education, and ways that new coaches can implement it.
• 17:13 - Describing the distinction between “what you are” and “what you do”.
• 19:20 - How do we improve our “salesmanship” as a coach?
• 20:43 - Hugh’s strategies for convincing athletes that don’t initially buy into his ideas.
• 22:05 - How to get chips in the “emotional bank account”?
• 23:47 - Is salesmanship an important skill with coaches to develop?
• 27:19 - The downsides of using sarcasm as a coach.

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-Expectations

-Physical and mental preparation

-Enjoying the work

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• 0:40 - Can perception action be observed in examples of limiting constraints?
• 1:39 - Discussing the efficiency of constraints: should they be used to develop certain movement patterns, or to move athletes away from undesired movement patterns?
• 3:20 - Rob’s ideal timeframe: when to change constraints.
• 7:24 - How coaches can recognize when certain coaching strategies are actually effective and worthwhile.
  • 7:40 - “Not all variability is good variability”.
• 10:22 - Importance of accepting mistakes and letting them happen.
• 11:20 - How would Rob organize the type of games within an allotted time frame during practices?
  • Constraint based games vs. straightforward/traditional games.
• 12:55 - Forward vs. backward movement study example: how the results of corrective treatment can be overshadowed by results of overemphasizing technical errors.
• 19:27 - Approaching the mental side of sports.
• 21:18 - Importance of explicit positive feedback from coaches to their athletes.
• 22:15 - “Holes” in the ecological dynamics approach of coaching.
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• 1:26 - Despite research that shows that it’s not as effective as an external focus, how can internal focus still encourage learning in differential learning settings?
• 4:54 - What timing is best for maximizing the effects on the athletes?
• 6:44 - Are there any scenarios where athletes can have errors that are too extreme to be considered “bad errors”?
• 12:53 - How to successfully encourage elite athletes to move out of their comfort zone?
• 16:04 - Would the same improvement that took place when novice players were the subjects also occur with elite athletes?
• 19:58 - What would two hours of practice look like if Dr. Schollhorn was designing it?

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-Focusing on what you can control

-Mindfulness practice and self-talk 

-Training and trusting mindsets

-Lessons learned from Coach Your Brains Out

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• 1:34  - Environmental constraints that Karch had when he was playing volleyball growing up.
  • “Win and keep playing or lose and sit” system
• 4:50 - How the lumpy and hilly sand at East Beach may have shaped the way Karch learned to play.
• 6:26 - How natural obstacles can pose as challenges for athletes to overcome.
• 8:44 - How fatigue played a factor in Karch’s tournaments and his development as a player.
• 14:04 - How did Karch adapt to the many rule changes and even court size changes during the time he played?
• 19:16 - Karch’s thoughts on traditional coaching, and if he wished he had coaches give explicit directions when he was first learning to play.
• 23:40 - Comparing Karch’s current coaching style to the way he learned to play volleyball.
• 27:05 - What Karch is doing to help his players become problem-solvers.

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• Introducing Kasey, Andy, and Harjiv + why they think motor learning is important.
  • 0:42 - Kasey’s thoughts.
  • 2:00 - Andy’s thoughts.
  • 3:46 - Harjiv’s thoughts.
• 6:16 - The Guidance Hypothesis in relation to feedback.
  • 6:22 - The only law in motor learning: Fitts Law.
  • 7:19 - Using the analogy of bowling balls and bumper lanes to demonstrate the importance of removing dependence in athletes.
  • 8:30 - Information and feedback is better processed when given in a concise form + why coaches should put in the extra effort to do so. 
• 11:29 - How coaches should approach giving feedback to their athletes.
• 13:25 - How much of feedback should revolve around the athletes thoughts + using open questions to elicit feedback from athletes.
• 14:51 - Limiting feedback to avoid overloading athletes with information, while also effectively sharing information with them.
  • 15:00 - Evaluating the influence of the coach’s ego + pushing it aside to better develop athletes.
  • 17:11 - Finding the right time to offer feedback to athletes.
  • 18:32 - How the institution of self-regulated learning within athletes during practice can also be used as a constraint to main focus during matches.
• 19:43 - What do players actually benefit from becoming less reliant on coaches?
  • 20:51 - Including a step-by-step process instead of overloading athletes with information all at once.
    • Identifying critical points of tasks.
    • Correlating it to success to improve the mentality of athletes.
  • 21:56 - Precise feedback is not always the most effective feedback.
• 25:06 - Targeted feedback vs. “untargeted feedback”.
• 27:01 - Feedback is ultimately a constraint.
• 30:15 - Studying the effects of giving more feedback.
• 33:51 - Why youth coaches should hold back on giving vocal feedback without the backing of data, spreadsheets, film, etc.

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• 0:44 - What Kasey has been working with in the off season with his players.
• 6:17 - Introducing Rob and how he has worked with the UMBC staff and team.
• 7:58 - Describing “action capacity”, and how it can fit into the context of sports.
• 14:19 - What are the best ways/exercises to achieve action capacity in the category of jumping?
• 18:46 - Andy’s thoughts on implementing action capacity values when training.
• 21:34 - How Kasey and Rob have implemented action capacity with athletes they have worked with.
• 24:51 - What would the volleyball equivalent of the NFL combine look like?

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• 1:19 - Moving into the topic of Coach Development, what are values that Jamie emphasizes when developing coaches?
• 2:47 - Are there common traits that coaches have, or does Jamie treat each coach on a case by case basis?
• 5:07 - When Jamie observes coaches develop, what are some of the most common mishaps or mistakes that occur?
• 10:46 - Should coaches who are interested in improving their coaching read strictly research based books?
• 12:01 - What are the main skills or values coaches should focus on improving to become more effective?
• 14:13 - When trying to implement reflection into a coaching routine, what is the most effective schedule to make the most out of the exercises?
• 15:29 - Some of the questions that Jamie has found to be the most effective to reflect on.
• 17:50 - How would Jamie structure reflection exercises?
• 19:40 - What are some common themes that occur during reflection?
• 21:15 - What are qualities that separate good coaches from the elite coaches?
• 22:36 - Explaining the term “pracademic”.
• 23:50 - Should coaches also have an academic background in their field?
• 26:59 - Exploring the informational processing aspect of motor learning.
• 37:33 - Introducing shared mentor models.
• 43:08 - Are there specific scenarios when developing a player that Jamie would focus on an ecological dynamic or constraints led approach vs. an informational processing approach?
• 45:01 - Explaining the effects of differential learning.
• 47:15 - Why Jamie is not entirely sold on prescriptive coaching methods.

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-Representative Dial

-Co-Designing practice with your athletes

-Fostering feedback

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-Leaders listen

-Player-led approach

-Building leaders

-Traditional and Transformational cultures

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• 1:13 - What is something coaches can do to easily incorporate ecological dynamics for the first time?
  • Giving more authority to the players
• 10:06 - Loren’s thoughts on the belief that “fundamentals need to be taught first” before there can be any variability in practice.
• 17:51 - More insight into practice design that uses the constraints led approach.
• 34:05 - Attributing a reason for doing something to a specific habit or action.
• 42:05 - Benefits of encouraging players to start a donor sport.

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• 0:41 - Dan’s thoughts on being able to coach/work with his wife (having the opportunity to create crossover between coaching styles).
• 4:42 - Key factors to Dan’s success coaching a smaller program at Lewis University.
  • 5:18 - Importance of recruiting coachable players with good work ethic.
  • 7:16 - Lewis University’s volleyball popularity among the general students.
• 8:32 - Disadvantages of a small volleyball program and university.
  • 8:38 - Less of a social life in comparison to larger universities + harder to find ways to stay engaged within the community.
  • 9:49 - Younger alumni (younger program) who generally aren’t able to help fund the program yet.
• 10:33 - Importance of Dan’s team culture/philosophy (having fun, team mentality, being outside the box, and ownership and pride of the program).
  • 10:47 - Having fun + developing team mentality: enjoying competing in practice and in games as well as team activities outside the gym.
  • 12:49 - Maintaining team culture despite Covid limitations.
  • 13:04 - Journal writing.
  • 13:19 - Reading sports psychology and volleyball related books as a team (e.g. The Inner Game of Tennis).
• 15:16 - Making sure that players have self-discipline and put in the work to get better as a player and an individual. 
• 16:17 - Importance of learning about the history of the Lewis University volleyball program (being proud of the program).
• 17:55 - How Dan makes sure and can tell that his players are invested in the team culture.
• 20:26 - How Dan’s team culture and philosophy is reflected in and improves the team’s performance.
• 22:34 - What is done in practice to help close the gap between potentially more “talented” teams.
• 24:56 - Dan’s recruiting process (particularly how he finds the right players for the program).
• 27:49 - How Dan frames the program’s success when talking with his players.

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1:48 - How Jamie sets up successful presentations like he did at the AVCA Convention.

3:11 - How storytelling can teach skills effectively.

4:39 - Are analogies similar to stories, and are they equally effective?

4:47 - Confusion to “aha” moment in athletes.

5:50 - Going into depth on Jamie’s presentation about setting at the AVCA Convention.

7:16 - Explaining how Jamie used med-balls as part of his storytelling.

9:45 - Will stories still be remembered even months later?

11:00 - Why Jamie believes storytelling is more effective than verbally communicating tips and advice.

12:53 - Cases when Jamie doesn’t have a story planned.

16:04 - Explaining Jamie’s “train track” story.

17:34 - Similar to how the med-ball story can be physically manifested, can the train track story also be tangibly implemented or is it just a cue?

19:32 - Implementing stories in practice.

22:06 - Will Jamie use stories on what not to do, as opposed to what to do?

23:10 - Will Jamie use stories in matches as well?

24:56 - Balancing practice time with verbal feedback and storytelling.

26:05 - Jamie’s tips on coming up with stories and how he personally comes up with them.

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-What a Texas practice looks like

-What to do when practice falls short of the team's standards

-How they prepared for the national title match

-Communication between staff and their roles

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• 00:35 - Making the transition from being the head coach of the USA Field Hockey national team to a coaching consultant.
• 2:04 - What Chris has used from his coaching experience and implemented into consulting + what he would have done differently throughout his early career.
• 3:41 - How coaches have received Chris’ advice + how he identifies what kind of coaches he is coaching.
• 7:05 - What Chris thinks are the most prevalent or frequent areas in which coaches can improve in.
• 9:30 - “Checking for understanding”: a technique Chris uses to make sure that coaches are on the same page.
• 13:54 - How Chris actively develops coaching skills by making them work harder to figure out through trial and error rather than through being lectured. 
• 15:34 - Step by step process to make sure that all coaches are on the same page.
• 17:07 - Making sure to focus and maintain the goal or core idea of the game/activity.
• 21:12 - Key things coaches can do before a training session.
  • 22:22 - Establishing the purpose of the practice to maintain engagement and actively attempt to accomplish goals of that practice.
  • 23:49 - Importance of effective communication: implementing the best games or activities to get the standard/purpose of the purpose across to the players.
• 25:09 - Should players be involved in the planning process of practices?
  • 26:57 - Benefits of letting players be included in this coaching process.
  • 27:18 - Importance of letting go of your ego for the purpose of this process.

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-Committing to the controllables and the space around you

-Dealing with distractions

-3ft world in action

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-Skill differences between indoor and beach

-Coaching and culture differences

-Not being afraid to make mistakes

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• 1:30 - John’s role in the Olympic process, and which teams he is currently working with.
• 3:27 - Common themes or occurrences John has noticed within high level teams that he has worked with.
• 8:24 - How and why do these themes occur in these scenarios?
  • “Beginning with the end in mind” - determining the purpose of and goals of the team
• 10:46 - Diving into specific scenarios, particularly one from when LeBron James was playing in the 2018 NBA Playoffs with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
  • Specifically analyzing the body language and communication between the team.
• 16:39 - John’s beliefs and thoughts on what part of the Cavaliers’ situation was the most detrimental to their play. 
• 18:04 - John’s thoughts on what a much more effective response to the situation would look like.
• 19:50 - Regardless of the consequences of destroying the morale of the team, is it still reasonable that LeBron was recognizably upset at J.R. Smith?
• 22:50 - Addressing the need for someone to step up and raise the morale.

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• 1:24 - Has John observed a large variety in techniques of the same skills? And in what skills?
• 6:22 - How does the usage of an economical model affect the way John scouts athletes?
• 8:03 - In game, which stats are the most important to keep track of?
• 10:44 - Using stats to shift the focus and guide players to look at the success on their side of the net.
• 11:50 - What should you say in time outs or between sets to a player who is noticeably struggling to perform?
• 15:05 - With a new player in the program who is used to frequent explicit feedback, how do you explain to them the differences in the program, and why this coaching style is implemented?
• 18:17 - John’s book recommendations!

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• 1:24 - Introducing Dan, as well as his big takeaways from recently becoming the head coach of the baseball program at Kansas University.
• 3:15 - What were some difficulties Dan experienced transitioning into a larger role as a head coach, as well as moving to a new university?
• 6:29 - Dan’s experience with communicating with athletes, and how coaches can become better at this skill.
• 7:52 - With so many players on a roster, how does Dan organize 1-on-1s or other methods of personal communication?
• 11:41 - How the way Dan communicates with his players changes depending on their personalities.
• 16:16 - How does Dan communicate with role players, or bench players that generally may not receive as much attention?
• 20:56 - How Dan as a coach manages pressure that athletes may feel to perform well, and have a successful season.
• 22:23 - Dealing with pressure to succeed from the players perspective.
• 28:35 - Compared to beach volleyball where there are only two players who learn all skills, how do coaches and staff manage sports like baseball where there are so many more positions that specialize in different skills?

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-Improvements during quarantine

-Developing the skill of discipline with your athletes

-The importance of a clear mission

-The importance of modeling discipline

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