Beyond The Bench

In this special episode Aaron and Todd are joined by Lewis Curtis, the Director of Officials and Wrestling Administrator for the Iowa High School Athletic Association. Lewie is a former successful teacher, coach and AD at Underwood. He offers some great insights and words of wisdom. Hint: Listen all the way to the end of the podcast where he offers great advice on what we should all try to do and promote next year with our programs.

In this podcast we meet in Scott's office and talk about how to manage the spring to summer transition, how we approach the "haters" (the people that are energy vampires) and talk about a phrase for us to think, and act on, during the summer months. Thanks for listening, joining us and supporting us. We'd love to hear from you. You can reach us individually or at [email protected]. #beblessed

In this episode Todd goes one on one with Taylor Chapman from Spencer, IA. Taylor is completing his first year as a high school AD and talks about the experience he's had in his first year back in his hometown. Taylor shares some great insight that is good for everyone to hear and be reminded of.

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After a two week break for a Gordon vacation the boys are back in town. In this episode our main topic is Coach/Parent Balance and how we can help it and what our role could and should be in it. We end the podcast with a discussion about multiplying leaders and what that looks like. Thanks for listening and joining us. Have a comment or idea? Email us at [email protected].

After a week off for Easter we talk about what's happened with a former guest and the Drake Relays. We debut a new segment and then dive into a lively discussion about upping our game in the evaluation process and growing leaders. We had fun and hope you will have some fun and learn a little bit as well. Thank You for listening. Want to offer some insight or have a suggestion? Email us at [email protected]. #beblessed

In this week's episode we celebrate the beauty of sport and some of the best moments of the past week. It leads us to say "I'm Still In". Aaron talks about Kennedy's All School pep rally; we talk about the Duane Wade tribute video, Nick Collison and his speech and comments at his jersey retirement, Tigers win at the Masters and Tony Bennett's one sentence power quote on adversity. Thanks for taking time to listen. Comments or suggestions? Email is at [email protected]

In this episode we are joined by Pella AD Dale Otte. We talk about youth sports structure, what we have seen work and share some thoughts on helping to promote a positive relationship with youth programs and coaches. Thanks to Ryan Sweeney from Bondurant-Farrar for the discussion topic. We open up talking about a book Todd is reading called 100X Leader and wrap up discussion around National Student Athlete Day. Thanks for listening and supporting the Beyond the Bench podcast.

In this episode our main focus is talking about preseason coaches meetings. What format is used and what are some "must haves". We wrap up the podcast talking about the "reality check" we get walking back into school after experiencing the state convention and how we deal with that. Thanks for listening.

After a week off the guys are back live from the IHSADA Convention. We are pleased to have Brent Buttjer from Ankeny High School join us. We talk about his journey, what makes effective coaches and administrators and then talk about what his "A-ha" moment was and much more. You'll enjoy this podcast with the current AD at Ankeny High School.

In this episode Aaron, Scott and Todd talk about some of the favorite quotes from a few of our listeners and one of their own as well. We'll look to make this a regular segment because we have a few we didn't get to in this episode. Thank You to Dave Huepel, Andy Umthun, Jeff Bissen, Nate Thies, Matt Eichhorn, Bryce Conway and Brent Buttjer for contributing to this week's show. If we didn't get to you in today's show we will in the near future. Thank You all for your encouragement and support. #bebetter #beblessed