• 1:37 - How have Andy and the Pirates held up so far, especially through the hottest part of the summer.
• 3:12 - After accepting and validating the struggles that athletes and coaches voice during the toughest parts of the season, what are the next steps?
• 4:20 - Checking in with Kasey - how has the beginning of the season gone for him so far?
• 5:55 - Traditionally the beginning of the volleyball season consists of “double days”, but what does Kasey do instead?
• 9:24 - Introducing the topic of this episode: “challenge point”
• 13:09 - Is there an appropriate level of the ability to complete certain skills at which athletes can be considered successful ?
• 16:15 - How can emotional responses be used to gauge the challenge point?
• 17:56 - When addressing teams based sports, should coaches consider the entire team’s challenge point focus, or each individual’s?
• 20:41 - Comparatively, how is the previous idea applied in baseball?
• 21:37 - Should coaches be pushing athletes slightly out of their comfort zone and at the edge of their challenge point?
• 22:46 - At what times should coaches push athletes to the edge of their challenge point vs. below it, and why?
• 25:49 - What are the downsides of constantly pushing players to the edge of their challenge point?
• 28:05 - Using a volleyball example, with limited resources and the challenge point constraint, how can coaches make their players reach the highest level of play at the sweet spot of their zone?
• 33:23 - In a similar, but baseball oriented scenario, how can coaches achieve that same effect as described in the previous example?

Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball

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