Coach Forward Podcast

Coach Forward Podcast is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Dr. Jon DeMarco. Coach DeMarco is a former college football player, High School Basketball Coach (Boston Globe Coach of the Year) & football coach.

Coach DeMarco prides himself on working hard to help mentor and train the next generation of coaches and athletes. Coach DeMarco is the founder and owner of Get Better Basketball. He also hosts a weekly twitter chat, Get Better Basketball Chat (#GBetBBChat), to help new and veteran youth sports coaches share the game.

Jon has presented at several coaches clinics, including the recent virtual coaches clinic. His insights on the game have led him to having an influential career in education as well. He has a Doctoral Degree in Organizational Leadership and serves in leadership positions within his district.

In this episode, we talk developing core values and dive into tangible ways to help you build a strong culture within your program.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. 

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

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Coach Forward Podcast is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Coach Jay Martin from Ohio Wesleyan University. Martin is the winningest coach in NCAA men's soccer history with a total of 723 wins.  He is the first men's soccer coach in any NCAA division to reach the 700-win mark. Heading into the 2021 season, he has guided his 43 Battling Bishop soccer teams to a 723-150-74 record.  His career winning percentage of .803 entering the 2020 season ranks 11th all-time in the NCAA.

Beyond coaching, Martin also has served soccer with a term as president of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America as well as a 6-year stint on the NCAA Division III selection committee, including 4 years as committee chair. 

Martin calls having fun the key, and as you'll hear in this episode, he is more focused on the relationships he has with his athletes than on the wins.

In this episode, we dive into how he's been so successful on the field by focusing on the off-field rhythms for his program.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. 

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media:

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Coach Forward Podcast is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Coach Mike Klinzing. Mike played division one basketball at Kent State University scoring over 1,000 points in his career. After graduating, Mike founded Head Start Basketball and has been running basketball camps for youth players for more than 25 years. Mike's passion for coaching and improving the sports experience for players, coaches, and parents also led him to start the Hoop Heads Podcast, a show that features interviews with some of the best minds in basketball, from youth sports coaches to the NBA.

In this episode we cover three simple and tangible in-season hacks to exponentially increase your impact as a coach. 

Hoop Heads Podcast with Mike Klinzing:  https://hoopheadspod.com/

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. 

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media:

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Coach Forward Podcast is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne.

This week, I'm excited to be joined by John O'Sullivan of Changing the Game Project. John started the Changing the Game Project in 2012 after two decades as a soccer player and coach at the youth, high school, college and professional levels. He is the author of two #1 bestselling books, Changing the Game: The Parents Guide to Raising Happy, High Performing Athletes, and Giving Youth Sports Back to our Kids and Every Moment Matters: How the World’s Best Coaches Inspire Their Athletes and Build Championship Teams.

John’s work has been featured by CNN, Outside Magazine, ESPN, NBC Sports and numerous other media entities. John is an internationally known speaker for youth sports coaches, parents and youth sports organizations, and has spoken for TEDx, the US Olympic Committee, US Soccer, USA Wrestling, USA Swimming, Ireland Rugby, Australian Rugby League and at numerous other events throughout the US, Canada, Asia, Australia and Europe.

When he speaks, John brings to the table a wealth of practical, hands on knowledge garnered through years of working with players and their families on sport specific development, parenting, coaching, and creating a player-centered environment.

Changing the Game Project: https://changingthegameproject.com/

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. 

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media:

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Coach Forward Podcast is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne.

Today, i'm excited to be joined by Coach Paul Esdale. Coach Esdale played his college hockey at Brown University and then spent time playing professionally in both North America and in Europe.

He started his youth coaching career as the Head Coach of Alberni Valley in British Columbia and has served as the Chief of Hockey Operations for the Jr.Reign Hockey Club for the last 10 years.  Junior Reign “fuels passion” for young people by using the great sport of ice hockey to provide an environment in which kids find something they love and deeply enjoy.

"When kids fall in love with the game of hockey, the passion for the sport burns inside them and they take on a commitment to mastery of their craft, which sets the stage for them to be receptive to the transferable life lessons of discipline, hard work, teamwork, and perseverance that are essential to develop in order to experience success in hockey, and more importantly in life." - Paul Esdale

In this episode we get into Coach Esdale's unique approach to player development and how he incorporates competition and fun into the process.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. 

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media:

• Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram

Enjoying Coach Forward Podcast? Consider subscribing or leaving us a review! 

Coach Forward Podcast is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne.

This week on Coach Forward, i'm excited to be joined by Coach Paul Douglas. Coach Douglas serves as the Head Coach of the Birmingham Rockets Basketball Academy, and the owner of All City Basketball in England. Over the last 30 years he has coached at every level, from youth sports to the England national team.

As a former professional athlete (13 years professionally in England), who has represented his country internationally, he knows first hand the psychological and emotional challenges a young athlete faces. His innovative approaches to coaching and mentoring are sure to catch your attention over this conversation.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. 

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media:

• Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram

Enjoying Coach Forward Podcast? Consider subscribing or leaving us a review! 

Coach Forward Podcast is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Coach Rob Day. Coach Day has been coaching hockey full-time for the last 21 years. He has coached at every level of NCAA - from D1 to D3 both men’s and women's. He currently serves on the coaching staff of a Junior team that has had players on 4 of the last 7 Stanley cup teams. His specialty is teaching the goalie position and he runs a training company called Puckstoppers, where he has trained the goalies that have won 8 NCAA titles in the last 8 years.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. 

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media:

• Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram

Enjoying Coach Forward Podcast? Consider subscribing or leaving us a review! 

Coach Forward Podcast is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne.

Darel Russel started his career playing in over 500 professional games between 3 different countries in the UK, Canada, and the USA, winning two league titles. Now, Coach Russel serves as a National Elite Clubs National League Technical Coach and Head Coach of Heat FC U19, U17, and U16 teams.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. 

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media:

• Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram

Enjoying Coach Forward Podcast? Consider subscribing or leaving us a review! 

Coach Forward Podcast is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by Youth Sports Coach Ben Frank. Ben Frank is the President of Jr. Reign Hockey Club with three locations in Southern California. Originally from Toronto, Canada, Ben grew up with a passion for the game playing youth hockey, junior, and finally collegiate hockey at the University of Toronto.

Years of challenges and ups and downs led Ben down the path of moving the club towards becoming a USA Hockey Model Association. Ben now travels around the country speaking to various hockey groups and using the Jr. Reign story of challenge and success to help others with implementing change within their own organizations.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. 

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media:

• Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram

Enjoying Coach Forward Podcast? Consider subscribing or leaving us a review! 

Coach Forward Podcast is an interview-style podcast hosted by Jason Mejeur (Coach J), accomplished Coach, Mentor, and Founder/CEO at MaxOne.

Today, I'm excited to be joined by a true servant-leader, Coach Justin Duarte. Coach Duarte was selected in the 1999 MLB draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. Duarte played four seasons in the minors soaking up a wealth of knowledge from coaches and teammates to create a successful winning philosophy. In 2010, Duarte launched Next Level Catching Academy, which is fully dedicated to developing catchers. Over the last decade he has helped hundreds of catchers move on to the college ranks and professional baseball.

As coaches, it’s easy to get focused on how to get from point A to point B in a practice plan or in planning out a season.  The best youth sports coaches find ways to bring the people into the process, to create a space for the relational part of coaching.  In this episode, Coach Duarte shares some of his trade secrets.

About Jason Mejeur (Coach J)

Jason has more than 15 years of experience coaching basketball at the college and high school level and has lived on the sidelines and in the locker rooms working to build teams and inspire athletes. His mission is to build authentic relationships with his players so that he could have an impact on their lives beyond the basketball court. 

More recently, Jason founded MaxOne to be a platform that makes coaches' lives easier and helps them use technology to have a bigger impact on the lives of their athletes.

Keep up with Coach Forward on social media:

• Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram

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