• 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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-Deliberate Practice

-Warm Ups

-Competitive Games

-Scripting vs Improvising

-Reflection

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• 1:35 - What are some of the goals J.P. had in mind when writing his most recent book The Culture System?
  • Learn more about it here: https://www.tocculture.com/myculturesystem
• 5:28 - Clarifying the roles of a coach vs. the roles of a mentor in an athlete’s life.
• 6:50 - What are some of the differences between “goals” and “visions” that J.P. also explores in The Culture System?
• 8:57 - An example of a coach who implements a vision statement, and how they do so.
• 10:50 - What are some of the problems that arise when coaches focus solely on the process and not on the results/goal?
• 12:28 - How can coaches ensure that the goals and visions they created with the team are making measurable effects?
• 15:25 - Are the principles that J.P. mentioned the most valuable when implemented during times of adversity?
• 19:30 - How often does J.P. find that it is valuable to go back to the original mission statement and tweak parts of it?
• 21:50 - How J.P. changed his coaching based on feedback from the parent of an athlete on his team (also included in his book).
• 25:07 - How and why has the basketball coaching scene shifted from more passive coaching and sitting down to being more active and standing up?
• 27:51 - How active are coaches at the junior and club volleyball level?
  • Does this also change with the age of the coach?

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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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• 1:24: How Jamie ended up working with coaches through his journey as a health and human performance professor.
• 2:17 - Given that Jamie is currently balancing teaching and “coaching” coaches, would he like to eventually transition into a role where he would just focus on working with coaches?
• 3:20 - High-performance sports has a history of applying ideas like growth mindset and grit (that are used in the context of another field of study like education). Why does Jamie think this is problematic?
  • You can read this article online here: https://www.readcube.com/articles/10.3389/fspor.2022.823488
• 8:19 - Have Jamie found an effective way to apply growth mindset concepts (like the implicit theory) to sports?
• 10:09 - What are common ways that Jamie has observed coaches apply growth mindset concepts to their coaching?
• 11:54 - How does Jamie define the concept of psychological safety?
• 13:47 - Where has most of the research regarding psychological safety been done?
• 14:11 - Jamie’s thoughts on common ways that psychological safety has been applied in the sports world.
• 22:10 - How does the concept of “safetyism” differ from psychological safety?
• 23:18 - Has Jamie observed coaches mistakenly apply safetyism when attempting to implement psychological safety?
• 25:06 - Could the implementation of psychological safety make a difference in the worldwide struggle with mental health in athletes?
• 26:45 - Can high levels of psychological safety negatively impact motivation and effort levels?
• 28:11 - Explaining the concept of “driven benevolence”.
• 29:02 - What are the most worthwhile components of psychological safety to apply to high performance athletics?

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• 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?

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Topics:

Teaching rotations

Coaching mixed skill levels

Balance winning and development

Teaching technique

Handling "unmotivated" players

Punishments and consequences

Playing time

Parent Issues

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What are kids looking for in sports?

Teach the most fun skill first

Scaling the game for kids

Foundational skills

Planning practice

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• 1:26 - How can coaches use mindfulness to alleviate the pressure and stress that athletes struggle with?
• 2:43 - Circumstantial effects of mindfulness exercises (different feedback/reception).
• 3:45 - Describing mindfulness practices that Shane has found to be helpful and effective.
• 4:58 - Why is it so important to acknowledge mindfulness and how we respond to certain emotions, especially those that are caused by failure.
• 7:25 - When Billy is writing, is he aware of his thoughts when he wants to write what he wants vs. his thoughts when he is being conscious about what readers might think.
• 8:20 - Billy’s thoughts and feelings when he fully focuses on writing.
• 8:59 - Can Billy feel a physiological difference between the two states, or when he changes between them?
• 10:45 - Similarly to writing, how does Billy manage those two states when he is playing?
  • Being conscious of the crowd vs. returning to just his play.
• 13:50 - Was Tom’s approach of learning about the already existing team culture rather than changing it effective in the long term?
• 15:08 - How has Covid changed the way that Shane trains athletes and approaches team culture?
  • 16:41 - Tom’s thoughts on the same idea.
• 17:32 - Why Shane thought it was worth investing into working on mindfulness.
• 21:40 - Describing the retreats Shane takes athletes on.
• 22:11 - Since the last interview, how has Tom worked on addressing vulnerability as a coach.
• 23:00 - What the actual essence of mindfulness is.

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