Newman (episode 1)

• 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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• 1:28 - Andy’s primary focus of study, and what he has his PhD in.
  • What he does for the Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Motor Learning + Sports Psychology
• 2:45 - What is part vs. whole practice?
  • Interconnected technique and skills
  • Breaking down the parts of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony
  • Connecting sports and musical analogies
• 7:06 - If you mess up the first part, can you continue with the rest of the parts?
• 8:20 - How to emphasize certain skill areas without making whole practice too overwhelming for the athlete.
• 12:20 - Will part practice actually help you improve, or does it have a placebo effect on the athlete?
  • Ineffective simulations for volleyball drills in young ages
• 17:18 - How to implement whole practice into our warmups.
• 21:01 - Are the different parts of motor learning connected, and if they are, how are they connected?
  • Some gray areas in between
  • Some aspects to take from each part
  • From an academic standpoint, it’s hard to mix
  • Trial and erroring + measuring the effects in practices to find the best approach
• 29:03 - Summary of the topics discussed.

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• 1:30 - When asking athletes open-ended questions meant to stimulate their own thought, how important is it to leave them time/space to answer it?
• 2:34 - Guidelines for what kind of questions to ask.
• 4:33 - Effectively phrasing your questions.
• 5:30 - What can and should coaches do with the feedback from their questions.
• 7:04 - Examples of reflective listening.
• 8:42 - Working in listening techniques into daily conversation.
• 12:25 - Why is punishment not effective in the long term?
• 17:29 - When to keep pressing athletes and when to stop.
• 18:58 - How to approach following up with athletes after motivational interviewing.
• 22:44 - Explaining strength lenses.
• 25:12 - Is there a way to efficiently implement motivational interviewing without distracting from reps in practice?

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• 2:50 - Introducing Dr. Fader and the topics of this episode.
• 3:46 - Becoming a better listener.
• 4:22 - What Dr. Fader hopes to accomplish with his book.
• 5:38 - Why many already existing programs are ineffective with helping people struggling with addiction.
• 6:10 - How to actively engage with people with feelings of ambivalence.
• 6:40 - Making trust and communication a skill that is actively taught to athletes.
• 10:04 - What kind of athlete would motivational interviewing be the most effective with?
• 12:49 - Affirmation in moderation (treating it like salt).
• 13:32 - Putting heart rate monitors on coaches and having them be mic’ed up.
• 14:26 - Explaining the concept of the writing reflex.
• 15:30 - Natural inclination to look for what is wrong or not working.
• 17:22 - When and when not to correct mistakes.
• 18:40 - Example of an “ask offer ask”.
• 21:25 - Making an effective transition to becoming a more guiding and listening coach.
• 24:09 - Always having a purpose when presenting.
• 26:40 - Making sure it’s about the athlete - using “You” as opposed to “I”.

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Filled with lessons on practice, competition, and mindset, The Inner Knight is a powerful tale for athletes, coaches, and anyone who wants to achieve greatness.

Meridian Kay dreams of becoming a champion knight. But when her one passion in life is threatened, she flees home to prove herself in England’s Tournament of Champions. Alone in a foreign land, Meridian meets the one teacher who can help her achieve the impossible.

“The Inner Knight is the best thing on learning I've ever read.” –Tom Black

“The Inner Knight is the most entertaining way to learn the mental skills it takes to be the best version of yourself. Athletes, coaches and learners will love this book!” –John Mayer

“The Inner Knight is everything a modern-day high performance manual should be, disguised as a charming medieval story about knightship, mentorship, and pursuing one’s passion at all cost. If you want to learn how to consistently perform at or near your best when your best is needed, this story’s for you!” –Bernie Holliday

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1:22 - Why Jamie prioritizes out of system attacking and how he uses storytelling to improve it. 

3:34 - Common problems that teams face when out of system.

5:26 - Changing the mindset to be more explosive and aggressive attacking out of system.

6:48 - Prioritizing hand sets by having all back row players being able to set out of system.

8:12 - How Jamie teaches the “slow to fast” footwork using stories.

10:37 - Has Jamie’s stories stuck during the competition?

12:16 - What elements of out of system play does Jamie focus on during practice?

15:22 - Why and how Jamie implements tape into his practices.

17:30 - Explaining the “ball is a clock” story and how it can help develop out of system attacking.

19:23 - Using bands to improve arm swings.

22:20 - How to prevent athletes from reverting back to their old technique.

27:21 - Preparing athletes for their futures.

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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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• 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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-Mindset and preparation

-Focusing on what you can control

-Mindfulness practice and self-talk 

-Training and trusting mindsets

-Lessons learned from Coach Your Brains Out

-Writing

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• 0:46 - Travis’ approach to blocking practices.
  • Physicality is a big part of blocking.
  • Training blocking technique to make up for lack of physicality.
  • Maximizing the capabilities of your individual blockers.
• 3:16 - Effective blocking games Travis uses in practice.
  • Eye sequencing.
  • Verbalizing.
• 7:08 - Identifying the cause of errors through verbalization.
• 8:06 - “Late and right rather than early and wrong”
• 8:54 - Why Travis sometimes doesn’t want his pin blockers to swing block.
• 13:34 - Important technical aspects Travis focuses on.
• 17:56 - Why Travis has his setters change tempos during blocking practice.
  • Train blockers - only the setters and attackers know the tempo that they are running.
• 18:45 - Common characteristics of the best blockers.
  • Variability - Travis’ best blockers were good at blocking for different reasons.
• 21:47 - If a blocker isn’t as physical as some others, how can they make up for that lack of physicality?
  • Keeping things simple and trying to get good touches.
  • Pressuring the attackers rather than trying to completely shut them down.
• 24:12 - Time spent working on blocking during practices.
  • Depending on the time of the season.
• 26:01 - Training competitiveness in blockers - what Travis believes to be one of the most important characteristics in good blockers.
• 28:39 - Why Travis spends time with Western Kentucky fans, teaching them volleyball and the rules.
  • Growing the volleyball fanbase.
• 33:21 - Foreseeable challenges to Western Kentucky’s success.

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