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Jason Caldwell is an American world-class athlete, a leadership and high-performance coach, and keynote speaker. Previously a Div-I baseball player groomed for greatness from an early age, Jason was derailed by injury and unexpectedly recruited to the collegiate rowing team. Most recently, the movie documentary Chasing, has brought to life Jason’s passion for something greater. His crew rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in 35 days, setting a world record for “The World's Toughest Row.” This is the 1st Part of Jason’s conversation with JP and Nate.

√ Like it or Love it: There’s a difference

√ The threshold of suffering and sacrifice

√ High-performing athletes seek something greater

More about Jason Caldwell

Chasing Documentary

Jason's Book - Navigating the Impossible: Build Extraordinary Teams and Shatter Expectations

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A player’s confidence is fragile and is often thought to be in the coach’s hands. If you’ve coached long enough, you have likely been accused of killing a player’s confidence. Coaches may get defensive when facing the blame for a player's crisis in confidence, but it's worth examining the coach's role in helping to build and maintain a player's faith in themselves. At the same time, we would all likely agree that a player should ultimately be responsible for how they think about their game. In this episode, JP and Nate discuss the balancing act of these two competing perspectives.

√ Is it the player’s responsibility or coach’s role?

√ The detrimental effect of unpredictability

√ Having the conversation impacts confidence

√ Understanding the importance of the inner-narrative

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Stress can help us rise to a challenge, connect with others, and learn and grow. Everybody has various stress habits that are strengths, often relying on them when we need them. But in order to get stress to work for us, there are other coping strategies that don’t come naturally for us and that is what our guest, Kelly McGonigal - the author of the book The Upside of Stress, discusses in this episode.

√ Stress Habits and Coping Strategies

√ The Joy of Movement

√ Team Sports offer more than exercise

Guest website: KellyMcGonigal.com

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Stress affects all of us in some capacity. Dr. Kelly McGonigal’s book, The Upside of Stress, talks about how stress can work for us and not against us with the right mindset. Kelly is a former professor at Stanford University and the author of three books. Listen in as JP and Nate visit with her during the 1st half of a 2-part conversation.

√ Accept stress and perform better

√ Our mindset makes a difference

√ Stress isn’t saying something is wrong

Guest website: KellyMcGonigal.com 

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Comfort is not the answer. It is discomfort. In his book, The Comfort Crisis, Michael Easter discusses that our sheltered, sterile, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged, lives are the leading cause of many of our most urgent physical and mental health issues. Since reading Easter’s book, JP has pursued discomfort - which led him to running 120 miles across Ireland in under 40 hours in The Kerry Way ultra-marathon. JP shares his journey from inspiration to perspiration as he explores the value of running toward discomfort and lessons learned along the way.

√ The Challenge of the Misogi

√ Getting to the starting line

√ Getting to the finish line

√ …And everything in between

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Back from Episodes 120 & 121, Lynn Kachmarik is on the Podcast again. JP and Nate flew to Portland to visit with and be trained by Lynn. In this conversation, we discuss how to stop focusing on the ‘doing’ and start focusing on the ‘being.’ This 34 minutes is packed with information on Mental Wellness, Emotional Intelligence, and growing Relationships.

√ “Name it, Tame it, Aim It”

√ Feelings are not facts, but they are real

√ Our Real self vs Performer self

√ Share the adult brain’s gift of reflection

Guest Contact Email(s): [email protected] & [email protected] 

Additional Resource: https://mjmurrayvachon.com 

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"Progress is acknowledging where you are and where you want to be without allowing the space between the two to cause you mental tension... Having goals without attachments produces faster results." This quote from Clarity and Connection by Yung Pueblo speaks about a present-moment-mindset. Join JP and Nate as they discuss the challenge that expectations bring and how to set them to work for you and not against you.

√ The Dangers of “Should”

√ Expectations can steal the present moment

√ The power of honest reflection

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A new perspective on politics … in Coaching. Carl Pierson wrote the book, The Politics of Coaching over ten years ago. In this 2nd part of the conversation, JP and Nate continue visiting with Carl about eternally troubling topics like picking teams, better explaining player roles, playing time, powerful parents, and many other issues that today’s youth and high school coaches have to contend with.

√ Player roles defined early and often

√ 3 Questions for players to answer

√ The importance of framing winning and losing

√ Looking back: Character > Scouting Reports

Book found at: https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Coaching-Carl-Pierson-ebook/dp/B005BTR7QK

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A new perspective on politics … in Coaching. Carl Pierson wrote the book, The Politics of Coaching. In this first part of the conversation, JP and Nate visit with Carl about eternally troubling topics like picking teams, playing time, powerful parents, booster clubs, and so many other issues that today’s youth and high school coaches have to contend with.

√ Relationships and Communication

√ Preemptive Framing

√ Label the crazy parent before they label you

Book found at: https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Coaching-Carl-Pierson-ebook/dp/B005BTR7QK

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If you have interviewed for a high school coaching position, you are guaranteed to be asked “What do you do to support the multiple sport athlete?” Research shows that there are many benefits for players to play multiple sports. However, for coaches that share athletes with other sports, the challenges can be great. In this episode, JP and Nate discuss ways to thrive in this role.

√ Is optional offseason really optional?

√ Suppose this is my son or daughter

√ Focus on How instead of How Often

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