I Don't Get It

(0:00) Welcome in and shoutouts
(5:45) Grit revisited and the 24-Hour Athlete
(9:00) Theme: Psychology of failure
(19:45) “People don't fail, plans do”
(21:00) Expectations of coaches
(27:00) Personal best times and the trap of the success cycle
(34:00) Contextualizing success and failure
(36:00) Educating on failure
(38:00) Coaches need to be grittier when teaching grit
(39:00) Teaching, communicating, and reframing the process
(43:00) Proactive failure strategies
(46:00) Cultivating parent support
(49:30) Instructional vs. Motivational self talk
(54:00) Race story training
(55:30) Word Cloud exercise
(1:01.00) Listener Q&A: Pre-Race routines
(1:06.00) Closing remarks

(0:00) Welcome In and shout outs
(9:00) Appreciating influential coaches
(13:00) Theme of the week: GRIT
(17:30) Interpreting athlete feedback
(19:30) Q-TIP
(23:00) Education and teaching the process
(27:00) Passion, Perseverance, Humility
(32:00) Training Triathletes
(39:20) The greatest relay ever and Jason Leak
(41:00) Teaching Grit and the supporting habits
(46:40) The “24-hour athlete”
(49:00) Programming to address external pressures
(52:00) Psychology of failure
(58:00) Closing remarks: Receiving gratitude

(0:00) Welcome In and Shout Outs
(10:15) Theme Of The WeeK : Taper Talk 2 - Reflection and Planning Ahead
(14:30) Believing in the athletes and framing expectations.
(20:20) “Always Be Teaching”
(21:00) Refresh Values and Goals
(22:00) Specificity and Simplicity/Evolution of quality of movement
(25:00) Ramping up after a brief break
(27:20) Identify and address specific racing qualities
(29:30) The 60/40 Rule
(34:00) Mindfulness teaching
(41:00) “Breakout” exploration
(48:30 Ride the spaces.
(49:30) Race relevance terminology/imagery
(52:00) Imagination = Talent - Coach KJ
(53:00) Parametric approach
(55:00) G.O.A.T.S.
(57:30) Short-term improvement opportunities
(58:30) Closing remarks

(0:00) Welcome in and shout outs
(3:40) Theme of the week: Taper Talk Part 1, hitting the taper for athletes and coaches
(6:20) Coaches as wizards and athlete responsibility
(10:20) Psyche out sheet
(11:30) Coach as the stand up comedian and motivational speaker
(15:00) Framing the championship meet emotionally and trusting the process
(19:00) Kyle’s advice for young coaches and the “Pink Cap Story”
(24:00) Staff continuity
(27:00) Grit factor, internal conversations and choices
(36:00) Nate’s meet stories that raise the team morale
(38:00) Dealing with disappointment
(44:00) Getting back on track
(45:00) Coaches self care and pick up
(49:00) Closing remarks and reflections

(0:00) Welcome + Shout outs

(10:30) Travel Meet Recap: Vandal Invitational

(15:30) Theme: How Teams Come Together For Peak Performance

(19:30) Introvert Athlete Engagement

(24:00) Stages of Team Development

(29:30) Conflict Resolution Roadmap

(32:00) Cultivating Locker Room Leaders

(43:00) White Board Set: Body Energy

(55:00) Encouraging Athlete Exploration and Experimentation and Avoiding “Box Ticking”

(1:00.0) Closing Remarks

(0:00) Welcome in + Shoutouts
(7:20) Rehearsing Celebration in your Race Story)
(8:20) Origin of “I Don’t Get It” podcast.
(15:00) Theme: Early Specialization/Over Specialization
(20:15) Kyle’s coaching experience with Over-Distance Training
(24:45) Progressive development approach
(30:20) The “Drop Dead” sprinter
(33:10) Leave room to be pleasantly surprised.
(35:00) The early - developed breast stroker
(38:00) Variability = Specificity
(44:00) The appeal of specialized methodology
(47:30) When to specialize
(51:00) Staying under the curve
(54:00) Athlete - centric coaching
(55:00) Little League analogy and Parent Education
(57:10) “In the pursuit of greatness, we hold on a little too tight.”
(58:00) The College Scholarship Carrot
(1:02.00) The dog chasing the car effect
(1:05.20) If Kyle was a college coach
(1:09.00) If Nate was a college recruit
(1:14.00) Closing thoughts

(0:00) Welcome in + explanation of Kyle’s whiteboard set posted on @coach.kj on Instagram

(2:10) Review of the Neural Library concept

(6:00) Surf pushes and second surges

(7:35) Imagery at rest and the Race Story

(10:50) Using activities on the wall, important cues on recovery swim

(12:25) Creating opportunities for athlete agency within sets

(17:15) Wrap-up

Episode 10 releasing on 12/4

(0:00) Welcome in + Shoutouts

(9:30) Theme of The Week: Sharpening for Coaches and Athletes

(18:20 Race Story revisited

(21:55) Sticking to your plan: making small adjustments to manage the big meet experience

(27:00) Championship meet preparation: rehearsal and contingency plans

(31:00) “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

(36:00) Rituals

(43:00) Stand up comic and motivational speaker: A Coaches role at meets

(50:45) Race relevance training activities

(1:11.00) Wrap up and Thanksgiving week

(1:11.45) Whiteboard set release

(0:00) Welcome in + Shoutouts

(7:10) Coaching influences/continuing education

(8:30) Athlete – Centric Leadership: Growth Mindset

(19:45) Season Planning, Season Story, Story of Silver 2

(25:00) Mission – Vision – Values of a Team

(28:00) Kyle shares a Race – Relevant Set with explanations of intentions.

(01:00) Nate shares a recent 400 IM set.

(01:08) Closing remarks – Whiteboard set posting on @coach.kj

(00:00) Welcome in + weekly shoutouts 

(3:46) Introduction of weekly theme of “Demystify”

(4:30) Nate shares about a Senior squad training trip to Northern Arizona University, training at 7,000 feet, practicing alongside the Japanese National Team, and what his athletes took away from the experience

(9:36) Demystifying training and execution via day to day communication and coaching persona

(20:25) Revisiting the philosophy of “Partnership of Purpose”

(22:45) Athlete centric leadership

(24:50) The importance of being specific while communicating

(27:10) “The language of experience”

(29:30) Kyle’s five bullet points of how to use his quality of movement concepts as a progressions: 

• Attention to flow

• Pay attention to body movement

• A natural response to an internal body sensation

• “If it gets your attention, pay attention” amplify internal body sensations

• Open awareness of whatever draws your attention 

(37:15) Nate talks about how he layers these activities into skill and main sets

(38:40) Kyle talks about training while building “sensory fitness” and developing “racing assets”

(41:30) Nate shares a breaststroke set using quality of movement concepts

(55:50) Building confidence leading into peak volume and performance

(59:10) Kyle talks about contextualizing early season performance as athletes return to training - “leave the door open for peak performance”

(1:04:20) Swim meet traditions, squad dinners, and “The Coach Nate Invite”