Jason Navas- IG: coach.jasonnavas, chargerssoccer.com, flsouthern.edu

Jason is currently a Head Coach with Chargers Soccer Club and an Assistant Women’s Coach with Florida Southern College. In this episode, Jason shares his story of suffering a serious injury and being able to return to play, the value in finding multiple mentors in a variety of industries to learn from, and learning from as many resources you can-podcasts, webinars, coaching courses- and looking to implement that new knowledge with his teams.

How to contact Jason:

IG: coach.jasonnavas

club website:  chargerssoccer.com

college website: flsouthern.edu

0:20 soccer background

2:15 dealing with injuries and adversity

6:45 period before-during-after the back injury

8:55 the feeling of return to normal

10:25 transition into coaching alongside his mentor

14:30 key takeaways from his mentor

17:45 differences b/t his mentor’s coaching style in games

21:05 Giving the viewpoint from a player’s perspective when you’re positioned on the field right by your coach

25:00 being confronted by an upset parent

28:05 open communication between the players, parents, and coaches

28:46 developing from coaching at summer camps to coaching in a team setting

33:15 current experience taking the USSF C License

38:26 learning to raise our own abilities to reach a higher level of coaching

42:30 applying what he learned at the C License with his teams

45:55 helping his players with the recruitment process

48:50 being assigned as the club’s College Recruitment point-person

51:16 what Jason is looking forward to in 2020

54:05 final three coaching points

59:05 One piece of advice for any coach

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