Lead 'Em Up Podcast

We are joined again by leadership expert Chris Woodside, this episode to discuss how you can practically get leadership theory into real practice reps. This conversation will help you find ways to get your players the leadership reps they need to improve. You can follow Chris and his leadership research on Twitter @cwoodside33.

Today we are joined by Kevin Orr, Head Boy’s Basketball coach at Rice Lake, Wisconsin. Coach Orr shares insight into how his teams have become as strong as ever by dedicating time weekly to leadership, character, and team building.

Today we are joined by leadership expert Chris Woodside. Chris is currently a sports management professor and co-facilitator of a leadership academy, as well as an assistant college basketball coach. In his research on leadership, he has outlined four roles of leadership we need to know, and goes into great detail into these four areas […]

As you will hear in today’s episode, we believe fear based leadership is the laziest form of leadership. Almost every single person that has heard the phrase, “because I said so” from a coach in their life, which has been a go-to response from coaches for the longest time. Leadership expert Jayson Wells joins the […]

Today Adam is joined by state championship football coach John Kelley of Quince Orchard High School to share behind the scenes insights into his team’s recent 4A Maryland state championship run. This episode will give coaches specific ideas they can consider for their team’s next post-season and is sure to encourage you to prepare your […]

With college football bowl season and the NFL playoffs close, lots of eyes will be on big games. During these games, players and coaches are sure to see and share viral clips of powerful mic’d up moments of leadership. We love these moments. However, we want players to understand that this is only a tiny […]

In this Green Team Talk, we share a critical dynamic all players need to know in regards to their personal success compared to the team success. Teams that trust this concept will maximize their talent level and overachieve this season rather than underachieve.

Maryland Lacrosse commit Eric Kolar joins the podcast today to share his experience taking a gap year in a post-graduate high school program as he prepares to compete at the highest level. Eric shares his thoughts that went in to the decision to take an extra year of preparation before joining a Big Ten program, […]

In this episode Adam is joined by Southeast Regional Coach Kyle Elmendorf to share a powerful mind shift coaches should consider when it comes to the expanding nature of the transfer portal. Should all transfer situations be viewed with a negative mindset? Is there an opportunity to make these instances positive and boost your program […]

In this episode Adam is joined by Nathan Emrick from Carterville High School in Illinois. Adam and Nathan discuss an uncommon topic in team situations – losing. This conversation covers teaching players how to lose, responding to losing, and more. In a competitive environment, winning isn’t guaranteed, and we need to prepare our teams for […]