The Smart Coaching Series on the Coach and Coordinator Podcast is designed to help coaches improve over the course of the season in the areas outside of the X&O’s. Coaches need to be able to take care of people and this podcast will give pause for reflection and well as generate ideas for the coach to be smart about how he improves his players and team.

This week on the series Keith and the doctors focus on the issue of player stress. Giving the coach the opportunity to not only be looking in the athletic perspective, but the human perspective that will ultimately affect them the rest of their lives. Also, the importance of watching the different types of stressors for players. They give different ideas of which a coach may find ways to monitor stress in their players, as well as, the ability to get involved and help players.

01:20 The different stresses an athlete may face

02:00 The different types of stress

03:35 Sources of stress

05:55 Seeing the subtle signs

07:00 Dr. Brian Gearity’s example

09:20 Tools for athletes

14:00 Keith’s truth statements

15:20 Communicate to the athlete authentically

16:40 Share personal tools

17:30 What does a coach do?

19:25 There is support

22:10 Subtle example

26:05 Emotion affecting stress

27:25 Distracting the mind

29:30 Changing the environment

30:30 Making it creative

31:35 Make it different

32:50 Talk to them after the fact

33:45 Final thoughts

34:00 Make a stress plan

35:05 Be cognizant