In this week's episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching podcast I share my thoughts on taking the temperature of your team; what it means, what is the temperature, who you talk to and why it's important.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I discuss research based best practices that you can reflect upon and be able to incorporate within your own coaching style.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I continue to share my research focused on coach-athlete relationships from the perspective of Olympic throwing coaches.  One of the main themes that emerged from my qualitative research study was that Olympic throwing coaches felt that is was important for a coach to have an established coaching philosophy anchored by values/beliefs that drove their coaching.  The coaches also shared their thoughts about the fluidity of their coaching style to ensure they were meeting the needs of their Olympic throwing athletes.  

To read more about my research click here.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I take a deeper more reflective look at my own previous life experiences when thinking about jobs and positions I've held as an educator since I graduated from college.  After 2010, life took a drastic right turn and put me on a path that at the time I couldn't appreciate until an opportunity presented itself to me last week.  I've shared in prior episodes that I wasn't always sure what I wanted to be when I grew up, but I'm 99.9% sure I found my calling.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I begin to introduce my current coaching research focus specific to coach-athlete relationships.  In this episode I provide the background, purpose, and why I'm focusing my efforts on the topic of coach-athlete relationships.

Click here to read my latest qualitative research study that was published in January, 2022 focused on coach-athlete relationships from the perspective of Olympic throwing coaches.

In the episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I share more thoughts about coaching experiences, differences between coaching youth sports, and when experience should matter (if at all) when coaching youth athletes.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I share my thoughts and ideas about coaching youth athletes, the differences between coaching 11 - 14 and 15 - 18 year olds, and whether experience should really matter when coaching youth athletes.

On July 27, 2022 we held our first throws coaches roundtable.  In total 7 coaches spent time discussing coaching youth throwers ages 11 - 18.  We talked about:

1. Coaching philosophy 

2. Structuring practice for youth athletes

3. How coaches can engage large groups of throwers

4. Examples of games you can play in practice

5. Measuring throws in practice

6. Throwing volume in practice

7. Motivating youth athletes

8. Mindset strategies for youth athletes

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I share more details about the 5 things you should consider when making the decision to come back and compete for your final gifted (COVID) season.

In this episode of the Forza Athletics Life and Coaching Podcast I share talk about 5 things to think about when making the decision to come back for your gifted final (COVID) season - Part 1.

1. How many credit hours will you need to take in order to be eligible to compete

2. What is the financial burden of those courses

3. Will you have a place to compete

4. Have you discussed this with your coach

5. Why are you coming back