The Impact Show

This edition of The Impact Show is all about Evolving as a Coach, but  it can go deeper than that.  Your evolution may also include progress  as a parent, spouse, friend, businessperson or simply becoming a better  version of yourself.  In Part 1 of the show, I explore some of the ways I  have evolved, and I talk about a great live event I recently attended  that was hosted by two young coaches in my area – Dan Allison and Mike  Coval.  Just being there and being a part of this informal mastermind  got me thinking of new ideas and generated a lot of items on my  even-lengthening To-Do list.

Part 2 of the show features our friend Red Wakeham from Michigan  State University talking about he has evolved as a coach, and what that  process has meant to him.

Brett Bartholomew is one of the top young strength coaches in the  industry.  He has worked as a college S & C Coach at University of  Nebraska, spent several years at API/EXOS and he has recently written a  book titled Conscious Coaching, that is destined to be a best-seller in  the world of strength & conditioning, sports performance, fitness  and sports coaching.

I had a chance to spend some time with Brett at the PLAE USE  conference in Indianapolis, and as we got talking, we decided that we  just NEEDED to record a podcast.

My voice still sounds pretty bad from being sick and losing it last  week, but Brett sounds great.  Haha.  He even does an incredible “movie  trailer voice” impersonation that you’re going to love.

If you’re not familiar with Brett Bartholomew, this podcast pretty  much sums him up.  Smart. Witty. Well-spoken.  Down to earth.  And a  great coach.

If you ARE familiar with Brett, you’re going to love this conversation, and you’re going to love his new book. 

Brett Klika is a leading authority on youth development and how  coaches can assist in this maturation process.  He worked for  world-renowned trainer Todd Durkin for several years, heading up his  youth development program.  Eventually, Brett co-created a program  called SPIDERfit Kids that teaches coaches, trainers and educators the  intricacies of helping young people become more physically literate.

Brett breaks this process down into 9 distinct segments:

Body Awareness:  Understanding the parts of the body and various ways they can move.

Directional Awareness: The ability to understand the  directions of the body (right, left, up, down, etc.) and to be able to  move in all planes of motion.

Spatial Awareness:  A concept of how much space the body occupies in relation to the surrounding environment.

Temporal Awareness:  The sense of timing, rhythm, and precision.

Vestibular Awareness:  An internal sense of the head and body’s position in relation to gravity.

Proprioceptive Awareness: The ability to interpret  the internal sense of where the body and specific joints are in space  and in relation to each other, and how much force/velocity they are  exerting.

Tactile Awareness: The ability to appropriately respond to touch, in addition to differentiation of objects by size, texture, and shape.

Visual Awareness:  The ability to visually focus, track, and take in broad fields of view.

Auditory Awareness: The ability to accurately interpret and respond to sound.

If you work with children, have children or think you might be  interested in working with young people at some point, I think you’re  going to love listening to Brett Klika on this episode of The Impact  Show.

You may also want to check out the awesome program SPIDERfit Kids that  Brett Klika created for coaches and trainers.  This incredibly-thorough  program walks you step-by-step, how to create and organize  developmentally-appropriate programs for young kids. 

People interested in making an impact are busy.  It’s important that  we get a lot done in a limited amount of time.  I’m often asked how I’m  able to maintain a high level of productivity, but I wish that I could  accomplish even more each day.  I truly believe that productive people  always feel that way.  Many of the most productive people I know  constantly talk about how they wish they had more hours in the day.   They are always interested in getting more done.

Because I’ll never get more hours in the day, I’ve figured out how to  maximize my time by using some very simple, yet effective, strategies.   In the first half of this episode, I talk about some of the strategies  I’ve learned to apply in my career.

The second half of Ep. 33 includes a familiar guest – Ryan Ketchum –  to offer up his thoughts on what he considers the most common business  mistakes.  Ryan is a very efficient businessman, and he always presents  ideas in a way that allows you to apply the knowledge.

If you’re interested in getting more done and avoiding common business mistakes, this is the episode you’ve been waiting for.