WYC 108 – Championship Culture Part 4 – Pete Jacobson talks Wrestling, Process over Outcome, and Embracing Failure

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Pete Jacobson has been a varsity wrestling coach for 15 years. Coaching is a passion and a labor of love for him. It’s essentially been his “other” full time job for the last decade and half. Now with the many years of experience under his belt; dozens and dozens of books on coaching theory, sports psychology, performance nutrition, team building and motivation read and on his bookshelf; thousands of dollars worth of clinics, seminars and classes attended and PLENTY of trial and error, he is able to answer a lot more of these questions, so he has started a blog and resources called Win Smarter.

Website: winsmarter.com

Website with free WYC offer: winsmarter.com/wyc/

Twitter: @PJacobsonEmont

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Quote

 'The best aren't born that way. They work harder and practice more to master their craft.' - Jon Gordon

Cringe Moment

Pete and his head coach butted heads a lot during Pete's early years- Pete was like a typical young man who thinks they know it all

Teaching Skills

Incorporate fun competitions as much as possible

Group based competitions helps create great culture, and keep mixing up the groups

Self-confidence and peak mental performance

Pete recently observed 2 NFL coaches' reactions to their kickers missing game-winning field goals in overtime of a game. One coach said 'he is a professional and has to make that kick.' The other coach said 'he made a bunch of kicks that even put us in the position to win the game. He'll make a bunch more for us and we love him.' Which coach would instill more confidence in his kicker going forward?

3 pillars Pete's teams focus on:

1 - Focus on process over outcome

2 - Embrace failure as a necessary step towards success

3 - For the kids to embrace #s 1 and 2 - you need to embrace these as their coach

Free E-book on mental toughness

Just go to winsmarter.com/wyc/

Caz McCaslin's Coaching Tips

Developing a player's mental capacity

Winning requires: Resiliency, concentration, and a willingness to embrace the grind

Championship Culture

Defining core values: TAAO

Teamwork

Attitude

Accountability

One More

Before the season begins they do 2 things:

1 - Off-site team building ropes course

2 - Team community service project

In season:

Buddy week - Pair up kids that don't know each other that well (ideally they have the same lunch) - then at end of week they have a contest to see who knows their buddy best

Coach Appreciation dinner - They assign groups and each group comes up with a skit to 'make fun' of the coaches. Make sure you define what is appropriate. :)

Favorite coaching book/quote

Quote: 'The best aren't born that way. They work harder and practice more to master their craft.' - Jon Gordon

Book: The Energy Bus, The Hard Hat, Training Camp, and You win in the locker room first - All by Jon Gordon

Book: The Carolina Way by Dean Smith

Book: A Wrestling Life by Dan Gable

Book: How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie

Book: The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson

Win Smarter

Blog to help coaches up their game

Email Pete at [email protected]

Website: winsmarter.com