WYC 104 – Youth Coaching – Allistair McCaw talks 7 Keys to Being a Great Coach

Allistair McCaw is a Sports Performance Coach, Speaker, Author, Coach to Olympians & World Champions, Passionate about improving athletes, coaches & teams. Allistair is from South Africa. His family was very athletic, his mom tried out for the Olympics in the 400 meters. He grew up playing a multiple of sports, he wanted to play professional tennis, but due to financial pressures he switched at age 14 from tennis to running. He was a junior national champion, and went on to become a duathlon competitor. He has since switched to running marathons and just completed his 28th marathon.

Website & Book: themccawmethod.com

Twitter: @AllistairMcCaw

Facebook: /mccawmethod

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'World-class athletes are better able to handle repetition better than the next person.'

The marathon/racing culture

It's a unique environment where everyone is cheering for each other

Book: 7 Keys to Being a Great Coach

Allistair's dream was to write this book to help share what he has learned

Link to book: themccawmethod.com

Key 1 - Standards

It all starts with your standards - Rules for your life. Standards is a much more palatable word than rules

3 important standards for coaching:

1 - Standards for yourself

2 - Standards for your workplace/coaches

3 - Standards for your athletes

Key 2 - Your Methodology/Philosophy

What do you believe in? How do you believe in achieving this?

Key 3 - Great coaches adapt

To the unexpected. They are calm, controlled.

Adapt to the generation you are working with: Listen better. Discipline. Communicate in their style: they want short bursts of information (they are the Twitter-generation.)

Key 4 - Have great energy

It all starts with you. You have to exude passion. People should look forward to seeing you.

Key 5 - Interpersonal skills

Respected. Likability. We are in the people business who play sports.

Key 6 - The fundamentals

Great coaches have teams that are great at fundamentals.

Daniel Coyle in The Talent Code:  'Mastering the mundane.'

World-class athletes are better able to handle repetition better than the next person.

Key 7 - Invest in yourself

You are in the top 7% of your industry if you are spending 20 minutes per day investing in yourself

Listen to 1 podcast everyday. Podcasts: The Strengthcoach Podcast; Pacey Performance Podcast; Rich Roll podcast; Tim Ferriss podcast, Lewis Howes Podcast

Read 2 books per month

4x per year attend a conference. Not just one in your own industry.

The One that got away

2002 World Duathlon competitions in Atlanta - Came in 2nd. Lost by 40 seconds. Gave it his everything so it wasn't a failure. But still had a disappointed feeling.

Allistair's advice to young people - don't have any regrets

Best borrowed/stolen idea

Michael Boyle - Training exercises and how he relates with people

Favorite coaching book/quote

Book: Jack Canfield's Success Principles

Book: Alex Ferguson's Leading

Book: Jeff Olson's The Slight Edge

Book: Daniel Coyle's The Talent Code

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